Electronic cinema system, distribution apparatus, and showing apparatus
First Claim
1. An electronic cinema system which electronically delivers video of movie software or distributes a recording medium that contains the video, to show the movie, comprising:
- a distribution apparatus for transmitting captions of the movie software to a theater using an internet protocol; and
a showing apparatus for composing the video and a caption corresponding to the video, and showing the composed video and caption.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an electronic cinema system that electronically delivers movie software or distributes its recording medium to show the movie, and has for its object to provide an electronic cinema system, a distribution apparatus and a showing apparatus, which maintain the security of the whole system. Video is electronically delivered or a recording medium which contains the video is distributed to theaters, further captions and audio are transmitted using an internet protocol, and the video and the audio is synchronously played back in each theater as well as the video and the captions are synchronously played back, composed and shown.
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18 Claims
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1. An electronic cinema system which electronically delivers video of movie software or distributes a recording medium that contains the video, to show the movie, comprising:
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a distribution apparatus for transmitting captions of the movie software to a theater using an internet protocol; and
a showing apparatus for composing the video and a caption corresponding to the video, and showing the composed video and caption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic cinema system which electronically delivers video of movie software or distributes a recording medium that contains the video, to show the movie, comprising:
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a distribution apparatus for transmitting captions and audio of the movie software to a theater using an internet protocol; and
a showing apparatus for synchronously playing back the video and audio corresponding to the video, and composing the video and a caption corresponding to the video to show the movie. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A distribution apparatus which electronically delivers video of movie software or distributes a recording medium that contains the video, comprising:
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a caption storage means for storing caption information corresponding to the video;
a reading means for reading the caption information from the caption storage means;
a copy protection device for subjecting the video to a copy protection process;
a key management device for managing a key for releasing the copy protection process; and
a transmission means for transmitting the key and the caption information using an internet protocol. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 17, 18)
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12. A distribution apparatus which electronically delivers video of movie software or distributes a recording medium that contains the video, comprising:
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a caption storage means for storing caption and audio information corresponding to the video;
a reading means for reading the caption and audio information from the caption storage means;
a copy protection device for subjecting the video to a copy protection process;
a key management device for managing a key for releasing the copy protection process; and
a transmission means for transmitting the key and the caption and audio information using an internet protocol.
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13. A showing apparatus which separately receives video and captions of movie software, and shows the movie, comprising:
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a theater control device for composing the video and a caption corresponding to the video, and outputting the composed video and caption; and
a projector for projecting the data outputted from the theater control device.
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16. A showing apparatus which separately receives video, captions and audio of movie software, and shows the movie, comprising:
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a theater control device for synchronously playing back the video and audio corresponding to the video as well as composing the video and a caption corresponding to the video and outputting the composed video and caption; and
a projector for projecting the data outputted from the theater control device.
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