INFORMATION PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING STORAGE INFORMATION MEDIUM

• US 20070297766A1
• Filed: 08/16/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Haruhiko Toyama, Hideo Ando, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
• Original Assignee: Haruhiko Toyama, Hideo Ando, Takero Kobayashi, Yasufumi Tsumagari
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Takero, Tsumagari, Yasufumi, Ando, Hideo, Toyama, Haruhiko
• Application Number:
  US11/840,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20070297766A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2579 HD-DVDs [high definition DVDs]; AODs [advanced optical discs]
• 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: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

According to one embodiment, there is provided an information playback method, comprising reading out management information used to manage one or more video titles from an information storage medium, the medium storing an advanced content including the management information in which a title timeline indicating playback timings of objects of each video title being individually defined, and playing back objects of each video title in accordance with the title timeline defined in the readout management information.

Claims

1. An information storage medium storing data, the data comprising:

an enhanced video object set which is a collection of enhanced video objects including data on video, audio, and sub-picture, the enhanced video object set being included in a video title set corresponding to one title;

management information used to manage the title; and

object mapping information which gives playback information for said enhanced video objects, by mapping said enhanced video objects on a title timeline, the object mapping information being included in the management information.

2. The medium according to claim 1, wherein:

the data comprises an advanced content;

the advanced content includes a playlist as the management information, primary video set, secondary video set, advanced application, and advanced subtitle;

the title timeline is defined in the playlist.

3. The medium according to claim 2, wherein commercial information is defined in the playlist to be played back in association with playback of the enhanced video objects.

4. An information transfer method, comprising:

transferring at least an enhanced video object from an information storage medium storing an enhanced video object set which is a collection of said enhanced video objects including data on video, audio, and sub-picture, the enhanced video object set being included in a video title set corresponding to one title, management information used to manage the title, and object mapping information which gives playback information for said enhanced video object, by mapping said enhanced video object on a title timeline, the object mapping information being included in the management information; and

displaying the transferred information on a display.

5. An information playback method, comprising:

reading out management information from an information storage medium storing an enhanced video object set which is a collection of enhanced video objects including data on video, audio, and sub-picture, the enhanced video object set being included in a video title set corresponding to one title, said management information used to manage the title, and object mapping information which gives playback information for said enhanced video objects, by mapping said enhanced video object on a title timeline, the object mapping information being included in the management information; and

playing back said enhanced video objects.

6. An information recording method, comprising:

acquiring an enhanced video object set which is a collection of enhanced video objects including data on video, audio and sub-picture, the enhanced video object set being included in a video title set corresponding to one title, management information used to manage the title, and object mapping information which gives playback information for said enhanced video objects, by mapping said enhanced video object on a title timeline, the object mapping information being included in the management information; and

recording the acquired information in an information storage medium.