Recording medium having a data structure for managing sound data and recording and reproducing methods and apparatus

• US 20050149214A1
• Filed: 08/27/2004
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoo, Jea Yong, Kim, Byung Jin, Seo, Kang Soo
• Granted Patent: US 8,630,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2541 Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

In the data structure of recording medium for managing sound data associated with graphic information, an interactive composition segment is provided. The interactive composition segment includes sound management information. The sound management information is associated with a graphic item and provides an identifier of a sound data in sound file, separate from a main data file, to reproduce in association with the graphic item.

Claims

1. A recording medium having a data structure for managing sound data associated with graphic information, comprising:

a recording area storing an interactive composition segment, the interactive composition segment including sound management information, the sound management information being associated with a graphic item and providing an identifier of a sound data in a sound file, separate from a main data file, to reproduce in association with the graphic item.

2. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the graphic item is a graphic button.

3. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the graphic item is the graphic button after selection by user input.

4. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the graphic item is the graphic button after activation by user input.

5. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein

the sound information includes a first identifier identifying a first sound data to reproduce in association with a first graphic item and a second identifier identifying a second sound data to reproduce in association with the second graphic item.

6. The recording medium of claim 5, wherein the interactive composition segment includes a button data structure providing graphic management information for managing reproduction of the first and second graphic items and providing the sound management information.

7. The recording medium of claim 5, wherein the button data structure includes neighbor information providing graphic management information for managing reproduction of an upper graphic button, a lower graphic button, a left graphic button and a right graphic button.

8. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the interactive composition segment includes a button data structure providing graphic management information for reproducing a graphic button as the graphic item and providing the sound management information.

9. The recording medium of claim 8, wherein the button data structure includes neighbor information providing graphic management information for reproducing an upper graphic button, a lower graphic button, a left graphic button and a right graphic button.

10. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the interactive composition segment includes graphic management information for managing reproducing of graphic information that includes the graphic item.

11. The recording medium of claim 10, wherein the graphic information is menu information.

12. The recording medium of claim 11, wherein the graphic item is a menu item.

13. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein the menu item is a selected menu item.

14. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein the menu item is an activated menu item.

15. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the main data is audio/video data.

16. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein the recording area stores mask information, the mask information including sound mask information indicating whether a change to the sound information is forbidden.

17. A recording medium having a data structure for managing sound data associated with graphic information, comprising:

a data area storing a main data file and at least one separate sound file; and

a management area storing an interactive composition segment the interactive composition segment including sound management information, the sound management information being associated with a graphic item and providing an identifier of a sound data in the sound file to reproduce in association with the graphic item.

18. The recording medium of claim 17, wherein the main data is audio/video data.

19. The recording medium of claim 17, wherein the interactive composition segment includes a button data structure providing graphic management information for reproducing a graphic button as the graphic item and providing the sound management information.

20. The recording medium of claim 19, wherein the graphic button is the graphic button after selection by user input.

21. The recording medium of claim 19, wherein the graphic button is the graphic button after activation by user input.

22. A method of reproducing a data structure for managing sound data associated with graphic information from a recording medium, comprising:

reproducing an interactive composition segment from the recording medium, the interactive composition segment including sound management information, the sound management information being associated with a graphic item and providing an identifier of a sound data in a sound file, separate from a main data file, to reproduce in association with the graphic item.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

reproducing the sound data identified by the identifier.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

outputting sound data from a memory of a recording medium reproducing device when outputting a graphic item for which no sound data was reproduced.

25. A method of recording a data structure for managing sound data associated with graphic information on a recording medium, comprising:

recording an interactive composition segment on the recording medium, the interactive composition segment including sound management information, the sound management information being associated with a graphic item and providing an identifier of a sound data in a sound file, separate from a main data file, to reproduce in association with the graphic item.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

recording the main data file and the separate sound file.

27. An apparatus for reproducing a data structure for managing sound data associated with graphic information from a recording medium, comprising:

a driver for driving an optical reproducing device to reproduce data recorded on the recording medium;

a controller for controlling the driver to reproduce an interactive composition segment from the recording medium, the interactive composition segment including sound management information, the sound management information being associated with a graphic item and providing an identifier of a sound data in a sound file, separate from a main data file, to reproduce in association with the graphic item.

28. An apparatus for recording a data structure for managing sound data associated with graphic information on a recording medium, comprising:

a driver for driving an optical recording device to record data on the recording medium;

a controller for controlling the driver to record an interactive composition segment on the recording medium, the interactive composition segment including sound management information, the sound management information being associated with a graphic item and providing an identifier of a sound data in a sound file, separate from a main data file, to reproduce in association with the graphic item.