JP4353097B2 - Video signal recording apparatus and method, video signal reproducing apparatus and method, program recording medium, program, data recording medium, and data structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a video signal recording apparatus and method, a video signal reproducing apparatus and method, a program recording medium, a program, a data recording medium, and a data structure, and more particularly to appropriately storing security information of an AV signal recorded on the recording medium. The present invention relates to a video signal recording apparatus and method, a video signal reproducing apparatus and method, a program recording medium, a program, a data recording medium, and a data structure that can be managed.

  In recent years, various types of optical disks have been proposed as disk-type information recording media that can be removed from the recording / reproducing apparatus. Such recordable optical discs have been proposed as large-capacity media of several gigabytes and are highly expected as media for recording digital video (moving image) signals.

  One of the encoding systems for digitally compressing digital video signals is the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) 2 system. MPEG2 is also applied when recording a digital video signal on a recording medium. For example, when an analog video signal is recorded on a recording medium, the video signal is encoded in the MPEG2 system, and an encoded bit stream is recorded on the medium. In digital TV broadcasting that has recently started, video programs encoded in the MPEG2 system are transmitted in a format called a transport stream. When recording a digital broadcast on a recording medium, a method of recording a transport stream as a digital signal without decoding or re-encoding is used.

  When a video signal is recorded on a recording medium in a digital signal format, the video signal can be copied to another recording medium without any deterioration. However, this is a major problem for the copyright holder of the video content. Therefore, in order to restrict copying of the video signal, “Copy Free”, “Copy Once” can be copied to the video signal, “No More Copy”. , A method of having CCI (Copy Control Information) indicating copy generation management information called “Copy Prohibited” is used. For example, there is a CGMS (Copy Generation Management System) signal. The analog interface is called CGMS-A, and the digital interface is called CGMS-D. Analog CGMS-A is also called VBID because it superimposes ID on VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval) of video signal. This is standardized as EIAJ CP-1204.

  There is also a method of encoding a descriptor having the information in order to transmit CCI in the transport stream. As this type of descriptor, there are DTCP descriptor defined by DTLA (Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator) and digital_copy_control_descriptor used in Japanese BS digital broadcasting defined by ARIB. Recently, a method of embedding copy generation management information called a watermark (see, for example, Patent Document 1) in a baseband video signal or an MPEG video stream has also been studied in order to more strongly limit copying. . Currently, standardization activities are being promoted for the watermark, and the Millennium method and Galaxy method have been proposed.

  When recording a video signal on a recording medium, it is required to correctly limit recording according to the CCI of the input signal. In general, users can record video signals on recording media when the CCI of the input signal is either “Copy Free” or “Copy Once”. Only. When the CCI of the input signal is “Copy Once (only one generation can be copied)”, the CCI of the video signal on the recording medium must be updated to “No More Copy (copying of this generation or more)”.

By the way, in order to make it easy to understand the content of a video signal recorded on a recording medium, a still image representing the content or an image extracted from a specific scene of the content as a still image is referred to as a video signal. May be recorded separately. These still images are called thumbnail images. By displaying a list of thumbnail images on the menu screen for the user to select a playback start position from the video signals recorded on the recording medium, the user can see the thumbnail images. An easy-to-understand interface can be provided. The thumbnail image may be an image selected from recorded video signals, or an image taken into a recording medium from a personal computer, a digital still camera, or the like.
JP-A-11-176088

  As described in the prior art, considerable attention is paid to the management of content protection information when a video signal is recorded on a recording medium. On the other hand, in general, no attention is paid to management of content protection information when recording thumbnail images. This is expected to become a problem in the future. That is, if recording in the digital video signal format becomes mainstream in the future, it is expected that management of content protection information will be required to be correctly performed when recording thumbnail images. For example, an image of a popular character in a movie or a television program is considered to have a copyright in many cases, and it is problematic for the copyright owner to copy it illegally.

When an image selected from an input video signal whose CCI is “Copy Once” is recorded on a recording medium as a thumbnail image, the CCI of the thumbnail image should be managed as “No More Copy”. The thumbnail image should be encrypted and recorded. Accordingly, even if a malicious person illegally copies the thumbnail image to another recording medium , the illegally copied thumbnail image cannot be reproduced.

  That is, when a video signal whose CCI is “Copy Once” is recorded, the video recorder should have a function of encrypting and recording the video signal and its thumbnail image. As an encryption method, for example, DES, Triple-DES, AES or the like is used.

  On the other hand, a video recorder that records only a video signal whose CCI is “Copy Free” may exist as a product. For example, when a general user uses only by himself / herself, the current terrestrial analog TV broadcast can be handled as “Copy Free” by CCI, and there may be a video recorder that records only the terrestrial analog TV broadcast. . In this case, the video recorder does not need to have a function of encrypting and recording the video signal and the thumbnail image (of course, it may be encrypted and recorded).

  Given these conditions, consider an application that records a thumbnail image along with a video signal. If the recording medium of the video recorder is removable, the encrypted thumbnail image and the encrypted image are recorded on the recording medium. There is a possibility that thumbnail images that have not been converted into a mixture. At this time, if a mechanism for distinguishing and managing the encrypted thumbnail image and the unencrypted thumbnail image is not provided, which is the encrypted thumbnail image on the recording medium and which is encrypted. The problem of not knowing which thumbnail images are missing.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation. When there is a possibility that an encrypted thumbnail image and an unencrypted thumbnail image may be mixed on the recording medium, the encrypted recording is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism for distinguishing and managing thumbnail images and thumbnail images recorded without encryption.

  In addition, when a thumbnail image is reproduced from a recording medium on which a representative image of the video signal and a thumbnail image representing a feature point are recorded together with the video signal, it is distinguished whether the thumbnail image is encrypted or not. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism for reading out information and reproducing a thumbnail image based on the information.

A video signal recording apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a video signal to be recorded, and an encrypted thumbnail that is recorded in accordance with information on presence / absence of recording restriction included in the video signal. A second acquisition means for acquiring an image or an unencrypted thumbnail image signal; a video signal acquired by the first acquisition means; and a first file including an encrypted thumbnail image signal; or A second file containing a non-encrypted thumbnail image signal and a third file containing information identifying whether the thumbnail image is contained in the first file or the second file. Recording means for recording on a recording medium.

The first acquisition unit may acquire an encrypted thumbnail image signal when the recording restriction information included in the video signal allows one copy.

The recording unit may further record recording restriction information included in the thumbnail image signal.

Information recording restriction included in the signal of the thumbnail images may be so as to be encrypted.

  The recording means can record a thumbnail image signal in units of a predetermined block.

The signal of one thumbnail image can be encrypted within a predetermined block range.

  The recording means may further record identification information for identifying that an encrypted thumbnail image signal is recorded.

  The recording means can record thumbnail image signals and identification information in independent objects.

  The recording means records the encrypted thumbnail image signal in the first object of the thumbnail image signal objects, and stores the unencrypted thumbnail image signal in the thumbnail image signal object. The second object can be recorded.

  The recording means can record an encrypted thumbnail image signal and an unencrypted thumbnail image signal in the same object in units of a predetermined block.

  The predetermined block may be a unit block for error correction.

A video signal recording method according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a first acquisition step of acquiring a video signal to be recorded, and an encrypted thumbnail recorded corresponding to information on presence / absence of recording restriction included in the video signal. A second acquisition step for acquiring an image or an unencrypted thumbnail image signal; a video signal acquired by the processing of the first acquisition step; and a first file including an encrypted thumbnail image signal; or, a second file containing the signal of the thumbnail images unencrypted, thumbnail image, the first file or a third file containing the information for distinguishing whether included in either the second file And a recording step for recording the information on a recording medium.

The program of the program recording medium according to the first aspect of the present invention is a first recording step of acquiring a video signal to be recorded and an encrypted recording corresponding to information on presence / absence of recording restriction included in the video signal. A second file acquisition step for acquiring a thumbnail image or an unencrypted thumbnail image signal, a video signal acquired by the processing of the first acquisition step, and an encrypted thumbnail image signal. Or a second file containing information that distinguishes whether the thumbnail file is contained in the first file or the second file, and the second file containing the unencrypted thumbnail image signal. And causing the computer to execute a process including a recording step of recording the file on the recording medium.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first acquisition step of acquiring a video signal to be recorded, and an encrypted thumbnail image or cipher to be recorded corresponding to information on presence / absence of recording restriction included in the video signal. A second acquisition step of acquiring an unencrypted thumbnail image signal; a video signal acquired by the processing of the first acquisition step; and a first file or an encrypted file including an encrypted thumbnail image signal A second file containing a non-encoded thumbnail image signal and a third file containing information identifying whether the thumbnail image is contained in the first file or the second file And a step of causing a computer to execute a process including a recording step of recording on a medium.

Video signal reproducing apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, along with the video signal, as a signal of the encrypted thumbnail image corresponding to the information of the presence or absence of the recording restriction included in the video signal is the first file, or A signal of the unencrypted thumbnail image is recorded as the second file , and the second image includes information for distinguishing whether the thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. A reproduction means for reproducing a signal recorded on a recording medium in which the third file is recorded, and a first file or a second file and a third file are extracted from the signal reproduced by the reproduction means. extracting means for, extracted by the extraction means based on the third file, recovery of decoding a signal of the thumbnail image being encrypted is recorded in the first file Means and the decoded thumbnail image by decoding means, or, and an outputting means for outputting a signal of the extracted unencrypted thumbnail images by extracting means based on the third file.

