Decoding apparatus

• US 20070028308A1
• Filed: 07/27/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Katayama, Takashi, Nishio, Kosuke, Ogawa, Tomoki
• Application Number:
  US11/493,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20070028308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 1/00 Secret communication

Abstract

A decoding apparatus includes: a decoding section for decoding input encoded video data and input encoded audio data; an output section for outputting video data and audio data decoded by the decoding section, in accordance with an output control signal; a decoding control section for controlling the decoding section in such a manner that in a case in which copyright information on contents containing the encoded video data and the encoded audio data is not detected, if there is a playback request, the decoding section performs decoding process for performing playback at normal speed, and if there is no playback request, the decoding section performs decoding process for detecting the copyright information at high speed; a copyright information detection section for detecting the copyright information from the audio data decoded by the decoding section; and an output control section for determining, based on the detected copyright information, whether or not the contents are authorized contents and outputting the output control signal.

Claims

1. A decoding apparatus, comprising:

a decoding section for decoding input encoded video data and input encoded audio data;

an output section for outputting video data and audio data decoded by the decoding section, in accordance with an output control signal;

a decoding control section for controlling the decoding section in such a manner that in a case in which copyright information on contents containing the encoded video data and the encoded audio data is not detected, if there is a playback request, the decoding section performs decoding process for performing playback at normal speed, and if there is no playback request, the decoding section performs decoding process for detecting the copyright information at high speed, the decoding process for detecting the copyright information at high speed being partially omitted decoding process for performing playback at normal speed;

a copyright information detection section for detecting the copyright information from the audio data decoded by the decoding section and outputting the detected copyright information; and

an output control section for determining, based on the copyright information detected by the copyright information detection section, whether or not the contents are authorized contents and outputting the output control signal, wherein when the contents have been determined to be authorized contents, the output control section outputs the output control signal so as to make the output section produce an output, and when the contents have been determined to be unauthorized contents, the output control section outputs the output control signal so as to make the output section stop producing an output.

2. The decoding apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a storage section for storing the copyright information detected by the copyright information detection section,

wherein the output control section outputs the output control signal based on the copyright information stored in the storage section.

3. The decoding apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the decoding section performs the decoding process for detecting the copyright information at high speed, the decoding section performs the decoding process in which process for decoding the encoded audio data is partially omitted.

4. The decoding apparatus of claim 3, wherein the decoding section decodes the encoded audio data only for a predetermined period.

5. The decoding apparatus of claim 3, wherein the decoding section decimates the encoded audio data and performs decoding.

6. The decoding apparatus of claim 3, wherein the decoding section decodes only part of multiple channels of data existing as the encoded audio data.

7. The decoding apparatus of claim 3, wherein the decoding section obtains audio data whose sampling frequency is lower than that of audio data obtained when normal process is performed for the encoded audio data.

8. The decoding apparatus of claim 3, wherein the decoding section selects part of the encoded audio data that has been encoded by a method that allows an amount of computation required for decoding to be minimized and then decodes the selected part.

9. The decoding apparatus of claim 2, wherein when there is a playback request, the decoding control section externally outputs a notification of prohibition of high speed playback.

10. The decoding apparatus of claim 2, wherein the output control section outputs, as the output control signal, a signal for prohibiting an output, except when copyright information detected from part of the encoded audio data that has been encoded by at least one encoding method is stored in the storage section.

11. The decoding apparatus of claim 2, wherein the output control section outputs, as the output control signal, a signal for prohibiting an output, when copyright information detected from part of the encoded audio data that is to be played back is not stored in the storage section.

12. The decoding apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the decoding section performs the decoding process for detecting the copyright information at high speed, the decoding section performs the decoding process in which process for decoding the encoded audio data is partially omitted.

13. The decoding apparatus of claim 12, wherein the decoding section decodes the encoded audio data only for a predetermined period.

14. The decoding apparatus of claim 12, wherein the decoding section decimates the encoded audio data and performs decoding.

15. The decoding apparatus of claim 12, wherein the decoding section decodes only part of multiple channels of data existing as the encoded audio data.

16. The decoding apparatus of claim 12, wherein the decoding section obtains audio data whose sampling frequency is lower than that of audio data obtained when normal process is performed for the encoded audio data.

17. The decoding apparatus of claim 12, wherein the decoding section selects part of the encoded audio data that has been encoded by a method that allows an amount of computation required for decoding to be minimized and then decodes the selected part.