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Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

May. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoki Ogawa, Osaka, JP;

Hiroshi Yahata, Osaka, JP;

Toru Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/65 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0059 (2013.01); H04N 13/0066 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/816 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01);
Abstract

A video transmission device for transmitting a video image so that a video playback device can recognize a transmission path for an additional-view video image transmittable through various transmission paths, and play back a 3D video image. The video transmission device includes: a storage unit for storing therein video images transmitted through respective virtual channels, and virtual channel information pieces including definition information pieces defining the respective virtual channels; and a transmission unit for transmitting the video images and the virtual channel information pieces through the respective virtual channels, wherein the stored video images include one of two viewpoint images constituting the 3D video image, and, in one of the definition information pieces defining one of the virtual channels through which the one of the two viewpoint images is transmitted, transmission form information indicating a form of transmitting the other one of the two viewpoint images is described.


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