The extraction means may further extract information on presence / absence of recording restriction included in the thumbnail image signal.

The decoding means can further decode information on presence / absence of recording restriction included in the thumbnail image signal.

  The reproduction means may reproduce the thumbnail image signal in units of a predetermined block.

  The decoding unit can decode a signal of one thumbnail image within a predetermined block range.

The reproduction means can reproduce the identification information identifying that the thumbnail image signal and the encrypted thumbnail image signal are recorded from independent objects.

  The reproduction means reproduces the encrypted thumbnail image signal from the first object of the thumbnail image signals, and converts the unencrypted thumbnail image signal into the thumbnail image signal object. The second object can be reproduced from the second object.

  The reproduction means can reproduce the encrypted thumbnail image signal and the unencrypted thumbnail image signal in units of a predetermined block of the same object.

  The predetermined block may be a unit block for error correction.

In the video signal reproduction method according to the second aspect of the present invention, a video signal and a thumbnail image signal encrypted corresponding to the recording restriction information included in the video signal are used as the first file. the signal of the thumbnail images unencrypted is recorded as the second file, and further, the first file thumbnail image or includes information for distinguishing whether included in either the second file A reproduction step for reproducing a signal recorded on a recording medium in which the third file is recorded, a first file or a second file, and a third file from the signal reproduced by the processing of the reproduction step an extraction step of extracting the door, on the basis of the third file, extracted by the processing of the extraction step, is encrypted is recorded in the first file And a decoding step of decoding the signals of the thumbnail image, decoded by the processing of the decoding step, the thumbnail image or the signal of the third of the unencrypted thumbnail image extracted by the extraction means based on the file, And an output step of outputting.

The program of the program recording medium according to the second aspect of the present invention includes, as a first file, a video signal and a thumbnail image signal encrypted corresponding to the recording restriction information included in the video signal . or, the signal of the thumbnail image that has not been encrypted is recorded as the second file, and further, the thumbnail image is the first file, or the information for distinguishing whether included in either the second file A reproduction step for reproducing a signal recorded on a recording medium in which a third file including the first file is recorded, a first file or a second file from the signal reproduced by the processing of the reproduction step, and a third file an extraction step of extracting the file, based on the third file, extracted by the processing of the extracting step, the dark were recorded in the first file A decoding step of decoding a signal of the thumbnail image being of, decoded by the processing of the decoding step, the thumbnail image, or not the encrypted extracted by said extraction means on the basis of the third file And a step of causing the computer to execute a process including an output step of outputting a thumbnail image signal.

The second aspect of the program of the present invention, along with the video signal, as the signal is a first file corresponding to the information of the presence or absence of the recording restriction encrypted thumbnail image included in the video signal, or cryptographic A signal of the thumbnail image that has not been converted is recorded as the second file , and a third file including information that distinguishes whether the thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. A reproduction step for reproducing a signal recorded on a recording medium on which the file is recorded, and a first file or a second file and a third file are extracted from the signal reproduced by the processing of the reproduction step. And an encrypted thumbnail recorded in the first file extracted by the processing of the extraction step based on the extraction step and the third file. A decoding step of decoding a signal of Le images, decoded by the processing of the decoding step, the thumbnail image or the signal of the third of the unencrypted thumbnail image extracted by the extraction means based on the file, And a process including an output step of outputting.

In the first aspect of the present invention, an encrypted thumbnail image or an unencrypted thumbnail image that is recorded in response to information on whether or not there is a recording restriction included in the video signal is acquired. A signal is acquired, the acquired video signal, a first file containing an encrypted thumbnail image signal, or a second file containing an unencrypted thumbnail image signal, and a thumbnail image A first file or a third file including information for distinguishing whether it is included in the second file is recorded on the recording medium.

In the second aspect of the present invention, along with the video signal, signals corresponding to the information of the presence or absence of the recording restriction encrypted thumbnail image included in the video signal as the first file, or is encrypted A signal of a thumbnail image that has not been recorded is recorded as the second file , and a third file that includes information for distinguishing whether the thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file is provided. The signal recorded on the recording medium being recorded is reproduced, and the first file or the second file and the third file are extracted from the reproduced signal, and extracted based on the third file. is, signals recorded encrypted by that thumbnail image to the first file is decoded, the decoded thumbnail image, or based on the third file extraction Signal has been unencrypted thumbnail image is output.

  According to the present invention, when there is a possibility that an encrypted thumbnail image and an unencrypted thumbnail image are mixed on the recording medium, the encrypted thumbnail image and the unencrypted thumbnail image are recorded. Images can be managed separately.

  FIG. 1 shows a simplified structure of an application format on a recording medium used in the recording / reproducing system of the present invention. This format has two layers, PlayList and Clip, for AV stream management. Volume Information manages all Clips and PlayLists in the disc.

  A pair of one AV stream and its attached information is considered as one object, and it is called Clip. The AV stream file is called a Clip AV stream file, and its attached information is called a Clip Information file.

  One Clip AV stream file stores data in which an MPEG2 transport stream is arranged in a structure defined by the DVR application format.

  In general, a data file used by a computer or the like is handled as a byte string, but the content of a Clip AV stream file is expanded on the time axis, and the PlayList designates access points in the Clip mainly by time stamps. When the PlayList indicates an access point into the Clip by a time stamp, the Clip Information file is useful for finding address information to start decoding the stream in the Clip AV stream file.

  PlayList was introduced for the purpose of allowing the user to select a playback section that the user wants to see from the Clip and edit it easily. One PlayList is a collection of playback sections in a Clip. One playback section in a certain clip is called PlayItem, which is represented by a pair of IN point and OUT point on the time axis. Therefore, PlayList is a collection of PlayItems.

  There are two types of PlayList. One is a Real PlayList, and the other is a Virtual PlayList. The Real PlayList is considered to share the stream portion of the Clip that it refers to. That is, the Real PlayList occupies the data capacity corresponding to the stream portion of the clip that is referenced in the disc. When an AV stream is recorded as a new clip, a Real PlayList that refers to the reproducible range of the entire clip is automatically created. When a part of the playback range of the Real PlayList is erased, the data of the clip stream part to which it refers is also erased. The Virtual PlayList is regarded as not sharing Clip data. Even if the Virtual PlayList is changed or deleted, the Clip does not change anything.

  In the following description, the Real PlayList and Virtual PlayList are collectively referred to simply as “PlayList”.

  Marks are used to designate highlights and characteristic times in Clip and PlayList (see FIG. 2).

  (1) A mark added to a clip designates a characteristic scene resulting from the contents of the AV stream. For example, a scene change point. When playing a PlayList, it can be used by referring to a Clip mark referenced by the PlayList.

  (2) The mark added to the PlayList is set mainly by the user. For example, bookmarks and resume points.

  (3) Setting a mark in Clip or PlayList is performed by adding a time stamp indicating the mark time to the mark list. Deleting a mark means removing the time stamp of the mark from the mark list. Therefore, setting or deleting a mark does not change the AV stream.

  A thumbnail is a still image added to Volume (disc), PlayList, and Clip. There are two types of thumbnails as shown in FIG. One is a thumbnail as a representative picture representing the contents. This is mainly used in a menu screen for the user to select what he / she wants to see by operating the cursor. The other is an image representing the scene pointed to by the mark.

  As shown in FIG. 3, zero or one menu thumbnail is provided for each disk or playlist, and zero or more menu thumbnails are provided for each playlist or clip.

  Volume and each PlayList can have a representative picture. The volume representative image is assumed to be used when a still image representing the contents of the disc is first displayed when the disc is inserted into the player (see Menu Thumbnail in FIG. 4). The PlayList representative picture is assumed to be used as a still picture for representing the contents of the PlayList on the menu screen for selecting the PlayList (see Menu Thumbnail in FIG. 5). The simplest method for realizing the representative picture of the PlayList is to use the first picture of the PlayList as a thumbnail, but the first picture at the reproduction time 0 is not necessarily the optimum picture for representing the contents. This is the reason that an arbitrary image can be determined as a thumbnail of the PlayList. The two types of thumbnails are referred to as menu thumbnails. Menu thumbnails are frequently displayed, and are required to be able to be read from a disk at high speed. In order to satisfy this requirement, it is efficient to store all menu thumbnails in one file (see Menu Thumbnail file in FIG. 7 described later). Not only the picture extracted from the moving image in the volume, but also an image taken from a personal computer (PC) or a digital still camera (DSC) may be used (FIG. 4).

  On the other hand, Clip and PlayList need to be able to place a plurality of marks, and in order to know the contents of the mark position, it is necessary to be able to easily see the image of the mark point. A picture representing such a mark point is called a mark thumbnail (see Mark Thumbnail in FIG. 5 and Mark Thumbnail in FIG. 6). Therefore, the source of the thumbnail is mainly the image of the mark point extracted rather than the image taken from the outside. Unlike menu thumbnails, mark thumbnails are used in submenus and the like used to represent the details of a PlayList, so a short access time is not required. Therefore, it does not matter if it takes some time to open a file and read a part of the file each time a thumbnail is required. Also, in order to reduce the number of files existing in the volume, all mark thumbnails should be stored in one file (see Mark Thumbnail file in FIG. 7). The PlayList can have one menu thumbnail and a plurality of mark thumbnails, but since the Clip does not need to be directly selected by the user (usually specified via the PlayList), it does not have a menu thumbnail.

