A receiver (101) that receives main information (2) including 2D video content and complementary information (3) for converting the 2D video content to 3D, and an integrating unit (102) that integrates the main information (2) and the complementary information (3), received by the receiver (101), as integrated information (4) by using the main information (2) and the complementary information (3) are provided. Accordingly, 3D video can be viewed without changing the broadcasting format of the current 2D broadcasting or without degrading the image quality.
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1. An information integrating device comprising: a main information receiver that receives main information including two-dimensional video content; a complementary information receiver that receives complementary information for converting the two-dimensional video content to stereoscopic video; and an integrating processor that integrates the main information, received by the main information receiver, and the complementary information, received by the complementary information receiver, as stereoscopic video information by using the main information and the complementary information; wherein the main information and the complementary information are received via respective paths, sync information used in synchronizing the main information and the complementary information is received, the integrating processor performs time adjustment to alternately arrange, based on the sync information on a frame-by-frame basis, a plurality of main frames constituting the two-dimensional video content included in the main information and a plurality of complementary frames that are included in the complementary information and that individually correspond to the plurality of main frames to synchronize the main frames and the complementary frames corresponding to the main frames, so that the main frames and the complementary frames are alternately arranged and outputted.
2. The information integrating device according to claim 1 , wherein the integrating processor performs time adjustment to alternately arrange, on a frame-by-frame basis, the main frames and the complementary frames, which correspond to the main frames, by recording at least one of the main frames and the complementary frames, which correspond to the main frames, in a temporary memory.
3. An information display device comprising a display controller that performs processing to display stereoscopic video information integrated by the information integrating device according to claim 1 .
4. An information recording device comprising a recording controller that performs processing to record stereoscopic video information integrated by the information integrating device according to claim 1 in a memory.
5. An information integrating method executed by an information integrating device that integrates main information including two-dimensional video content and complementary information for converting the two-dimensional video content to stereoscopic video as stereoscopic video information, comprising: a main information receiving step of receiving the main information; a complementary information receiving step of receiving the complementary information; and an integrating step of integrating the main information, received in the main information receiving step, and the complementary information, received in the complementary information receiving step, as stereoscopic video information by using the main information and the complementary information; wherein the main information and the complementary information are received via respective paths, sync information used in synchronizing the main information and the complementary information is received, the integrating step includes performing time adjustment to alternately arrange, based on the sync information on a frame-by-frame basis, a plurality of main frames constituting the two-dimensional video content included in the main information and a plurality of complementary frames that are included in the complementary information and that individually correspond to the plurality of main frames to synchronize the main frames and the complementary frames corresponding to the main frames, so that the main frames and the complementary frames are alternately arranged and outputted.
6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon an information integrating program causing a computer to execute the steps of the information integrating method according to claim 5 .
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November 10, 2011
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