Video information outputting apparatus, video information receiving apparatus, video information outputting method and video information transmitting method
First Claim
1. A video information outputting apparatus, for outputting either one of digital video information inputted and digital video information reproduced from a storage medium, comprising:
- a control information detector which detects a control information, including at least a copy control information therein, which is added to said digital video information;
a first output portion which outputs said digital video information to an external apparatus;
a second output portion which converts said digital video information into analogue video signals and outputs said analogue signals to an external apparatus; and
a controller which controls outputs at said first output portion and said second output portion depending upon the control information, being detected in said control information detect portion.
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Abstract
According to a video information outputting apparatus, a video information receiving apparatus, a video information outputting method and a video information transmitting method, for receiving and outputting digital video information. The digital information is outputted in the same quality as it is, when it is certificated that an external apparatus operates according to a copy control information, while no information limited on copying thereof is outputted when it is not. It thereby prevents the information, which is outputted from the video information outputting apparatus to an external apparatus, from being used in other purposes than the original object thereof, thereby giving disadvantages onto the producer and/or copyright owner of the information.
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29 Claims
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1. A video information outputting apparatus, for outputting either one of digital video information inputted and digital video information reproduced from a storage medium, comprising:
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a control information detector which detects a control information, including at least a copy control information therein, which is added to said digital video information;
a first output portion which outputs said digital video information to an external apparatus;
a second output portion which converts said digital video information into analogue video signals and outputs said analogue signals to an external apparatus; and
a controller which controls outputs at said first output portion and said second output portion depending upon the control information, being detected in said control information detect portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information receiving apparatus for receiving digital video information and outputting it to an external apparatus, comprising:
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a receiver which receives said digital video information;
a control information detector which detects control information, including at least a copy control information therein, which is added to said digital video information;
a first output portion which outputs said digital video information to an external apparatus;
a second output portion which converts said digital video information into analogue video signals and outputs said analogue signals to an external apparatus; and
a controller which controls outputs at said first output portion and said second output portion depending upon the control information, being detected in said control information detector. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A video information transmitting method for transmitting digital video information toward an information receiving apparatus, comprising the following steps:
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adding control information, including at least a copy control information, to said digital video information to be transmitted;
whereinsaid control information is used for controlling an output signal when said information receiving apparatus converts said digital video information into analogue video information and outputting said analogue video signal to an external apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A video information outputting apparatus for outputting to an external apparatus either one of digital video information inputted and digital video information reproduced from a storage medium, comprising:
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a control information detector which detects control information added to said digital video information;
an output portion which outputs said digital video information to said external apparatus;
a condition certification portion which certificates a condition of either one of said output portion and said external apparatus; and
an output controller which controls an output of said output portion, wherein said output controller controls said output depending upon the control information detected in said control information detector and the condition of either one of the external apparatus and the output portion certified in said condition certification portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A video information outputting method for outputting either on of digital video information inputted and digital video information reproduced from a storage medium, to an external apparatus, comprising the following steps:
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a step for detecting control information added to said digital video information;
a step for certificating a condition of either one of output and said external apparatus; and
controlling output, upon basis of said control information detected and the condition certificated. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A video information transmitting method for transmitting digital video information toward an information outputting apparatus for inputting information and outputting it to an external apparatus, comprising the following steps:
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adding control information in relation with either one of copy limitation of said digital video information and protection of video information to said digital video information to be transmitted; and
wherein said control information is used for controlling an output of said digital video information, being combined with a result of certification of either one of said information outputting apparatus and said external apparatus, when said digital video information is outputted from said information outputting apparatus to said external apparatus.
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