  The necessary directories on the DVR disk are as follows: root directory including "DVR" directory. "DVR" directory including "PLAYLIST" directory, "CLIPINF" directory and "STREAM" directory. FIG. 8 shows an example of the directory structure on the DVR disk.

  The root directory includes one directory. "DVR"-All files and directories defined by the DVR application format must be stored under this directory.

  The “DVR” directory stores the following files. "info.dvr"-A file that stores the overall information of the application layer created under the DVR directory. There should be only one info.dvr under the DVR directory. The file name is fixed to info.dvr.

  "menu.tidx", "menu.tdt1" and "menu.tdt2"-These three files store information related to menu thumbnail images.

  menu.tidx is a “thumbnail information file” for storing header information of menu thumbnail images.

  menu.tdt1 is a first “thumbnail image file” for storing the image data of the menu thumbnail image, and is a file for recording the encrypted thumbnail image.

  menu.tdt2 is a second “thumbnail image file” that stores image data of menu thumbnail images, and is a file for recording thumbnail images that are not encrypted.

  When the video recorder has a function of recording and recording a menu thumbnail image, the menu thumbnail image can be recorded in menu.tdt1. The menu thumbnail image created from the video signal whose CCI is “Copy Once” is stored in menu.tdt1. Menu thumbnail images created from video signals with CCI “Copy Free” may also be stored in menu.tdt1.

  When the CCI is a video recorder that records only a video signal of “Copy Free”, and the video recorder does not have a function of encrypting and recording a menu thumbnail image, the menu thumbnail image is recorded in menu.tdt2.

  Information that each menu thumbnail image is encrypted / not encrypted (that is, information about whether a menu thumbnail image is stored in menu.tdt1 or menu.tdt2) is stored in menu.tidx Is done.

  By collecting and managing information that each thumbnail image is encrypted / unencrypted in a thumbnail information file called menu.tidx, the thumbnail information file can be managed with a relatively small database. As a result, when an instruction to reproduce a certain thumbnail image is given, information that the thumbnail is / is not encrypted can be easily acquired at high speed.

  "mark.tidx", "mark.tdt1" and "mark.tdt2"-These three files store information related to mark thumbnail images.

  mark.tidx is a “thumbnail information file” for storing header information of mark thumbnail images.

  mark.tdt1 is a first “thumbnail image file” for storing the image data of the mark thumbnail image, and is a file for recording the encrypted thumbnail image.

  mark.tdt2 is a second “thumbnail image file” for storing the image data of the mark thumbnail image, and is a file for recording a thumbnail image that is not encrypted.

  The method for determining whether mark thumbnail images are recorded in mark.tdt1 or mark.tdt2, and the effect of separating and managing thumbnail information files and thumbnail image files are the same as those described above for menu thumbnails. is there.

  The “DVR” directory includes three directories.

  "PLAYLIST" Real PlayList and Virtual PlayList database files must be placed under this directory.

  "CLIPINF"-Clip's database must be under this directory.

  "STREAM"-AV stream files must be placed under this directory.

  The “PLAYLIST” directory stores two types of PlayList files, which are a Real PlayList and a Virtual PlayList.

  “xxxxx.rpls” —This file stores information related to one Real PlayList. One file is created for each Real PlayList. The file name is “xxxxx.rpls”. Here, “xxxxx” is five numbers from 0 to 9. The file extension must be "rpls".

  “yyyyy.vpls” —This file stores information related to one Virtual PlayList. One file is created for each Virtual PlayList. The file name is “yyyyy.vpls”. Here, “yyyyy” is five numbers from 0 to 9. The file extension must be "vpls".

  The “CLIPINF” directory stores one file corresponding to each AV stream file.

  “zzzzz.clpi” —This file is a Clip Information file corresponding to one AV stream file (Clip AV stream file or Bridge-Clip AV stream file). The file name is “zzzzz.clpi”, where “zzzzz” is five numbers from 0 to 9. The file extension must be "clpi".

  The “STREAM” directory stores AV stream files.

  “zzzzz.m2ts” —This file is an AV stream file handled by the DVR system. This is a Clip AV stream file or a Bridge-Clip AV stream file. The file name is “zzzzz.m2ts”, where “zzzzz” is five numbers from 0 to 9. The file extension must be "m2ts".

  One AV stream file and the corresponding Clip information file must use the same five numbers “zzzzz”.

  The structure of the AV stream file will be described. The AV stream file must have the structure of the DVR MPEG2 transport stream shown in FIG. The DVR MPEG2 transport stream has the following characteristics.

  (1) A DVR MPEG2 transport stream is composed of an integer number of Aligned units.

  (2) The size of the Aligned unit is 6144 bytes (2048 * 3 bytes).

  (3) The Aligned unit starts from the first byte of the source packet.

  (4) The source packet is 192 bytes long. One source packet includes a TP_extra_header and a transport packet. TP_extra_header is 4 bytes long, and the transport packet is 188 bytes long.

  (5) One Aligned unit consists of 32 source packets.

  (6) The last Aligned unit in the DVR MPEG2 transport stream is also composed of 32 source packets.

  (7) If the last Aligned unit is not completely filled with transport packets of the input transport stream, the remaining byte area must be filled with source packets with null packets (PID = 0x1FFF transport packets). Don't be.

  The TP_extra_header includes copy restriction information of the payload of the transport packet and an arrival time stamp indicating the time when the transport packet arrives at the decoder.

  Next, a database format for managing reproduction information of AV stream files will be described.

  FIG. 10 shows the syntax of UIAppInfpoDVR, which is a part of data stored in info.dvr. ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index indicates the information of thumbnail images representing Volume. When the ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index field is a value other than 0xFFFF, a thumbnail image is added to the Volume, and the thumbnail image is stored in the menu.tdt1 file or the menu.tdt2 file. The image is referenced using the value of thumbnail_index in the menu.tidx file (described later). When the ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index field is 0xFFFF, it indicates that no thumbnail image is added to the Volume.

  FIG. 11 shows the syntax of PlayListMark which is a part of data stored in the PlayList file. PlayListMark stores information on marks added to the PlayList. Note that the information of the representative image of the PlayList is also included in the PlayListMark.

  number_of_PlayList_marks indicates the number of mark entries stored in PlayListMark.

  mark_type indicates the type of the mark.

  ref_to_PlayItem_id indicates the value of PlayItem_id that specifies the PlayItem where the mark is placed.

  mark_time_stamp stores a time stamp indicating the point where the mark is specified.

  ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index indicates information of thumbnail images indicating representative images of the PlayList. When the ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index field has a value other than 0xFFFF, there is a thumbnail image indicating a representative image of the PlayList, and the thumbnail image is stored in the menu.tdt1 file or the menu.tdt2 file. The image is referenced using the value of thumbnail_index in the menu.tidx file (described later). When the ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index field is 0xFFFF, it indicates that there is no thumbnail image indicating the representative image of the PlayList.

  ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index indicates the information of the thumbnail image added to the mark. When the ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index field is a value other than 0xFFFF, a thumbnail image is added to the mark, and the thumbnail image is stored in the mark.tdt1 file or the mark.tdt2 file. The image is referred to by using the value of thumbnail_index in the mark.tidx file (described later). When the ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index field is 0xFFFF, it indicates that no thumbnail image is added to the mark.

  FIG. 12 shows the syntax of ClipMark, which is a part of data stored in the Clip Information file. ClipMark stores information on a mark added to a Clip.

  number_of_Clip_marks indicates the number of mark entries stored in ClipMark.

  mark_type indicates the type of the mark.

  ref_to_STC_id is information specifying the time axis of the system time base of the Clip where mark_time_stamp is placed.

  mark_time_stamp represents a point where a mark is specified in the Clip AV stream based on the presentation time stamp.

  ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index indicates the information of the thumbnail image added to the mark. When the ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index field is a value other than 0xFFFF, a thumbnail image is added to the mark, and the thumbnail image is stored in the mark.tdt1 file or the mark.tdt2 file. The image is referred to by using the value of thumbnail_index in the mark.tidx file (described later). When the ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index field is 0xFFFF, it indicates that no thumbnail image is added to the mark.

  Next, the contents of a file that stores information about thumbnails will be described.

  “menu.tidx”, “menu.tdt1”, and “menu.tdt2” store information of a menu thumbnail, that is, one picture representing Volume, and one picture representing it for each PlayList. Each header information of the menu thumbnail is collected and managed in one menu.tidx. Each picture data of the menu thumbnail is stored in menu.tdt1 or menu.tdt2.

  “mark.tidx”, “mark.tdt1”, and “mark.tdt2” store information about a mark thumbnail, that is, a picture pointed by a mark point. Each header information of mark thumbnails added to all Clips and PlayLists in Volume is collected and managed in one mark.tidx. Each picture data of the mark thumbnail is stored in mark.tdt1 or mark.tdt2.

  The thumbnail image is, for example, data obtained by encoding an image with JPEG. Since JPEG is widely used as a de facto standard, it is relatively easy to implement and highly compatible. The format of the thumbnail image is not limited to JPEG, and MPEG I-picture, PNG, GIF, TIFF, or the like may be used.

  Since thumbnails are frequently added and deleted, the add operation and the partial delete operation must be easy and can be executed at high speed. For this reason, menu.tdt1, menu.tdt2, mark.tdt1 and mark.tdt2 have a block structure. One thumbnail image is stored in one block called tn_block.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of how to use tn_block.

