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Design and Implementation of the Higher-quality Terrestrial 3DTV Broadcasting Standard Specification Based on Synchronization with Non-Real-Time Contents

고화질 스테레오스코픽 영상 서비스를 위한 비실시간 콘텐츠 연동 지상파 3DTV 방송 표준규격 설계 및 검증

  • 이장원 (경희대학교 전자전파공학과) ;
  • 김규헌 (경희대학교 전자전파공학과) ;
  • 임현정 (한국전자통신연구원 실감방송시스템연구팀) ;
  • 정원식 (한국전자통신연구원 실감방송시스템연구팀)
  • Received : 2012.06.29
  • Accepted : 2012.11.01
  • Published : 2012.12.28
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Abstract

This paper proposes a new terrestrial 3DTV broadcasting standard specification based on synchronization with non-real-time contents in order to overcome quality limitations of the current 3DTV services that are arisen from the limited bandwidth of the legacy broadcasting channel. In the services using the proposed specification, one view sequence of a stereoscopic video content is delivered as a non-real-time content in idle time, and the other view sequence is transmitted in real time broadcasting signal, thereafter two sequences are synchronized in a receiver for display. Thus, it is possible to provide higher-quality stereoscopic video content services than the current 3DTV services. In order to realize these services, a new mechanism is required which enables synchronization between the data that are from different transmission media and time. Therefore, this paper suggests a solution by multiplexing the synchronization signals of non-real-time contents into broadcasting signals with real-time streams together. This solution can provide a accurate synchronization mechanism by minimum updates of legacy broadcasting systems while maintaining compatibility with legacy services.

본 논문은 한정된 대역폭을 갖는 기존채널을 통한 지상파 3DTV 서비스 화질의 한계를 극복하기 위한 비실시간 콘텐츠 연동형 지상파 3DTV 방송 규격을 제안한다. 본 규격을 통한 서비스에서는 유휴시간의 대역폭을 활용하여 하나의 스테레오스코픽 시점 영상을 비실시간 콘텐츠로 전송한 후, 실시간 방송 신호를 통해 전송되는 나머지 시점의 영상과 동기화하여 재생함으로써 기존 3DTV 보다 향상된 스테레오스코픽 영상을 제공한다. 상기 서비스의 실현을 위해서는 다른 시간에 이종 매체를 통해 전송된 데이터들을 동기화하기 위한 새로운 방안이 요구되며, 이에 본 논문에서는 동기신호를 생성하여 실시간 방송 신호와 함께 다중화하는 방식의 기술적 해결책을 제시하고, 이를 기반으로 한 고화질 지상파 3DTV 방송 규격을 제안하고자 한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 기술 규격은 2DTV 방송과의 호환성을 유지하는 동시에 기존 시스템의 변경을 최소화하여 비실시간 콘텐츠와 방송 신호간의 정밀한 동기화를 통한 고화질 3DTV 서비스를 제공할 수 있다.

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Supported by : 정보통신산업진흥원의, 방송통신위원회

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