PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR INDEX INFORMATION WITH LINK INFORMATION, PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DATA WITH TAG INFORMATION, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR INDEX INFORMATION WITH LINK INFORMATION, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR IMAGE DATA WITH TAG INFORMATION AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20070009100A1
• Filed: 07/05/2006
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KIKUCHI, Hiroaki, IMAIDA, Hideyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,019,183 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• 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 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8583 by creating hot-spots
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a production apparatus for index information with link information. The apparatus includes a database in which a corresponding relationship between region identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed. The apparatus further includes an information embedding section configured to refer to said database to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the region identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information.

Claims

1. A production apparatus for index information with link information, comprising:

a database in which a corresponding relationship between region identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed; and

an information embedding section configured to refer to said database to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the region identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information.

2. The production apparatus for index information with link information according to claim 1, wherein said database records the corresponding relationship in combination with time information.

3. A production apparatus for index information with link information, comprising:

a database in which a corresponding relationship between object identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed; and

an information embedding section configured to refer to said database to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the object identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information.

4. The production apparatus for index information with link information according to claim 3, wherein said database records the corresponding relationship in combination with time information.

5. A production apparatus for image data with tag information, comprising:

a database in which a corresponding relationship between region identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed;

an information embedding section configured to refer to said database to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the region identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information; and

a data outputting section configured to output the index information with link information in which the link information is embedded, the main image and a key image to which the region identification information which specifies the key region in combination with the time information is applied in a mutually associated relationship.

6. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein the outputting destination of said data outputting section is a transmission line.

7. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section outputs the index information with link information, main image and key image in a broadcasting form.

8. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section outputs the index information with link information, main image and key image in a distribution form.

9. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein the outputting destination of said data outputting section is a recording medium.

10. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein the main image is a live image.

11. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section outputs the index information with link information, main image and key image collectively as a file.

12. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section applies the index information with link information to two compression coded data obtained by compression coding the main image and the key image to produce a file.

13. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section applies the index information with link information to single compression coded data obtained by compression coding image data wherein three of four data channels are allocated to the main image and the remaining one data channel is allocated to the key image to produce a file.

14. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section applies the index information with link information to compression coded data obtained by compression coding image data wherein three of four data channels are allocated to the main image and the remaining one data channel is allocated to the key image in which the index information with link information is embedded as incidental information to produce a file.

15. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section outputs the main image to a main channel and simultaneously outputs the key image to a sub channel while the index information with link information image is placed in a meta data area of the main image or the key image.

16. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section outputs the main image to a main channel while the key image and the index information with link information are placed in a meta data area of the main image.

17. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 5, wherein said data outputting section outputs a body of related information which makes a destination of linking of the link information embedded in the index information with link information in an associated relationship with the index information with link information, main image and key image.

19. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein the outputting destination of said data outputting section is a transmission line.

20. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section outputs the index information with link information, main image and key image in a broadcasting form.

21. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section outputs the index information with link information, main image and key image in a distribution form.

22. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein the outputting destination of said data outputting section is a recording medium.

23. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein the main image is a live image.

24. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section outputs the index information with link information, main image and key image collectively as a file.

25. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section applies the index information with link information to two compression coded data obtained by compression coding the main image and the key image to produce a file.

26. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section applies the index information with link information to single compression coded data obtained by compression coding image data wherein three of four data channels are allocated to the main image and the remaining one data channel is allocated to the key image to produce a file.

27. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section applies the index information with link information to compression coded data obtained by compression coding image data wherein three of four data channels are allocated to the main image and the remaining one data channel is allocated to the key image in which the index information with link information is embedded as incidental information to produce a file.

28. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section outputs the main image to a main channel and simultaneously outputs the key image to a sub channel while the index information with link information image is placed in a meta data area of the main image or the key image.

29. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section outputs the main image to a main channel while the key image and the index information with link information are placed in a meta data area of the main image.

30. The production apparatus for image data with tag information according to claim 6, wherein said data outputting section outputs a body of related information which makes a destination of linking of the link information embedded in the index information with link information in an associated relationship with the index information with link information, main image and key image.

18. A production apparatus for image data with tag information, comprising:

a database in which a corresponding relationship between object identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed;

an information embedding section configured to refer to said database to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the object identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information; and

a data outputting section configured to output the index information with link information in which the link information is embedded, the main image and a key image to which the region identification information which specifies the key region in combination with the time information is applied in a mutually associated relationship.

31. A production method for index information with link information, comprising the step of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between region identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the region identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information.

32. A production method for index information with link information, comprising the step of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between object identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the object identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information.

33. A production method for image data with tag information, comprising the steps of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between region identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the region identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information; and

outputting the index information with link information in which the link information is embedded, the main image and a key image to which the region identification information which specifies the key region in combination with the time information is applied in a mutually associated relationship.

34. A production method for image data with tag information, comprising the steps of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between object identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the object identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information; and

outputting the index information with link information in which the link information is embedded, the main image and a key image to which the region identification information which specifies the key region in combination with the time information is applied in a mutually associated relationship.

35. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program is recorded, the program comprising the step of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between region identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the region identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information.

36. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program is recorded, the program comprising the step of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between object identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the object identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information.

37. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program is recorded, the program comprising the steps of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between region identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the region identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information; and

outputting the index information with link information in which the link information is embedded, the main image and a key image to which the region identification information which specifies the key region in combination with the time information is applied in a mutually associated relationship.

38. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program is recorded, the program comprising the steps of:

referring to a database in which a corresponding relationship between object identification information applied to a key region which provides a partial region in a main image specified arbitrarily by an operator and link information for accessing to related information of the partial region is listed to embed, into index information in which a corresponding relationship between the object identification information applied to the key region and time information is listed, the corresponding link information; and

outputting the index information with link information in which the link information is embedded, the main image and a key image to which the region identification information which specifies the key region in combination with the time information is applied in a mutually associated relationship.