  Here, the thumbnail images indicated by (a), (b) and (c) are stored in menu.tdt1, and the thumbnail images indicated by (x), (y) and (z) are stored in menu.tdt2. The In menu.tidx, (a), (b) and (c) are given two values of thumbnail_index (A, B, C) and ref_to_tn_block_id_1 (0, 1, 3), respectively. In menu.tidx, (x), (y), and (z) are given two values of thumbnail_index (X, Y, Z) and ref_to_tn_block_id_2 (0, 2, 3), respectively. In menu.tdt1, thumbnail images (a), (b), and (c) are stored in tn_blocks (blocks 0, 1, and 3) indicated by respective ref_to_tn_block_id_1. In menu.tdt2, (x), (y), and (z) are stored in tn_block (0, 2, and 3 blocks) indicated by each ref_to_tn_block_id_2.

  There may be an unused tn_block (tn_block number 1 of tn_block.menu.tdt2 of menu.tdt1) in the tn_block array of menu.tdt1 and menu.tdt2. For example, when deleting a thumbnail, when deleting thumbnail_index entered in menu.tidx and changing the thumbnail image file, there is an unused tn_block in the tn_block array. it can.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an encryption method of a file (menu.tdt1 shown in FIG. 13) for encrypting and recording a thumbnail image. As shown in the figure, one tn_block is divided into one or more integer encrypted blocks, and the data in the block is encrypted in units of the encrypted blocks. As an encryption method, for example, DES, Triple-DES, AES or the like is used. In this way, the encryption process is closed with one tn_block. Thus, when an arbitrary thumbnail image is read out from the thumbnail image file, only the tn_block in which the thumbnail image is stored needs to be decrypted (decrypted), and the data processing amount can be minimized.

  Next, the syntax and semantics of a file that stores information about thumbnails will be described.

  “menu.tidx” and “mark.tidx” have the same syntax structure. FIG. 15 shows an example of the syntax structure of “menu.tidx” and “mark.tidx”.

  number_of_thumbnails_1 is the number of thumbnail pictures stored in menu.tdt1 in the case of menu.tidx, and the number of thumbnail pictures stored in mark.tdt1 in the case of mark.tidx.

  number_of_tn_blocks_1 indicates the number of tn_blocks in menu.tdt1 in the case of menu.tidx, and indicates the number of tn_blocks in mark.tdt1 in the case of mark.tidx.

  number_of_thumbnails_2 is the number of thumbnail pictures stored in menu.tdt2 in the case of menu.tidx, and the number of thumbnail pictures stored in mark.tdt2 in the case of mark.tidx.

  number_of_tn_blocks_2 indicates the number of tn_blocks in menu.tdt2 in the case of menu.tidx, and indicates the number of tn_blocks in mark.tdt2 in the case of mark.tidx.

  tn_block_size indicates the size of one tn_block in menu.tdt1 and menu.tdt2 for menu.tidx, and the size of one tn_block in mark.tdt1 and mark.tdt2 for mark.tidx Indicates. This size is in units of 1024 bytes. For example, tn_block_size = 16 indicates that the size of one tn_block is 16 * 1024 bytes. One thumbnail picture must be stored in one tn_block.

  In the case of menu.tidx, recording_seed is a random value used for the process of encrypting the data of menu.tdt1. In the case of mark.tidx, it is a certain random value used for the process of encrypting the data of mark.tdt1. When the recorder creates the menu.tdt1 file on the disc for the first time, it creates its recording_seed and stores it in menu.tidx. When the recorder creates the mark.tdt1 file on the disc for the first time, it generates the recording_seed and stores it in menu.tidx.

  When thumbnail_index is included in a loop of a for statement having number_of_thumbnails_1 as a variable, thumbnail_index indicates an index number for ref_to_tn_block_id_1 following the thumbnail_index. Alternatively, thumbnail_index indicates the index number for ref_to_tn_block_id_2 following the thumbnail_index when it is included in a loop of a for statement having number_of_thumbnails_2 as a variable. Do not use a thumbnail_index value of 0xFFFF. In the case of menu.tidx, thumbnail_index is referenced by ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index in UIAppInfoVolume () and PlayListMark (). In the case of mark.tidx, thumbnail_index is referred to by ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index in PlayListMark () and ClipMark (). In menu.tidx, the same value of thumbnail_index must not appear twice. In mark.tidx, the same value of thumbnail_index must not appear twice.

  In the case of menu.tidx, ref_to_tn_block_id_1 indicates one tn_block in menu.tdt1, and the tn_block stores a thumbnail image for thumbnail_index that is the index number of ref_to_tn_block_id_1.

  Alternatively, mark.tidx indicates one tn_block in mark.tdt1, and the tn_block stores a thumbnail image for thumbnail_index which is the index number of ref_to_tn_block_id_1.

  picture_byte_size_1 [ref_to_tn_block_id_1] indicates the data length of the thumbnail image stored in tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id_1 in bytes. The value of picture_byte_size_1 [ref_to_tn_block_id_1] must be less than (1024 * tn_block_size-N1) bytes (N1 will be described later in FIG. 17). That is, the recorder must encode the data length of one thumbnail image so as to be equal to or less than (1024 * tn_block_size-N1) bytes.

  horizontal_picture_size_1 [ref_to_tn_block_id_1] indicates the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the thumbnail image stored in tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id_1.

  vertical_picture_size_1 [ref_to_tn_block_id_1] indicates the number of pixels in the vertical direction of the thumbnail image stored in the tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id_1.

  In the case of menu.tidx, ref_to_tn_block_id_2 indicates one tn_block in menu.tdt2, and the tn_block stores a thumbnail image for thumbnail_index that is the index number of ref_to_tn_block_id_2. Alternatively, mark.tidx indicates one tn_block in mark.tdt2, and the tn_block stores a thumbnail image for thumbnail_index that is the index number of ref_to_tn_block_id_2.

  picture_byte_size_2 [ref_to_tn_block_id_2] indicates the data length of the thumbnail image stored in tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id_2 in bytes. The value of picture_byte_size_2 [ref_to_tn_block_id_2] must be less than (1024 * tn_block_size-N1) bytes (N1 will be described later in FIG. 17). That is, the recorder must encode the data length of one thumbnail image so as to be equal to or less than (1024 * tn_block_size-N1) bytes.

  horizontal_picture_size_2 [ref_to_tn_block_id_2] indicates the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the thumbnail image stored in the tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id_2.

  vertical_picture_size_2 [ref_to_tn_block_id_2] indicates the number of pixels in the vertical direction of the thumbnail image stored in the tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id_2.

  FIG. 16 shows a syntax structure of “menu.tdt1”, “menu.tdt2”, “mark.tdt1”, and “mark.tdt2”. These files have the same syntax structure.

  tn_block (tn_block_id) indicates one tn_block pointed to by the argument of tn_block_id in the array of tn_block.

  In the case of menu.tdt1, the value of tn_block_id is referred to by ref_to_tn_block_id_1 in menu.tidx.

  In the case of menu.tdt2, the value of tn_block_id is referenced by ref_to_tn_block_id_2 in menu.tidx.

  In the case of mark.tdt1, the value of tn_block_id is referred to by ref_to_tn_block_id_1 in mark.tidx.

  In the case of mark.tdt2, the value of tn_block_id is referred to by ref_to_tn_block_id_2 in mark.tidx.

  FIG. 17 shows the syntax of tn_block (tn_block_id).

  The thumbnail_picture [tn_block_id] is an area for storing one thumbnail image indicated by the value of the above tn_block_id. The first byte of the thumbnail picture must match the first byte of thumbnail_picture [tn_block_id].

  CP_Info_thumbnail () is N1 byte information indicating the content protection information of the thumbnail image stored in thumbnail_picture [tn_block_id]. Details will be described later.

padding_byte is a 1-byte value having an arbitrary value, and the value of NP is calculated so as to satisfy the following expression.
NP = tn_block_size * 1024-picture_byte_size [tn_block_id] -N1

  FIG. 18 shows the syntax of CP_Info_thumbnail ().

  CCI_thumbnail indicates copy generation management information of a thumbnail image. The meaning of the value is shown in FIG. That is, “00” represents “copy free”, “01” represents “no more copy”, “10” represents “copy once”, and “11” represents “copy prohibited”.

  APS_thumbnail indicates analog copy protection information when a thumbnail image is output as analog video. The meaning of the values is shown in FIG. The definition of each APS is described in Default Settings of the Macrovision Anti-taping Process for DVD Products, Revision 1.0, July 5, 1997. Note that 2L / 4L Colorstripe is applicable only to NTSC analog output.

  The menu.tdt1 file and mark.tdt1 file are encrypted and recorded, so there are the following two effects.

  (1) The contents of CP_Info_thumbnail () can be prevented from being falsified by a malicious user.

  (2) Even if a thumbnail image whose CCI_thumbnail is “No more copy” is illegally copied to another recording medium with the same data bit-by-bit, it can be dealt with so that it cannot be reproduced.

  In the above description, the case where the menu thumbnail image file is divided into two for the encrypted thumbnail and the non-encrypted thumbnail has been described (the same applies to the mark thumbnail image). Next, as another example, a case of a format in which an encrypted thumbnail portion and a non-encrypted thumbnail portion are switched in one menu thumbnail image file will be described.

