Method and apparatus of recording a multi-channel stream, and a recording medium containing a multi-channel stream recorded by said method

• US 7,636,512 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2002
• Issued: 12/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoo, Jea Yong, Kim, Byung Jin, Cho, Jang Hui, Seo, Kang Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shibru; Helen
• Application Number:
  US10/176,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20020197059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,742 Days
• Field of Search: 386 95- 96, 386124-126, 386 36- 37, 386/92
• US Class Current: 386/335
• 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 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8045 using predictive coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

The present invention relates to method and apparatus of recording a multi-channel data stream on a recording medium in such a manner that substreams of digital channels constituting the multi-channel data stream can be distinguished each other in reproduction. The present recording method records a multi-channel stream composed of substreams belonging to plural selected channels in a single stream object while grouping every partial stream of same channel to a data block and interleaving the data blocks of different channels each other, creates a piece of search information for each substream contained in the recorded multi-channel stream, and records the created plural pieces of search information on the recording medium. The present method makes it possible to selectively search and reproduce each substream among a multi-channel stream recorded on a recording medium, thereby improving use convenience of a recording machine such as a digital video recorder.

Claims

1. A method of recording a digital data stream on a recording medium, the method comprising:

(a) recording a multi-path stream including video data of different paths, the video data including a plurality of data blocks, the data blocks of different paths being interleaved with each other; and

(b) creating navigation information for the video data and recording the created navigation information on the recording medium,

wherein the navigation information includes a first navigation unit, the first navigation unit including at least one second navigation unit, the second navigation unit including an identifier identifying one of the different paths of the video data having at least one entry point, the second navigation unit referencing at least two third navigation units each controlling one of the different paths, each of the third navigation units identifying at least one entry point in the video data for the one path controlled by the third navigation unit, a first of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a first of the different paths, a second of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a second of the different paths, the first navigation unit being separate from the third navigation units.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b) creates a single second navigation unit for the multi-path stream.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the single second navigation unit includes a field for writing the number of a plurality of paths contained in the multi-path stream.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation information includes a type field for indicating whether an associated stream is a single-path stream or a multi-path stream.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of second navigation units is equal to the number of substreams for the multi-path stream.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a pair of first navigation units and second navigation units are created for each substream contained in the multi-path stream.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data block is equivalent to a random accessible GOP (Group of Picture) defined by MPEG standard.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-path stream is configured to be decoded into a plurality of paths during reproduction, each of the paths including data blocks belonging to a substream for one of the paths associated with the path.

9. An apparatus for recording a digital data stream on a recording medium, the apparatus comprising:

a pickup configured to record data on the recording medium; and

a controller, operably coupled to the pickup, configured to create navigation information for a multi-path stream including video data of different paths, and the controller configured to control recording the multi-path stream, the video data including a plurality of data blocks, the data blocks of different paths being interleaved with each other and the created navigation information on the recording medium,

wherein the navigation information includes a first navigation unit, the first navigation unit including at least one second navigation unit, the second navigation unit including an identifier identifying one of the different paths of the video data having at least one entry point, the second navigation unit referencing at least two third navigation units each controlling one of the different paths, each of the third navigation units identifying at least one entry point in the video data for the one path controlled by the third navigation unit, a first of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a first of the different paths, a second of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a second of the different paths, the first navigation unit being separate from the third navigation units.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured further to create a single second navigation unit for the multi-path stream.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the single second navigation unit includes a field for writing the number of a plurality of paths contained in the multi-path stream.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to create the navigation information including a type field for indicating whether an associated stream is a single-path stream or a multi-path stream.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to create as many second navigation units as the number of substreams for the multi-path stream.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured further to create a pair of first navigation units and second navigation units for each substream contained in the multi-path stream.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to group every partial stream of same path to the data block, the data block is equivalent to a random accessible GOP (Group of Picture) defined by MPEG standard.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the multi-path stream is configured to be decoded into a plurality of paths during reproduction, each of the paths including data blocks belonging to a substream for one of the paths associated with the path.

17. A recording medium, comprising:

a data area storing a multi-path stream including video data of different paths, the video data including a plurality of data blocks, data blocks of different paths being interleaved with each other; and

a navigation area storing navigation information for the multi-path stream, wherein the navigation information includes a first navigation unit, the first navigation unit including at least one second navigation unit, the second navigation unit including an identifier identifying one of the different paths of the video data having at least one entry point, the second navigation unit referencing at least two third navigation units each controlling one of the different paths, each of the third navigation units identifying at least one entry point in the video data for the one path controlled by the third navigation unit, a first of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a first of the different paths, a second of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a second of the different paths, the first navigation unit being separate from the third navigation units.

18. The recording medium of claim 17, wherein the multi-path stream is configured to be decoded into a plurality of paths during reproduction, each of the paths including data blocks belonging to a substream for one of the paths associated with the path.

19. A method of reproducing data contained in a multi-path stream including video data of different paths, the video data including a plurality of data blocks, data blocks of different paths being interleaved with each other on a recording medium, the method comprising:

(a) reading navigation information from a navigation area of the recording medium, the navigation information including a first navigation unit, the first navigation unit including at least one second navigation unit, the second navigation unit including an identifier identifying one of the different paths of the video data having at least one entry point, the second navigation unit referencing at least two third navigation units each controlling one of the different paths, each of the third navigation units identifying at least one entry point in the video data for the one path controlled by the third navigation unit, a first of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a first of the different paths, a second of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a second of the different paths, the first navigation unit being separate from the third navigation units; and

(b) reproducing each path of the multi-stream path according to the at least one second navigation unit and the third navigation units controlling the path and referenced by the at least one second navigation unit.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the at least one second navigation unit further includes a field for writing the number of a plurality of paths contained in the multi-path stream.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the navigation information further includes a type field for indicating whether an associated stream is a single-path stream or a multi-path stream.

22. An apparatus for reproducing data contained in a multi-path stream including video data of different paths, the video data including a plurality of data blocks, data blocks of different paths being interleaved with each other on a recording medium, the apparatus comprising:

a pickup configured to reproduce data recorded on the recording medium; and

a controller, operably coupled to the pickup, configured to control reproducing navigation information from a navigation area of the recording medium, the navigation information including a first navigation unit, the first navigation unit including at least one second navigation unit, the second navigation unit including an identifier identifying one of the different paths of the video data having at least one entry point, the second navigation, unit referencing at least two third navigation units each controlling one of the different paths, each of the third navigation units identifying at least one entry point in the video data for the one path controlled by the third navigation unit, a first of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a first of the different paths, a second of the third navigation units including position information of the at least one entry point for a second of the different paths, the first navigation unit being separate from the third navigation units, and the controller configured to control reproducing each path contained in the multi-path stream according to the at least one second navigation unit the third navigation units controlling the path and referenced by the at least one second navigation unit.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to reproduce the at least one single second navigation unit including a field for writing the number of a plurality of paths contained in the multi-path stream.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to reproduce navigation information including a type field for indicating whether an associated stream is a single-path stream or a multi-path stream.