Reception device, display control method, transmission device, and transmission method for program content type

Abstract

Previously, users could not be notified when the 3D mode type of a program being received by a digital broadcast receiver was not compatible with the digital broadcast receiver. A reception device is provided with: a reception unit which receives program content including video information and identification information including information for distinguishing whether the program content is 2D program content or 3D program content; and a display control unit which controls the display so as to display whether the aforementioned program content is 2D program content or 3D program content in response to the received aforementioned identification information.

1 . A reception device comprising:
 a reception unit that receives a program content and program information concerning the program content; and   an output video generation unit that generates an output video from video data of the program content received by the reception unit,   wherein the program information includes identification information concerning a 3D video in case that the program content is a 3D program,   the identification information provides identification of whether different images for different viewpoints are included in a single stream of the video data or the different images for different viewpoints are respectively included in different streams of the video data, and further provides identification of an arrangement scheme of the different images for different viewpoints in the single stream when the different images for different viewpoints are included in the single stream, and   the output video generation unit converts at least a portion of the video data of the received program content based in part on the identification information received by the reception unit to generate the output video.   
     
     
         2 . A reception method for a reception device comprising the steps of:
 receiving a program content and program information concerning the program content; and   generating an output video from video data of the received program content,   wherein the program information includes identification information concerning a 3D video in case that the program content is a 3D program,   the identification information provides identification of whether different images for different viewpoints are included in a single stream of the video data or the different images for different viewpoints are respectively included in different streams of the video data, and further provides identification of an arrangement scheme of the different images for different viewpoints in the single stream when the different images for different viewpoints are included in the single stream, and   in the step of generating an output video, at least a portion of the video data of the received program content is converted based in part on the received identification information to generate the output video.