Receiving apparatus and method for display of separately controllable command objects,to create superimposed final scenes

• US 8,826,111 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2010
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fukuda, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Quoc A
• Application Number:
  US12/768,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20100201881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,589 Days
• Field of Search: 715/760, 715234-247, 715731-732, 715762-764, 715201-205, 715/715, 715/767
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23412 for generating or manipulating the scene composition of objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80

Abstract

A receiving apparatus and method for display of final superimposed scenes from a receiver adapted to receive shared object control information used for forming final superimposed scenes and display final superimposed scenes. The final superimposed scenes are formed by superimposing two or more shared scenes each comprising one or more shared objects. The shared object comprises user-selectable command objects that are separately controllable independent of the shared scenes.

Claims

1. A receiving apparatus allowing display of final superimposed scenes from content information according to a predetermined specification, the receiving apparatus comprising:

a receiver adapted to receive a shared object control information used for forming final superimposed scenes that are formed by combining two or more shared scenes and that include arbitrary objects, wherein the shared scenes are the virtual scenes which are created by using two or more arbitrary objects;

the shared object control information being formed from control information described in accordance with an internal format based on the two or more shared scenes, the two or more shared scenes being virtual scenes formed of individual graphical user interface screens in accordance with the internal format and used to form the final superimposed scenes, the final superimposed scenes being formed by superimposition of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes, each of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes including two or more of the arbitrary objects, the arbitrary objects being user-selectable command objects that are separately controllable independent of the shared scenes in which the arbitrary objects are displayed in accordance with the predetermined specification; and

a processor comprising instructions for processing the shared object control information to form the final superimposed scenes in which the shared objects are specified for display at the same time in the final superimposed scenes in accordance with the predetermined specification, wherein the superimposed final scenes are described by the combination of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes and one or more of the shared objects based on the internal format, and the control information is described based on one or more of the shared objects without the shared scenes.

2. A receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the object control information specifies a state of utilization of shared objects in each of the final superimposed scenes in accordance with an order of superposition of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes.

3. A receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined specification comprises a predetermined broadcasting specification.

4. A non-transitory storage device stored therein instruction, when implemented by a personal computer allowing display of final superimposed scenes from content information according to a predetermined specification, comprising:

receiving a shared object control information used for forming final superimposed scenes that are formed by combining two or more shared scenes and that include arbitrary objects, wherein the shared scenes are the virtual scenes which are created by using two or more arbitrary objects;

the shared object control information being formed from control information described in accordance with an internal format based on the two or more shared scenes, the two or more shared scenes being virtual scenes formed of individual graphical user interface screens in accordance with the internal format and used to form the final superimposed scenes, the final superimposed scenes being formed by superimposition of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes, each of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes including two or more of the arbitrary objects, the arbitrary objects being user-selectable command objects that are separately controllable independent of the shared scenes in which the arbitrary objects are displayed in accordance with the predetermined specification; and

processing the shared object control information to form the final superimposed scenes in which the shared objects are specified for display at the same time in the final superimposed scenes in accordance with the predetermined specification, wherein the superimposed final scenes are described by the combination of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes and one or more of the shared objects based on the internal format, and the control information is described based on one or more of the shared objects without the shared scenes.

5. A receiving non-transitory storage device according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined specification comprises a predetermined broadcasting specification.

6. A receiving non-transitory storage device according to claim 4, wherein the object control information specifies a state of utilization of shared objects in each of the final superimposed scenes in accordance with an order of superposition of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes.

7. A method of processing information received at a receiving apparatus comprising a receiver and processor programmed to allow the display of final superimposed scenes from content information according to a predetermined specification, the method comprising:

receiving, at a receiver, a shared object control information used for forming final superimposed scenes that are formed by combining two or more shared scenes and that include arbitrary objects, wherein the shared scenes are the virtual scenes which are created by using two or more arbitrary objects;

the shared object control information being formed from control information described in accordance with an internal format based on the two or more shared scenes, the two or more shared scenes being virtual scenes formed of individual graphical user interface screens in accordance with the internal format and used to form the final superimposed scenes, the final superimposed scenes being formed by superimposition of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes, each of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes including two or more of the arbitrary objects, the arbitrary objects being user-selectable command objects that are separately controllable independent of the shared scenes in which the arbitrary objects are displayed in accordance with the predetermined specification; and

processing, at the receiver, the shared object control information to form the final superimposed scenes in which the shared objects are specified for display at the same time in the final superimposed scenes in accordance with the predetermined specification, wherein the superimposed final scenes are described by the combination of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes and one or more of the shared objects based on the internal format, and the control information is described based on one or more of the shared objects without the shared scenes.

8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising controlling utilization of the at least one shared object in each of the final superimposed scenes based upon the predetermined specification and the shared scenes.

9. A method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving information specifying an order of superposition of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes; and

wherein the control information controls an order of superposition of the shared objects based upon the order of superposition of the individual graphical user interface screens of the two or more shared scenes.

10. A receiving method according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined specification comprises a data broadcasting specification.