  In this case, the menu thumbnail image is stored in one menu.tdat file, and the mark thumbnail image is stored in one mark.tdat file. (In the file structure of FIG. 8, menu.tdt1 and menu.tdt2 change to one menu.tdat, and mark.tdt1 and mark.tdt2 change to one mark.tdat.)

  An example of how to use tn_block of tn_block in this case is shown in FIG.

  Here, thumbnail images indicated by (a), (b) and (c) (of which (b) is a thumbnail image to be encrypted and recorded) are stored in menu.tdat. In menu.tidx, (a), (b) and (c) are thumbnail_index (X, Y, Z), ref_to_tn_block_id (0, 1, 3) and flag_encrypted_thumbnail (0, 1, 0), respectively. Values are given. In menu.tdat, (a), (b), and (c) are stored in tn_blocks indicated by the respective ref_to_tn_block_id (0, 1, 3).

  There may be an unused tn_block in the tn_block array of menu.tdat. For example, when deleting a thumbnail, when deleting thumbnail_index entered in menu.tidx and changing the thumbnail image file, there is an unused tn_block in the tn_block array. it can.

  Two examples of the encryption switching method in the case of switching the encrypted thumbnail portion and the unencrypted thumbnail portion in one menu thumbnail image file will be described with reference to FIGS. 22 and 23. FIG.

  FIG. 22 shows a case where encryption / non-encryption is switched in units of tn_block. FIG. 23 shows a case where encryption / non-encryption is performed in a unit in which a plurality of tn_blocks are collected. In the latter case, for example, when the size of tn_block is 16 KB and the unit of the ECC block is 64 KB, the encryption / non-encryption of 64 KB is switched.

  The syntax of the thumbnail information file in the case of a format that switches between the encrypted thumbnail portion and the unencrypted thumbnail portion in one menu thumbnail image file (the same applies to the mark thumbnail image file) will be described.

  “menu.tidx” and “mark.tidx” have the same syntax structure. FIG. 24 shows an example of the syntax structure of “menu.tidx” and “mark.tidx”.

  number_of_thumbnails is the number of thumbnail pictures stored in menu.tdat in the case of menu.tidx, and the number of thumbnail pictures stored in mark.tdat in the case of mark.tidx.

  tn_block_size indicates the size of one tn_block in menu.tdat in the case of menu.tidx, and indicates the size of one tn_block in mark.tdat in the case of mark.tidx.

  number_of_tn_blocks indicates the number of tn_blocks in menu.tdat in the case of menu.tidx, and indicates the number of tn_blocks in mark.tdat in the case of mark.tidx.

  In the case of menu.tidx, recording_seed is a random value used for the process of encrypting the data of menu.tdat, and is calculated by a predetermined method. In the case of mark.tidx, recording_seed is a random value used for the process of encrypting mark.tdat data, and is calculated by a predetermined method.

  thumbnail_index indicates an index number for ref_to_tn_block_id following the thumbnail_index. Do not use a thumbnail_index value of 0xFFFF. In the case of menu.tidx, thumbnail_index is referenced by ref_to_menu_thumbnail_index in UIAppInfoVolume () and PlayListMark (). In the case of mark.tidx, thumbnail_index is referred to by ref_to_mark_thumbnail_index in PlayListMark () and ClipMark (). In menu.tidx, the same value of thumbnail_index must not appear twice. In mark.tidx, the same value of thumbnail_index must not appear twice.

  In the case of menu.tidx, ref_to_tn_block_id indicates one tn_block in menu.tdat, and the tn_block stores a thumbnail image for thumbnail_index that is the index number of ref_to_tn_block_id. Alternatively, in the case of mark.tidx, one tn_block in mark.tdat is indicated, and the tn_block stores a thumbnail image for thumbnail_index which is an index number of ref_to_tn_block_id.

  picture_byte_size [ref_to_tn_block_id] indicates the data length of the thumbnail image stored in tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id in bytes.

  horizontal_picture_size [ref_to_tn_block_id] indicates the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the thumbnail image stored in the tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id.

  vertical_picture_size [ref_to_tn_block_id] indicates the number of pixels in the vertical direction of the thumbnail image stored in the tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id.

  flag_encrypted_thumbnail [ref_to_tn_block_id] is a flag indicating whether the thumbnail image stored in the tn_block indicated by ref_to_tn_block_id is recorded with encryption or not.

  FIG. 25 shows the syntax structure of “menu.tdat” and “mark.tdat”. These files have the same syntax structure.

  tn_block (tn_block_id) indicates one tn_block pointed to by the argument of tn_block_id in the array of tn_block. In the case of menu.tdat, the value of tn_block_id is referenced by ref_to_tn_block_id in menu.tidx. In the case of mark.tdat, the value of tn_block_id is referred to by ref_to_tn_block_id in mark.tidx.

  The contents of tn_block (tn_block_id) are the same as those described with reference to FIGS.

  In the foregoing, three methods for managing encrypted thumbnails and unencrypted thumbnails in the database have been described. The effect of each method is explained as follows.

  (1) The thumbnail image file is divided into two for the encrypted thumbnail and the non-encrypted thumbnail (FIGS. 13 and 14).

  Since there is no encryption ON / OFF switching in the thumbnail image file, there is no need to switch encryption decryption ON / OFF when reading the file (during playback), and the encryption decryption process can be simplified.

  (2) This is a case where the encrypted thumbnail portion and the non-encrypted thumbnail portion are switched in one menu thumbnail image file, and encryption / non-encryption is switched in units of tn_block (FIGS. 21 and 22).

  Since there is one thumbnail image file, database management for distinguishing between thumbnails to be encrypted and thumbnails to be encrypted is easy. Since encryption / non-encryption is switched in units of tn_block which is the minimum unit, useless data is not recorded on the disk.

  (3) In the case of a format in which the encrypted thumbnail portion and the unencrypted thumbnail portion are switched in one menu thumbnail image file, switching between encryption / non-encryption in a unit of a plurality of tn_blocks is switched (FIG. 23).

  Since there is one thumbnail image file, database management for distinguishing between thumbnails to be encrypted and thumbnails to be encrypted is easy. If the unit in which a plurality of tn_blocks are grouped is the same as the ECC block, it is not necessary to switch encryption decryption ON / OFF when reading the ECC block (during reproduction), and the decryption process of the cipher can be simplified.

  Next, FIG. 26 shows a block diagram of a recording apparatus that records an AV stream and encodes and records a representative image and mark point image of the AV stream into a thumbnail.

  First, a case where an AV stream in which video and audio inputs from the terminals 12 and 16 are self-encoded is recorded will be described. The macrovision detection unit 13 detects the analog copy protection signal (APS) of the input video by a predetermined method, and performs video signal recording restriction. Only when the input video signal does not include APS, the video signal can be recorded. Therefore, when a video signal can be recorded, the APS is copy-free (00). When the input video signal does not include APS, the macrovision detection unit 13 supplies the input video to the CGMS detection / update unit 14. The CGMS detection / update unit 14 analyzes the CGMS (CGMS-A or CGMS-D) of the input video by a predetermined method, and supplies the CCI of the AV stream to be recorded (indicated by CCI_o in the figure) to the controller 21. To do. The CGMS detection / update unit 14 supplies the input video to the WM (Water Mark) detection / update unit 15. The WM detection / update unit 15 analyzes the water mark of the input video by a predetermined method, and supplies the WM of the AV stream to be recorded (indicated by WM_o in the figure) to the controller 21. The WM detection / update unit 15 supplies the input video to the MPEG2 AV encoder 16 and the video analysis unit 18.

  The MPEG2 AV encoder 16 encodes the input video and audio signals, and supplies the video stream and the audio stream to the multiplexing / source packetizing unit 17.

  Based on the input CCI_o and WM_o, the controller 21 determines a value of E_CCI (Embedded CCI) to be encoded in the multiplexed stream to the multiplexing / source packetization unit 17 by a predetermined method. The multiplexing / source packetizing unit 17 multiplexes the video stream and the audio stream, and supplies the AV stream to the encryption unit 22 and the stream analysis unit 20.

  The encryption unit 22 encrypts the input AV stream by a predetermined method and supplies the encrypted AV stream to the ECC encoding unit 23. The AV stream is recorded on the recording medium 26 as an AV stream file after the processing of the ECC encoding unit 23, the modulation unit 24, and the drive 25.

  The recording apparatus records an AV stream file and also records application database information (info.dvr, PlayList, ClipInformation, thumbnail information file, thumbnail image file) related to the file. The application database information is created by the controller 21. Input information to the controller 21 includes video signal feature information from the video analysis unit 18, AV stream feature information from the stream analysis unit 20, and user instruction information input from the terminal 11.

  The characteristic information of the video signal from the video analysis unit 18 is automatically generated by this recording apparatus. The video analysis unit 18 analyzes the content of the input video signal, and generates information related to the image of the characteristic mark point in the input video signal. For example, the instruction information of the image of the mark point such as the program start point of the input video signal, the scene change point, and the start / end point of the CM. Further, the image at the first mark point in the input video signal may be used as the representative image of the video signal (representative image of the PlayList). The video analysis unit 18 inputs a time stamp (mark position) indicating the image of the mark point in the video signal to the controller 21. The thumbnail encoder 19 encodes the image of the mark points into a thumbnail image and supplies the thumbnail image to the controller 21. The controller 21 stores the mark point time stamp, the CCI_o and WM_o corresponding to the mark point image, and the thumbnail image of the mark point image in association with each other. Further, the controller 21 determines the value of CCI_thumnail (FIG. 19) of the above-described CP_Info_thumbnail () (FIGS. 17 and 18) by a predetermined method based on CCI_o and WM_o corresponding to the image of the mark point.

