Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device, and a transmission method in which a convergence service of broadcasting and communication can be realized more effectively. A FLUTE processing unit is configured to acquire one or more components constituting a specific service of a plurality of services included in broadcast waves of digital broadcasting using an IP transfer system, in accordance with a first control signal including information indicating types and a transfer system of the one or more components constituting the specific service such that the convergence service of broadcasting and communication can be realized more effectively. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.

Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method that permit enhancement of functional extensibility of apparatuses on a receiving side. A data processing apparatus at a preceding stage receives a digital broadcast signal, processes, of data acquired by a demodulation process of the digital broadcast signal, notification data to be notified to a data processing apparatus at a succeeding stage that performs a process succeeding to the demodulation process, transforms the notification data into a transportable format together with reception data acquired from the digital broadcast signal, and outputs the notification data to the data processing apparatus at the succeeding stage together with the reception data. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a system that includes a demodulation device and a system-on-chip.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a receiving apparatus and a data processing method that can execute delay compensation with more simplified configuration. A receiving apparatus has a delay compensation block configured to delay, on the basis of time information included in a packet to be transmitted for each of a plurality of transmission paths including a broadcasting path, another packet to be transmitted by other transmission path than the reference transmission path with respect to a reference packet to be transmitted by a reference transmission path among the plurality of transmission paths to compensate a delay between the packets to be transmitted for each of the plurality of transmission paths. The present technology can be applied to television receivers having a channel bonding function, for example.

Abstract: A first video stream having video data of a first view, a second video stream having video data of a second view, and an audio stream having audio data of an object sound source and positional information based on the first view of the object sound source are generated. A container of a predetermined format including the first video stream, the second video stream, the audio stream, and position correction information for correcting the positional information of the object sound source to positional information based on the second view is transmitted. Thereby, it is possible to accurately perform 3D audio rendering even in a case that view switching is performed at a reception side.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus, a sending apparatus, and a data processing method that are configured to execute processing related with time information corresponding to a variety of operations. The receiving apparatus receives metadata that includes information for executing processing related with time information in accordance with a mode corresponding to two or more pieces of time information and executes the processing related with the time information on the basis of the received metadata, thereby executing the processing related with the time information corresponding to a variety of operations. The technology is applicable to television receivers, for example.

Abstract: This technology relates to a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, and a data processing method for configuring circuits on the receiving side at lower costs. The reception apparatus includes: a demodulation section configured to demodulate a packet included in each of multiple PLPs of a broadcast stream; and a processing section configured to process the packet demodulated by the demodulation section. The demodulation section and the processing section are interconnected via a single interface. The processing section identifies the PLP to which the packet input via the single interface from the demodulation section belongs on the basis of information for identifying the PLP to which the packet belongs. This technology applies, for example, to receivers supporting an IP transmission method.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method that can reduce errors of time arising from accuracy of time information. The data processing apparatus generates signaling including time information having accuracy of time according to a frame length of a physical layer frame and processes the signaling so as to be included into a preamble of the physical layer frame to make it possible to reduce errors of time arising from time information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a transmitter compatible with a broadcasting method of ATSC3.0 and so forth.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device, and a transmission method in which a convergence service of broadcasting and communication can be realized more effectively. A FLUTE processing unit is configured to acquire one or more components constituting a specific service of a plurality of services included in broadcast waves of digital broadcasting using an IP transfer system, in accordance with a first control signal including information indicating types and a transfer system of the one or more components constituting the specific service such that the convergence service of broadcasting and communication can be realized more effectively. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, and a data processing method that enable efficient transmission of periodically transmitting information. The transmitting apparatus arranges, in a physical layer frame including a preamble and a data portion, periodically transmitting transmission information in an area that is extractable temporally before other information arranged in the data portion, and transmits the physical layer frame as a digital broadcast signal. The apparatuses and method are applicable to, for example, digital broadcasting using an IP transmission method.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a detection part that detects a behavior of another vehicle in a region on which it is supposed that a vehicle travels in order to pass through a gate; a determination part that determines whether or not a gate is an operating gate, based on the behavior of the other vehicle which is detected by the detection part; and a control part that performs a vehicle control so as to pass through a gate which is determined as an operating gate by the determination part.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus that includes circuitry configured to generate transport protocol selection information used for selecting a transport protocol to be used in a specific service from a plurality of transport protocols conforming to a predetermined standard; and transmit, together with the transport protocol selection information, a content provided by the specific service according to the transport protocol set in the transport protocol selection information, and the plurality of transport protocols include at least ROUTE (Real-Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport) and MMT (MPEG Media Transport).

Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission device, a receiving device, and a data processing method that enable bandwidth control over PLPs when one frequency band includes the plurality of PLPs. The transmission device determines the number of cells of a component to be transmitted by each of PLPs such that the number of cells in an entire physical layer frame including the plurality of PLPs matches a sum of the number of cells of the plurality of PLPs, and transmits a broadcast stream including the physical layer frame. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system for transmitting a broadcast stream including a physical layer frame including a plurality of PLPs.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method that enable correct clock synchronization by use of clock information. The data processing apparatus receives a digital broadcast signal so as to process content included in the digital broadcast signal and clock information also included therein for use in presentation synchronization on the content and sends via a transmission path the processed content and clock information to another data processing apparatus that presents the received content. On the other hand, the another data processing apparatus receives via the transmission path the content and clock information sent from the data processing apparatus so as to process presentation synchronization on the received content on the basis of the received clock information. The present technology is applicable to data processing apparatuses configured to process content, for example.

Abstract: There is provided a reception apparatus including a first acquisition unit which acquires, preceding text format second signaling data to be transmitted in a lower-level layer than an IP layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of an IP transmission system and containing control information independent of a service identified by an IP address, binary format first signaling data containing a flag indicating whether the second signaling data exists in digital broadcast using the IP transmission system, a second acquisition unit which acquires the second signaling data on the basis of the first signaling data, and a control unit which controls operation of the units which perform various types of processing on the basis of the second signaling data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a television receiver.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and at reception method that enable a plurality of transport protocols to coexist. The transmission apparatus generates transport protocol selection information used for selecting a transport protocol to be used in a specific service from a plurality of transport protocols conforming to a predetermined standard, and transmits, together with the transport protocol selection information, a content provided by the specific service according to the transport protocol set in the transport protocol selection information. The present technology is applicable to, for example, IP packet broadcasting.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus and a data processing method that permit efficient processing of time information. The reception apparatus receives a digital broadcasting signal based on an IP transport scheme, acquires time information from a physical layer frame transported in a physical layer of a protocol stack for the IP transport scheme, converts the acquired time information into the same data format as data provided in a payload of the physical layer frame, and outputs the converted time information to a processing section that performs a given process relating to an upper layer that is a layer higher than the physical layer. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a television receiver that supports an IP transport scheme.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus and a data processing method that enable clock synchronization in a more suitable manner. The reception apparatus receives a digital broadcast signal of an IP transmission method that includes time information and a stream of content. The time information includes a seconds field and a nanoseconds field. The reception apparatus then generates a processing clock synchronized with the time information on the basis of the time information included in the digital broadcast signal, and processes the stream included in the digital broadcast signal on the basis of the processing clock. The present technology can be applied to, for example, television receivers conforming to the IP transmission method.

Abstract: [Object] The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method that enable more flexible operations to be performed. [Solving Means] A reception apparatus receives a content transmitted in an IP transmission system, acquires, based on first control information that is transmitted in a first layer in a protocol stack of the IP transmission system and includes information indicating whether second control information transmitted in a second layer higher than the first layer exists, the second control information, and controls operations of units that process the content based on the second control information. The present technology is applicable to television receivers supporting the IP transmission system.

Abstract: An illumination unit includes one or more light sources each including a solid-state light-emitting device having a light emission region configured of one or more light-emission spots, one or more traveling-direction angle conversion device each converting a traveling-direction-angle of light, and an integrator including a first fly-eye lens having cells which receive light from the traveling-direction angle conversion device and a second fly-eye lens having cells which receive light from the first fly-eye lens, the integrator uniformalizing illumination distribution in a predetermined illumination area. An optical system configured with the traveling-direction angle conversion device and the first and second fly-eye lenses has an optical magnification which allows each of light source images to have a size not exceeding a size of the cell in the second fly-eye lens, the light source images being formed on the second fly-eye lens by the respective cells in the first fly-eye lens.