Disc reproducing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium

• US 8,700,732 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2009
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fukuya, Katsunari, Ando, Akira, Osawa, Muneaki, Aruga, Hiroshi, Matsumura, Eriko, Matsuyama, Fuyuki, Inoue, Nobuhiro, Yamaoka, Kazuo, Bamba, Sadamichi, Akiyama, Yukiko, Miyoshi, Shinya
• Primary Examiner(s): BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H
• Application Number:
  US12/655,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20100180008A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,566 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/203
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2541 Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier

Abstract

A disc reproducing apparatus includes: program readout means for playing back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon; disc-content readout means for executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc; network-content acquisition means for executing the read program to acquire a content stored in a device connected over a network; and display control means for executing the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.

Claims

1. A disc reproducing apparatus, comprising:

a program readout section that plays back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon;

a disc-content readout section that executes the read program to read a content recorded on the disc, the content read from the disc being associated with a particular shooting location at which such content has been taken;

a network-content acquisition section that executes the read program to extract an acquisition condition based on the particular shooting location at which the content read from the disc has been taken, search for a content stored in a device connected over a network that matches the acquisition condition, and acquire over the network the content stored in the connected device that matches the acquisition condition, the content acquired from the device connected over the network thereby being an image taken near the shooting location associated with the content read from the disc; and

a display control section that executes the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.

2. The disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising network-information readout section that executes the read program to read information recorded on the disc and specifying a recording position of the content stored in the device connected over the network.

3. The disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the network-content acquisition section further specifies the content to be acquired based on information added to the content stored in the device connected over the network.

4. The disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a content taken within a predetermined period is specified based on information added to the content and representing a shooting date and time on which the content has been taken.

5. The disc reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control section combines the content read from the disc and the content acquired from the device connected over the network, and displays a resultant content.

6. A disc reproducing method, comprising:

playing back a loaded disc to read a program recorded thereon;

executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc, the content read from the disc being associated with a particular shooting location at which such content has been taken;

executing the read program to extract an acquisition condition based on the particular shooting location at which the content read from the disc has been taken, search for a content stored in a device connected over a network that matches the acquisition condition, and acquire over the network the content stored in the connected device that matches the acquisition condition, the content acquired from the device connected over the network thereby being an image taken near the shooting location associated with the content read from the disc; and

executing the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.

7. A processor executing a computer program embedded on a memory, the computer program for carrying out a disc reproducing method, the method comprising:

reading a content recorded on a disc, the content read from the disc being associated with a particular shooting location at which such content has been taken;

executing the read program to extract an acquisition condition based on the particular shooting location at which the content read from the disc has been taken, search for a content stored in a device connected over a network that matches the acquisition condition, and acquire over the network the content stored in the connected device that matches the acquisition condition, the content acquired from the device connected over the network thereby being an image taken near the shooting location associated with the content read from the disc; and

controlling display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.

8. A non-transitory recording medium having recorded thereon a program for carrying out a disc reproducing method, the method comprising:

reading a content recorded on a disc, the content read from the disc being associated with a particular shooting location at which such content has been taken;

executing the read program to extract an acquisition condition based on the particular shooting location at which the content read from the disc has been taken, search for a content stored in a device connected over a network that matches the acquisition condition, and acquire over the network the content stored in the connected device that matches the acquisition condition, the content acquired from the device connected over the network thereby being an image taken near the shooting location associated with the content read from the disc; and

controlling display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.

9. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 8, which is configured as a disc where information specifying a recording position of a content stored in the device connected over the network, and the content are recorded together with the program.

10. A disc reproducing apparatus, comprising:

a program readout unit playing back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon;

a disc-content readout unit executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc, the content read from the disc being associated with a particular shooting location at which such content has been taken a network-content acquisition unit executing the read program to executing the read program to extract an acquisition condition based on the particular shooting location at which the content read from the disc has been taken, search for a content stored in a device connected over a network that matches the acquisition condition, and acquire over the network the content stored in the connected device that matches the acquisition condition, the content acquired from the device connected over the network thereby being an image taken near the shooting location associated with the content read from the disc and a display control unit configured to execute the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.