  FIG. 27 shows a summary of copy control processing when an AV stream obtained by self-encoding an input video signal is recorded.

  The AV stream is recorded corresponding to the state of the input signal. A thumbnail is also recorded corresponding to the state of the input signal. That is, when the input signal is “copy free”, the thumbnail can be recorded in the same manner as the AV stream, and CCI_thumbnail or APS_thumbnail in that case is also “copy free”. At this time, the thumbnail image need not be encrypted, but may be encrypted.

  When the state of the input signal is “no more copy” or “copy prohibited”, the thumbnail image cannot be recorded. When the state of the input signal is “copy once”, CCI_thumbnail is rewritten to “no more copy”.

  When the CCI_thumbnail of the thumbnail image is “No more copy”, it is necessary to encrypt the thumbnail. On the other hand, when the CCI_thumbnail of the thumbnail image is “Copy free”, it is not necessary to encrypt the thumbnail.

The controller 21 creates application database information related to thumbnails, and stores them in thumbnail information files, thumbnail image files, and other database files (info.dvr, PlayList file, Clip Information file) based on the syntax described above. The controller 21 supplies these file information to the encryption unit 22. When it is necessary to encrypt the thumbnail, the encryption unit 22 encrypts it according to the method described above. The encryption unit 22 supplies the file information to the ECC encoding unit 23. The file information is recorded on the recording medium 26 after the processing of the ECC encoding unit 23, the modulation unit 24, and the drive 25.

  Next, a case where the transport stream (TS) input from the terminal 27 is recorded will be described. The E_CCI (Embedded CCI) analyzing / updating unit 28 analyzes the E_CCI (Embedded CCI) encoded in the input TS by a predetermined method and records the CCI of the AV stream to be recorded (CCI_o in FIG. 26). Is supplied to the controller 21. Further, the E_CCI analysis / update unit 28 supplies the input TS to the WM detection / update unit 29. The WM detection / update unit 29 analyzes the water mark of the input video by a predetermined method, and supplies the WM of the AV stream to be recorded (indicated by WM_o in FIG. 26) to the controller 21. Further, the WM detection / update unit 29 supplies the input TS to the multiplexing / source packetizing unit 17. The multiplexing / source packetizing unit 17 converts the input TS into a stream of the source packet sequence, and supplies it to the stream analyzing unit 20 and the encrypting unit 22. The encryption unit (scramble unit) unit 22 encrypts the input AV stream by a predetermined method and supplies the encrypted AV stream to the ECC encoding unit 23. The AV stream is recorded on the recording medium 26 as an AV stream file after the processing of the ECC encoding unit 23, the modulation unit 24, and the drive 25.

  The input TS from the terminal 27 is input to the decoder 30. The decoder 30 decodes the video stream of the input TS and supplies the video signal to the video analysis unit 18. The processing of the video analysis unit 18 and the thumbnail encoder 19 is the same as the case where the above-described input video is self-encoded.

  The stream analysis unit 20 analyzes content protection information (DTCP_descriptor or the like) in the input stream, extracts analog copy protection information (APS), and supplies it to the controller 21. Then, the APS corresponding to the mark point images of the input stream and the APS_thumbnail of the thumbnail images of those images are set to the same value. The value of CCI_thumbnail is determined by the controller 21 in the same manner as when the above-described input video is self-encoded.

  FIG. 28 shows a summary of copy control processing when recording an input TS.

  The processing in FIG. 28 is basically the same as in FIG. 27, but the APS_thumbnail of the thumbnail image is the same as the state of the input signal.

  When the CCI_thumbnail of the thumbnail image is “No more copy”, it is necessary to encrypt the thumbnail. On the other hand, when the CCI_thumbnail of the thumbnail image is “Copy free”, it is not necessary to encrypt the thumbnail.

The controller 21 creates application database information related to thumbnails, and stores them in thumbnail information files, thumbnail image files, and other database files (info.dvr, PlayList file, Clip Information file) based on the syntax described above. The controller 21 supplies these file information to the encryption unit 22. When it is necessary to encrypt the thumbnail, the encryption unit 22 encrypts it according to the method described above. The encryption unit 22 supplies the file information to the ECC encoding unit 23. The file information is recorded on the recording medium 26 after the processing of the ECC encoding unit 23, the modulation unit 24, and the drive 25.

  FIG. 29 shows a flowchart of processing for recording an AV stream and encoding and recording a representative image and feature point image of the AV stream into a thumbnail.

  In step S101, content protection information (such as CCI) of the input signal (video signal or TS) is analyzed. This processing is performed by the macrovision detection unit 13, the CGMS detection update unit 14, the WM detection update unit 15, the E_CCI analysis update unit 28, or the WM detection update unit 29.

  In step S102, the input signal is encoded into an AV stream. This process is executed by the MPEG2AV encoder 16 and the multiplexed source packetizing unit 17.

  In step S103, the video analysis unit 18 analyzes the video signal to detect mark point images (representative images and feature point images).

  In step S104, the video analysis unit 18 acquires an image of a mark point.

  In step S105, the thumbnail encoder 19 encodes the image of the mark point into a thumbnail image.

  In step S106, the controller 21 analyzes the content protection information (CCI or the like) at the position on the AV stream indicated by the time stamp of the mark point.

  In step S107, the controller 21 creates CP_Info_thumbnail () of the thumbnail image. Specifically, as described above, the values of CCI_thumbnail (FIG. 19) and APS_thumbnail (FIG. 20) are determined.

  In step S108, the controller 21 determines ON / OFF of thumbnail image encryption. When ON, the encryption unit 22 encrypts the tn_block storing the thumbnail image and its CP_Info_thumbnail ().

  In step S109, the controller 21 determines a file for storing the tn_block and records the tn_block on the recording medium 26. A specific recording process is executed by the ECC encoding unit 23, the modulation unit 24, and the drive 25.

  In step S110, the controller 21 stores the encryption ON / OFF information of the tn_block in a thumbnail information file, and records the thumbnail information file in the recording medium 26. A specific recording process is executed by the ECC encoding unit 23, the modulation unit 24, and the drive 25.

  Next, FIG. 30 shows a block diagram of a recording apparatus that records an AV stream recorded by adding an image thumbnail specified by the user.

  The application database read from the recording medium (disk) 75 through the drive 74 is input to the controller 69 through the processing of the demodulation unit 73, the ECC decryption unit 72, and the encryption decryption unit 71. The controller 69 creates a menu screen for explaining the recorded contents of the recording medium 75 and displays it on a monitor (not shown). The user selects a PlayList to be reproduced through a UI (User Interface) input at the terminal 61. The controller 69 instructs the AV stream necessary for playing the PlayList designated by the user to be read from the recording medium 75.

  The AV stream file read from the recording medium 75 through the drive 74 is input to the source depacketizer / separator 66 through the processes of the demodulator 73, the ECC decoder 72, and the encryption decoder 71. The video stream separated by the source depacketizer / separator 66 is decoded by the MPEG2AV decoder 65 to output a video signal. The video signal is subjected to predetermined processing by the CGMS insertion unit 64 and the macrovision insertion unit 63, and is output from the terminal 62 and displayed on a monitor (not shown).

  The user instructs a scene to be marked (for example, a favorite scene) from the video to be played to the controller 69 from the terminal 61 through UI input.

  A thumbnail image to be recorded by being added to the mark point may be created from the image of the mark point, or may be created from an image taken into a recording apparatus via an external input from a personal computer or a digital still camera. .

When creating a thumbnail image from the image of the mark point, the controller 69 acquires the time stamp of the image marked by the user from the source depacketizer / separator 66. Then, mark the image of MPEG2
The image is obtained from the AV decoder 65 and the image is input to the thumbnail encoder 67. The thumbnail encoder 67 encodes the thumbnail image and inputs it to the controller 69. The source depacketizer / separator 66 also includes content protection information (DTCP) at the position on the AV stream indicated by the time stamp of the mark point.
(descriptor, etc.) The controller 69 analyzes the content protection information (DTCP_descriptor, etc.), and extracts CCI and analog copy protection information (APS). Then, the CCI_thumbnail and APS_thumbnail values of CP_Info_thumbnail () for the thumbnail image of the mark point image are set to the same values as the CCI and APS, respectively.

  Next, an operation in the case of creating a thumbnail image to be recorded by adding to a mark point from a still image taken into a recording apparatus via an external input such as a personal computer or a digital still camera will be described. The controller 69 acquires a still image from the external input terminal 85. Then, the content protection information detection unit 86 takes out the content protection information (CGMS, APS, DTCP descriptor, etc.) of the input image and inputs it to the controller 69. The controller 69 analyzes the content protection information and extracts CCI and analog copy protection information (APS). Then, the CCI_thumbnail and APS_thumbnail values of CP_Info_thumbnail () for the thumbnail image are set to the same values as the CCI and APS, respectively. Then, the still image is input to the thumbnail encoder 67. The thumbnail encoder 67 encodes the thumbnail image and inputs it to the controller 69.

  When the CCI_thumbnail of the thumbnail image is “No more copy”, it is necessary to encrypt the thumbnail. On the other hand, when the CCI_thumbnail of the thumbnail image is “Copy free”, it is not necessary to encrypt the thumbnail.

