Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses

• US 20050084248A1
• Filed: 10/08/2004
• Published: 04/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Byung Kin, Yoo, Jea Yong, Seo, Kang Soo
• Application Number:
  US10/960,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20050084248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2541 Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8233 the additional signal being a character code signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8715 involving the mixing of the reproduced video signal with a non-recorded signal, e.g. a text signal

Abstract

In the data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data, a recording area stores at least one subplayitem. The subplayitem identifies more than one clip information file name, and each clip information file named by the subplayitem indicates an associated clip of text subtitle data to reproduce from the recording medium. The text subtitle data in each clip is associated with at least a portion of main presentation data recorded on the recording medium. The subplayitem indicates a single presentation interval for the associated clips.

Claims

1. A recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data, comprising:

a navigation area storing at least one subplayitem, the subplayitem identifying more than one clip information file name, each clip information file named by the subplayitem indicates an associated clip of text subtitle data to reproduce from the recording medium, the text subtitle data in each clip being associated with at least a portion of main presentation data recorded on the recording medium, the subplayitem indicating a single presentation interval for the associated clips.

2. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the navigation area stores at least one playitem, the playitem indicating at least a portion of the main presentation data to reproduce.

3. The recording medium of claim 2, wherein the playitem identifies a clip information file name that indicates a clip of main presentation data to reproduce.

4. The recording medium of claim 3, wherein the clip information files identified by the subplayitem and the playitem are different.

5. The recording medium of claim 3, wherein the clip of main presentation data is a separate file from the associated clips of text subtitle data.

6. The recording medium of claim 2, wherein the navigation area stores at least one playlist, the playlist including the playitem and the subplayitem.

7. The recording medium of claim 6, wherein the playlist includes information that the subplayitem is associated with a text subtitle presentation path.

8. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein each clip information file named by the subplayitem indicates a different associated clip of text subtitle data.

9. The recording medium of claim 8, wherein more than one of the associated clips of text subtitle data are each associated with a different foreign language.

10. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein two of the languages are Korean and English.

11. The recording medium of claim 1, further comprising:

a data area storing the associated clips of text subtitle data.

12. The recording medium of claim 11, wherein at least one of the associated clips of text subtitle stores the text subtitle data as transport packets.

13. A recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data, comprising:

a navigation area storing at least one playlist including navigation information for reproducing main presentation data and text subtitle data associated with the main presentation data, the navigation information indicating that the text subtitle data forms at least part of a text subtitle subpath, the playlist including at least one subplayitem that provides navigation information for reproducing more than one clip of text subtitle data from the recording medium, the subplayitem indicating a single presentation interval for the clips of text subtitle data.

14. A recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data, comprising:

a data area storing separate clips of text subtitle data and at least one separate clip of main presentation data, the text subtitle data being associated with the main presentation data; and

a navigation area storing a subplayitem providing navigation information for reproducing the separate clips of text subtitle data for a same presentation interval, and the navigation area storing a playitem providing navigation information for reproducing the clip of main presentation data.

15. The recording medium of claim 14, wherein

the playitem provides a presentation interval for reproducing the clip of main presentation data;

and

the presentation interval provided by the subplayitem is associated with the presentation interval provided by the playitem.

16. The recording medium of claim 14, wherein each clip of text subtitle data is associated with a different language.

17. The recording medium of claim 16, wherein two of the languages are Korean and English.

18. A method of recording a data structure for managing reproduction of a text subtitle on a recording medium, the method comprising:

recording at least one subplayitem on the recording medium, the subplayitem identifying more than one clip information file name, each clip information file named by the subplayitem indicates an associated clip of text subtitle data to reproduce from the recording medium, the text subtitle data in each clip being associated with at least a portion of main presentation data recorded on the recording medium, the subplayitem indicating a single presentation interval for the associated clips.

19. A method of reproducing a data structure for managing reproduction of a text subtitle from a recording medium, comprising:

reproducing at least one subplayitem from the recording medium, the subplayitem identifying more than one clip information file name, each clip information file named by the subplayitem indicates an associated clip of text subtitle data to reproduce from the recording medium, the text subtitle data in each clip being associated with at least a portion of main presentation data recorded on the recording medium, the subplayitem indicating a single presentation interval for the associated clips.

20. An apparatus for reproducing a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data from a recording medium, comprising:

a pick-up to reproduce at least one subplayitem from the recording medium, the subplayitem identifying more than one clip information file name, each clip information file named by the subplayitem indicates an associated clip of text subtitle data to reproduce from the recording medium, the text subtitle data in each clip being associated with at least a portion of main presentation data recorded on the recording medium, the subplayitem indicating a single presentation interval for the associated clips.