Technical Development toward Implementation of Ultra High-Definition TV System

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 116, No. 7-8, pp. 279–286
Abstract: An extremely high-resolution image system called the Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) system, with more than 4000 scanning lines is being developed by the Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK). This system provides audio and video with an acute sense of reality so that viewers feel as if they are actually at the site of the filming. UHDTV cameras, projectors, disk recorders, and three-dimensional sound systems have already been developed. UHDTV programs were demonstrated at the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan, and the system worked successfully there during the six-month run. This paper presents two aspects of the newly developed UHDTV transmission systems: an optical transmission system with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology for contribution, and a codec system based on MPEG-2 for program distribution. A live transmission of uncompressed material with a 260-km single-mode fiber was also performed. For program distribution, some experiments were conducted at bit rates of 200 to 640 Mbits/sec via experimental satellite transponders or IP networks. These transmission experiments demonstrate the feasibility of using UHDTV in future broadcasting.
Publication Date: 2007-07-01
DOI: 10.5594/J11428
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J11428
Author(s): E. NakasuThe Human and Information Science Division at NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories
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Eisuke Nakasu received BE and ME degrees in electric engineering from Keio University, Japan, in 1980 and 1982, respectively. He joined Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) in 1982. He is currently the senior associate director of the Human and information Science Division at NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he is in charge of research and development of digital broadcasting systems, video coding, and picture-quality evaluation. Nakasu was awarded the SMPTE Journal Certificate of Merit in 1996. He is a member of IEICE, ITE, IPS of Japan, and IEEE.
Y. NishidaThe Human and Information Science Division at NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories
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Yukihiro Nishida is a senior research engineer in the Human and Information Science Division at NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories. Since graduating from Keio University, Japan, with a master's degree in electrical engineering, he has worked for NHK and has been involved in research and development of video coding, quality measurement, digital broadcasting, HDTV, and more. He has participated in many standardization activities in the area of broadcasting technologies and has served eight years as vice-chairman of Working Party 6A of ITU-R, dealing with digital television standards.
M. Maeda
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Mikio Maeda received BE, ME, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Hokkaido University in 1979, 1981, and 1993, respectively. He joined NHK in 1981. In 1984, he moved to the Science and Technical Research Laboratories, where he has been engaged in research on optical fiber transmission systems for high-definition television. His current interest is optical transmission systems for Super Hi-Vision, using the Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing technique.
M. Kanazawa
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Masaru Kanazawa received BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electronics from Hokkaido University in 1977, 1979, and 2004. Since 1979, he has worked at NHK, where he is currently a senior research engineer in the Science and Technical Research Laboratories, engaged in the development of extremely high-resolution imagery systems. Kanazawa was awarded the best paper award of ITE Niwa-Takayanagi in 2004 and the Maezima prize in 2005. He is a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers of Japan (EIC), the Institute of Image Information, the Television Engineers of Japan (ITE), and SID.
S. Yano
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Sumio Yano received BA and PhD degrees in engineering from the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, in 1977 and 1993 respectively. He joined NHK in 1977 and worked at the NHK NARA Broadcasting Station until 1981. He was then transferred to the Science and Technical Research Laboratories in 1981. Yano worked at the ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories from 1992–1995, and at ATR Human Information Science Laboratories from 2002–2004. He was reinstated in his former position in 2004. Yano works in the Cognitive Science Group at the Technical Research Laboratories at NHK, where he studies the human vision system and its application of TV image systems.
M. Sugawara
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Masayuki Sugawara received BS and MS degrees in electric communication engineering, and a PhD degree in electronic engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. He joined NHK in 1983. Since 1987, he has been researching solid-state image sensors and HDTV cameras at the NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories. He was an associate professor at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo from 2000–2004. Currently, Sugawara is a senior research engineer at NHK STRL, where he is engaged in the research of ultra-high-definition TV systems. He is a member of SMPTE, IEEE, IEICE, and ITE.
K. Mitani
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Kohji Mitani received BS and MS degrees in electronic engineering in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and a PhD degree in 1999, from Kyoto University. In 1987, he joined the NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories. Since then, he has been working on solid-state image sensor cameras. His research interests include the very high data rate image pickup method, particularly a very high resolution and very high frame rate image acquisition system. Mitani is a member of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers of Japan, and SMPTE.
K. Hamasaki
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Kimio Hamasaki received an MS degree in acoustic design from the Kyushu Institute of Design in 1982. In 1982, he began a successful recording career at NHK, where he made numerous music recordings for broadcasting, CDs, and video releases. For his work, he received several prestigious awards, including the Prix Italia Perugia Award and the CATs Audio Award. In addition to audio engineering, he was engaged in the development of multichannel audio recording techniques, as well as digital mixing systems. Since 2000, he has been a senior research engineer at the NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories where he works on advanced multichannel audio systems for reproducing immersive presence, and high-resolution audio. He is a Fellow member of the Audio Engineering Society, and a member of the Acoustical Society of Japan and the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers.
Y. Nojiri
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Yuji Nojiri received MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Waseda University, Japan, in 1979 and 2004, respectively. He joined NHK in 1979. Since 1981, he has been engaged in the research and development of HDTV, especially the HDTV laser beam film recorder and standards converter, and stereoscopic HDTV, at NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories. His recent interests are in extremely high-resolution imagery, an Ultra-HDTV.
Copyright: © 2007 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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