The controller 69 creates application database information related to thumbnails, and stores them in thumbnail information files, thumbnail image files, and other database files (info.dvr, PlayList file, Clip Information file) based on the syntax described above. The controller 69 supplies the file information to the encryption unit 76. When it is necessary to encrypt the thumbnail, the encryption unit 76 encrypts the thumbnail according to the method described above. The encryption unit 76 supplies the file information to the ECC encoding unit 77. The file information is recorded on the recording medium 75 after the processing of the ECC encoding unit 77, the modulation unit 78, and the drive 74.

  FIG. 31 shows a flowchart of processing for recording the AV stream recorded by adding the thumbnail of the image designated by the user.

  In step S201, when a PlayList to be played back is specified by the user via the UI, the controller 69 acquires it.

  In step S202, the controller 69 starts video playback of the designated PlayList. Specifically, the reproduction process is executed by the recording medium 75, the drive 74, the demodulation unit 73, the ECC decryption unit 72, and the encryption decryption unit 71.

  In step S203, when the user searches for a scene to be marked and presses the mark button during playback or pause, this is input to the controller 69 via the UI.

  In step S204, the controller 69 determines the mark position based on this input.

  In step S205, the controller 69 confirms with the user whether to use the image at the mark position as a thumbnail or to acquire a still image to be used for the thumbnail from an external input. This confirmation is performed by displaying a predetermined message and acquiring an input corresponding to the message from the user. If it is used for a thumbnail, the process proceeds to step S206. If a still image used for the thumbnail is acquired from an external input, the process proceeds to step S208.

  In step S206, the source depacketizing separation unit 66 acquires an image at the mark position.

  In step S207, the source depacketizing separation unit 66 acquires content protection information of the AV stream at the mark position.

  If it is determined in step S205 that the still image used for the thumbnail is acquired from the external input, the content protection information detection unit 86 acquires the still image used for the thumbnail from the external input in step S208.

  In step S209, the content protection information detection unit 86 acquires content protection information of the still image.

  In step S210, the thumbnail encoder 67 encodes an image used for the thumbnail into a thumbnail image.

  In step S211, the controller 69 creates a thumbnail image CP_Info_thumbnail (). Specifically, as described above, the values of CCI_thumbnail and APS_thumbnail are determined.

  In step S212, the controller 69 determines ON / OFF of the thumbnail image encryption. When ON, the encryption unit 76 encrypts the tn_block storing the thumbnail image and its CP_Info_thumbnail ().

  In step S213, the controller 69 determines a file for storing the tn_block and records the tn_block on the recording medium 75. This recording is executed by the ECC encoding unit 77, the modulation unit 78, and the drive 74.

  In step S214, the controller 69 stores the encryption ON / OFF information of the tn_block in a thumbnail information file, and records the thumbnail information file on the recording medium 75.

  Next, FIG. 32 shows a block diagram of a playback apparatus that plays back an AV stream and plays back thumbnails of representative images and feature point images of the AV stream.

  The application database read from the recording medium 75 through the drive 74 is input to the controller 69 through the processes of the demodulation unit 73, the ECC decryption unit 72, and the encryption decryption unit 71.

  The controller 69 determines the thumbnail image to be displayed on the video output. For example, it is decided to display a thumbnail of a representative image of a certain PlayList.

  The controller 69 reads information on the thumbnail image from the thumbnail information file. As a result, the controller 69 can know the thumbnail image file in which the thumbnail image is stored, and can know the encryption ON / OFF of the thumbnail image.

  Next, the controller 69 reads the thumbnail image data from the thumbnail image file. When the thumbnail image is encrypted, the decrypting unit 71 decrypts the cipher. In addition, the controller 69 acquires CP_Info_thumbnail () for the thumbnail image to be reproduced.

  The controller 69 inputs the thumbnail image to the thumbnail decoder 80, and inputs the decoded image to the graphics image processing unit 81. The output image that has been subjected to predetermined processing by the graphics image processing unit 81 is processed by the image blender processing unit 82 and input to the CGMS insertion unit 64.

  The CGMS insertion unit 64 inserts a CGMS signal having the same meaning as CCI_thumbnail of CP_Info_thumbnail () for the thumbnail image into the output image. Next, the macrovision insertion unit 63 inserts an analog copy protection signal representing the same meaning as APS_thumbnail of CP_Info_thumbnail () into the output image. Then, the video is played from the terminal 62.

  FIG. 33 shows a flowchart of a reproduction operation for reproducing thumbnails of representative images of AV streams and feature point images.

  In step S301, the controller 69 reads an application database information file. Specifically, this read process is executed from the recording medium 75 by the drive 74, the demodulator 73, the ECC decoder 72, and the decoder 71.

  In step S302, the controller 69 determines a thumbnail image to be played based on an input from the UI.

  In step S303, the controller 69 reads out information related to the thumbnail image from the thumbnail information file.

  In step S304, the controller 69 acquires a thumbnail image file in which the thumbnail image is stored, and knows whether encryption of the thumbnail image is ON / OFF.

  In step S305, the controller 69 reads the tn_block in which the thumbnail image is stored from the thumbnail image file. When tn_block is encrypted, the decrypting unit 71 decrypts the cipher.

  In step S306, the controller 69 obtains CP_Info_thumbnail () of the thumbnail image to be reproduced from the output of the source depacketizing separation unit 66.

  In step S307, the controller 69 supplies the thumbnail image to the thumbnail decoder 80 for decoding. The thumbnail image is supplied from the image blender processing unit 82 to the CGMS insertion unit 64 through processing by the graphics image processing unit 81.

  In step S308, the controller 69 controls the CGMS insertion unit 64 and the macrovision insertion unit 63, and adds CGMS and macrovision to the thumbnail display image according to CP_Info_thumbnail () acquired in the process of step S306.

  In step S <b> 309, the controller 69 outputs the thumbnail display image from the terminal 62 as a video.

  As described above, the present invention enables the following.

  (1) Since the thumbnail image is encrypted, the copyright of the thumbnail image can be protected.

  (2) When recording an AV stream and recording a thumbnail image representing a representative image or feature point of the AV stream, information for distinguishing whether or not the thumbnail image is encrypted is recorded. Therefore, when there is a possibility that an encrypted thumbnail image and an unencrypted thumbnail image are mixed on the recording medium, the thumbnail image recorded with encryption and the thumbnail image recorded without encryption are separated. It can be managed separately.

  (3) In (2), the thumbnail image file for storing the thumbnail image and the thumbnail information file for storing the information for distinguishing whether the thumbnail image is encrypted are separated and recorded. As a result, the thumbnail information file can be managed with a relatively small database. As a result, when an instruction to reproduce a certain thumbnail image is given, information that the thumbnail is / is not encrypted can be easily acquired at high speed.

  (4) In (3), the thumbnail image file is recorded separately for the encrypted thumbnail (menu.tdt1) and the unencrypted thumbnail (menu.tdt2), so one thumbnail image file Since there is no encryption ON / OFF switching, it is not necessary to switch encryption decryption ON / OFF when reading a file (during playback), and the encryption decryption process can be simplified.

  (5) In (3), since the encrypted thumbnail portion and the unencrypted thumbnail portion are recorded in one thumbnail image file, the thumbnail image file becomes one, and the thumbnail to be encrypted Database management for distinguishing thumbnails that are not encrypted is easy. If the encryption / non-encryption is switched in units of tn_block, the encryption / non-encryption is switched in units of tn_block which is the minimum unit, so that useless data is not recorded on the disk. Also, encryption / non-encryption may be switched in units of a plurality of tn_blocks. For example, if the unit in which a plurality of tn_blocks are grouped is the same as the ECC block, it is not necessary to switch encryption decryption ON / OFF when the ECC block is read (reproduction), and the encryption decryption process can be simplified.

  (6) In (2), the content protection information (CP_Info_thumbnail ()) is added to the thumbnail image and recorded.

  (7) In (6), the thumbnail image and its content protection information are recorded in units of blocks (tn_block) having a predetermined size.

  (8) In (6), the encryption process is closed with one tn_block.

  (9) In (2), when the CCI of the original image from which the thumbnail image is created is “Copy once”, the thumbnail image is encrypted and recorded.

  Since (6) to (9) are used, it is possible to prevent the contents of CP_Info_thumbnail () from being falsified by a malicious user. Further, even if a thumbnail image whose CCI_thumbnail is “No more copy” is illegally copied to another recording medium with the same data bit-by-bit, it can be dealt with so that it cannot be reproduced.

  Since (8) is done, when the encryption process is closed with one tn_block, when reading an arbitrary thumbnail image from the thumbnail image file, only the tn_block in which the thumbnail image is stored is encrypted. The data processing amount can be minimized.

  (10) In (2), if the format of the thumbnail image is JPEG, JPEG is widely used as a de facto standard, so that implementation is relatively easy and compatibility is high.

  (11) When reproducing a thumbnail image from a recording medium on which a representative image of the video signal and a thumbnail image representing a feature point are recorded together with the video signal, it is distinguished whether the thumbnail image is encrypted or not In the case where there is a possibility that an encrypted thumbnail image and an unencrypted thumbnail image may be mixed on the recording medium because the thumbnail image is reproduced based on the information. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish and manage the thumbnail image recorded with encryption and the thumbnail image recorded without encryption.

  In the above description, the thumbnail information file and the thumbnail image file are managed as separate files. However, these pieces of information may be managed as a single file. For example, an object that collects information that each thumbnail image is encrypted / not encrypted in one file and an object that collects thumbnail images may be managed.

