Method and Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding

• US 20090160862A1
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cha, Hyouk Jean, Kim, Tae Hyeon
• Application Number:
  US12/083,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20090160862A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/474
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/85406 involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The encoding method includes generating a data area including a plurality of media data areas; generating a plurality of track areas corresponding to the plurality of media data areas, respectively; and generating an animation area including at least one of grouping information on an animation effect, opacity effect information, size information on an image to which the animation effect is to be applied, and geometrical transform effect information. According to the present invention, the multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus has an effect of being capable of constructing a slide show by only a small amount of multimedia data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can reduce.

Claims

1. An encoding method comprising:

generating a data area comprising a plurality of media data areas;

generating a plurality of track areas corresponding to the plurality of media data areas, respectively; and

generating an animation area comprising at least one of grouping information on an animation effect, opacity effect information, size information on an image to which the animation effect is to be applied, and geometrical transform effect information,

wherein the track area comprises timing information for reproducing a plurality of media data comprised in the media data area, and the plurality of media data comprised in the data area are dependent on one timeline.

2. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the animation area comprises at least one of motion information, color change information, attribute control information, and image format information.

3. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the animation area comprises link information on data corresponding to the image.

4. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the geometrical transform effect information comprises information on at least one of image translation, scale transform, rotation, skew effects.

5. The encoding method of claim 2, wherein the motion information comprises at least one of motion path information on the image and motion path information on an object comprised in the image.

6. The encoding method of claim 2, wherein the format information comprises at least one of a rectangle, a circle, an oval, a line, a polyline, and a polygon.

7. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the animation area is described using any one of Light-weight Application Scene Representation (LASeR), Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), and BInary Format for Scene (BIFS).

8. The encoding method of claim 6, wherein any one of the LASeR, the SVG, and the BIFS is realized in an eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML) format or a binary encoded format.

9. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein a file type area, a media information area comprising the plurality of track areas and a meta area comprising meta information on the media data, and the data area constitute one file, and the file type area has information on a format of the file.

10. The encoding method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of track areas and the meta area are separated from each other.

11. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the data area comprises an image data area having a plurality of image data, and the media information area comprises a slide show area corresponding to the image data area.

12. The encoding method of claim 11, wherein the slide show area comprises a media area having the timing information on the image data, and a meta area having meta information on the image data.

13. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of track areas each comprise a media area having the timing information on the media data, and a meta area having meta information on the media data.

14. The encoding method of claim 1, wherein there exists the timing information on each of the plurality of media data.

30. A computer readable recording medium for recording program for executing, by a computer, a method claimed in claim 1.

15. A decoding method comprising:

receiving multimedia data, the multimedia data comprising;

a data area comprising a plurality of media data areas;

a plurality of track areas corresponding to the plurality of media data areas, respectively; and

an animation area comprising at least one of grouping information on an animation effect, opacity effect information, size information on an image to which the animation effect is to be applied, and geometrical transform effect information; and

reproducing a plurality of media data comprised in the media data area, using the information comprised in the animation area,

wherein the plurality of media data comprised in the data area are dependent on one timeline.

16. The decoding method of claim 15, wherein the animation area comprises at least one of motion information, color change information, attribute control information, and image format information.

17. The decoding method of claim 15, wherein the animation area comprises link information on data corresponding to the image.

18. The decoding method of claim 15, wherein the geometrical transform effect information comprises information on at least one of image translation, scale transform, rotation, skew effects.

19. The decoding method of claim 16, wherein the motion information comprises at least one of motion path information on the image and motion path information on an object comprised in the image.

20. The decoding method of claim 16, wherein the format information comprises at least one of a rectangle, a circle, an oval, a line, a polyline, and a polygon.

21. The decoding method of claim 15, wherein the data area comprises an image data area having a plurality of image data, and the media information area comprises a slide show area corresponding to the image data area.

22. The decoding method of claim 21, wherein the slide show area comprises a media area having the timing information on the image data, and a meta area having meta information on the image data.

23. An encoding apparatus comprising:

a data area generator for generating a data area comprising a plurality of media data areas;

a track area generator for generating a plurality of track areas corresponding to the plurality of media data areas, respectively; and

an animation area generator for generating an animation area comprising at least one of grouping information on an animation effect, opacity effect information, size information on an image to which the animation effect is to be applied, and geometrical transform effect information,

wherein the track area comprises timing information for reproducing a plurality of media data comprised in the media data area, and the plurality of media data comprised in the data area are dependent on one timeline.

24. The encoding apparatus of claim 23, wherein the animation area comprises at least one of motion information, color change information, attribute control information, and image format information.

25. The encoding apparatus of claim 23, wherein the animation area comprises link information on data corresponding to the image.

26. A decoding apparatus comprising:

a data input unit for receiving multimedia data, the multimedia data comprising;

a data area comprising a plurality of media data area;

a media information area comprising a plurality of track areas corresponding to the plurality of media data areas, respectively; and

an animation area comprising at least one of grouping information on an animation effect, opacity effect information, size information on an image to which the animation effect is to be applied, and geometrical transform effect information; and

a reproducing unit for reproducing a plurality of media data comprised in the media data area, using the animation effect information comprised in the animation area,

wherein the plurality of media data comprised in the data area are dependent on one timeline.

27. The decoding apparatus of claim 26, wherein the animation area comprises at least one of motion information, color change information, attribute control information, and image format information.

28. The decoding apparatus of claim 26, wherein the animation area comprises link information on data corresponding to the image.

29. A multimedia data structure comprising:

a file type area having information on a file format;

a data area comprising a plurality of media data areas;

a plurality of track areas corresponding to the plurality of media data areas, respectively; and

a media information area comprising an animation area comprising at least one of grouping information on an animation effect, opacity effect information, size information on an image to which the animation effect is to be applied, and geometrical transform effect information.