  In addition, it is not always necessary to manage data in a file format (data management using a file system), and it is sufficient that data can be managed in a format that can be managed by the recording device / playback device.

  Further, in the above description, the recording apparatus and the reproducing apparatus are shown as separate configurations, but it is of course possible to integrate them as a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of both recording and reproduction. In this case, among the blocks shown in FIG. 26, FIG. 30, and FIG. 32, corresponding blocks are appropriately shared.

  In the above description, the AV stream is recorded or reproduced. However, the present invention can also be applied to the case where only the video signal is recorded or reproduced.

It is a figure explaining the structure of an application format. It is a figure explaining the mark on PlayList and the mark on Clip. It is a figure explaining a menu thumbnail and a mark thumbnail. It is a figure explaining a menu thumbnail. It is a figure explaining the mark attached to a play list. It is a figure explaining the mark attached to a clip. It is a figure explaining the file which stores a thumbnail. It is a figure explaining the directory structure created on a disk. It is a figure explaining the structure of a DVR MPEG-2 transport stream. It is a figure which shows the syntax of UIAppInfoDVR. It is a figure which shows the syntax of PlayListMark. It is a figure which shows the syntax of ClipMark. It is a figure explaining the method to store the data of a thumbnail image in tn_block. It is a figure explaining encryption. It is a figure which shows the syntax of the information file of a thumbnail. It is a figure which shows the syntax of the image file of a menu thumbnail. It is a figure which shows the syntax of tn_block. It is a figure which shows the syntax of CP_Info_thumbnail (). It is a figure explaining CCI_thumbnail. It is a figure explaining APS_thumbnail. It is a figure explaining the method to store the image data of a thumbnail in tn_block (). It is a figure explaining the encryption per tn_block. It is a figure explaining the encryption per ECC block. It is a figure which shows the syntax of the information file of a thumbnail. It is a figure which shows the syntax of the image file of a thumbnail. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording apparatus to which the present invention is applied. It is a figure explaining the process of copy control in the case of recording AV stream. It is a figure explaining a copy control process in case a transport stream is input. It is a flowchart explaining the process which encrypts and records a thumbnail. It is a block diagram which shows the other structural example of the recording device to which this invention is applied. It is a flowchart explaining the process which adds and records the thumbnail of the designated image. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus to which this invention is applied. It is a flowchart explaining the process which reproduces | regenerates a thumbnail.

Explanation of symbols

  13 Macrovision detection unit, 14 CGMS detection update unit, 15 Watermark detection update unit, 16 MPEG2AV encoder, 17 Multiplexed source packetization unit, 18 Video analysis unit, 19 Thumbnail encoder, 20 Stream analysis unit, 21 Controller, 22 Encryption Conversion unit, 26 recording medium, 28 E-CCI analysis update unit, 29 watermark detection update unit, 30 decoder, 63 macrovision insertion unit, 64 CGMS insertion unit, 65 MPEG2AV decoder, 66 source depacketization separation unit, 67 thumbnail Encoder, 69 controller, 71 decryption unit, 75 recording medium, 76 encryption unit

Claims (26)

First acquisition means for acquiring a video signal to be recorded;
Second acquisition means for acquiring a signal of an encrypted thumbnail image or an unencrypted thumbnail image to be recorded corresponding to information on whether or not there is a recording restriction included in the video signal;
The video signal acquired by the first acquisition means;
A first file containing a signal of the encrypted thumbnail image or a second file containing a signal of the unencrypted thumbnail image;
And a third file including information for distinguishing whether a thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. Video signal recording device. It said first acquisition means, if said information recording restriction included in the video signal permits copying once, claim 1, characterized in that to obtain a signal of the encrypted thumbnail image 2. A video signal recording apparatus according to 1. The video signal recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording unit further records recording restriction information included in the thumbnail image signal. Video signal recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information recording restriction included in the signal of the thumbnail images is characterized in that that have been encrypted. The video signal recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording unit records the signal of the thumbnail image in units of a predetermined block. Within the scope of the given block, the video signal recording apparatus according to claim 5, the signal of one of said thumbnail images, characterized in that that have been encrypted. 7. The video signal recording apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the recording unit further records identification information for identifying that the encrypted thumbnail image signal is recorded. The video signal recording apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the recording unit records the thumbnail image signal and the identification information in independent objects. The recording means records the encrypted thumbnail image signal in a first object of the thumbnail image signal objects, and the unencrypted thumbnail image signal of the thumbnail image. The video signal recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein recording is performed on a second object of the signal objects. It said recording means, a signal of the encrypted the thumbnail image, the signal of the thumbnail image that has not been encrypted, the same object, in claim 8, characterized in that to record the predetermined block units The video signal recording apparatus as described. The video signal recording apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the predetermined block is a block of an error correction unit. In a video signal recording method of a video signal recording apparatus for recording a video signal on a recording medium,
A first acquisition step of acquiring a video signal to be recorded;
A second acquisition step of acquiring a signal of an encrypted thumbnail image or an unencrypted thumbnail image to be recorded corresponding to information on whether or not there is a recording restriction included in the video signal;
The video signal acquired by the processing of the first acquisition step;
A first file containing a signal of the encrypted thumbnail image or a second file containing a signal of the unencrypted thumbnail image;
And a recording step of recording on the recording medium a third file including information for distinguishing whether a thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. Video signal recording method. A program of a video signal recording apparatus for recording a video signal on a recording medium,
A first acquisition step of acquiring a video signal to be recorded;
A second acquisition step of acquiring a signal of an encrypted thumbnail image or an unencrypted thumbnail image to be recorded corresponding to information on whether or not there is a recording restriction included in the video signal;
The video signal acquired by the processing of the first acquisition step;
A first file containing a signal of the encrypted thumbnail image or a second file containing a signal of the unencrypted thumbnail image;
And a recording step of recording on the recording medium a third file including information for distinguishing whether a thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. A program recording medium on which a computer readable program is recorded. A computer for controlling a video signal recording apparatus for recording a video signal on a recording medium;
A first acquisition step of acquiring a video signal to be recorded;
A second acquisition step of acquiring a signal of an encrypted thumbnail image or an unencrypted thumbnail image to be recorded corresponding to information on whether or not there is a recording restriction included in the video signal;
The video signal acquired by the processing of the first acquisition step;
A first file containing a signal of the encrypted thumbnail image or a second file containing a signal of the unencrypted thumbnail image;
Thumbnail image, the first file or program for executing a recording step of recording the third file and said recording medium comprising information distinguishing whether included in either of the second file. Together with the video signal, as a file signal in response to information of the presence or absence of the recording restriction encrypted thumbnail image first included in the video signal, or the signal of the thumbnail images that are not encrypted second And a third file containing information for distinguishing whether a thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. Playback means for playing back the recorded signal;
Extraction means for extracting the first file or the second file and the third file from the signal reproduced by the reproduction means;
Decryption means for decrypting an encrypted thumbnail image signal recorded in the first file, extracted by the extraction means based on the third file;
Output means for outputting a signal of the thumbnail image decrypted by the decrypting means or the unencrypted thumbnail image extracted by the extracting means based on the third file. A video signal reproducing apparatus. The video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the extracting unit further extracts information on presence / absence of recording restriction included in the signal of the thumbnail image. The video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the decoding unit further decodes information on presence / absence of a recording restriction included in the thumbnail image signal. The video signal reproduction device according to claim 17 , wherein the reproduction unit reproduces the signal of the thumbnail image in units of a predetermined block. The video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the decoding unit decodes one thumbnail image signal within the range of the predetermined block. It said reproducing means, the identification information identifying a signal of the thumbnail image of the signal and encrypted the thumbnail image is recorded, in claim 19, characterized in that regenerated from independent object The video signal reproducing apparatus as described. The reproduction means reproduces the encrypted thumbnail image signal from a first object of the thumbnail image signal objects, and the unencrypted thumbnail image signal of the thumbnail image. 21. The video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein reproduction is performed from a second object of the signal objects. Said reproducing means includes a signal encrypted the thumbnail image, the signal of the thumbnail image that has not been encrypted, the same object, in claim 20, characterized in that play a predetermined block units The video signal reproducing apparatus as described. The video signal reproducing apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the predetermined block is a block of an error correction unit. Together with the video signal, as a file signal in response to information of the presence or absence of the recording restriction encrypted thumbnail image first included in the video signal, or the signal of the thumbnail images that are not encrypted second of it is recorded as a file, and further, the thumbnail image first file, or the third recording medium a file is recorded which includes information for distinguishing whether included in either of the second file In a video signal playback method of a video signal playback device for playing back a recorded video signal,
A reproducing step of reproducing a signal recorded on the recording medium;
An extraction step of extracting the first file or the second file and the third file from the signal reproduced by the processing of the reproduction step;
A decryption step of decrypting an encrypted thumbnail image signal recorded in the first file extracted by the extraction step based on the third file;
An output step of outputting a signal of the thumbnail image decrypted by the process of the decryption step or the unencrypted thumbnail image extracted by the extraction means based on the third file. A video signal reproducing method characterized by the above. Together with the video signal, as a file signal in response to information of the presence or absence of the recording restriction encrypted thumbnail image first included in the video signal, or the signal of the thumbnail images that are not encrypted second And a third file containing information for distinguishing whether a thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. A program of a video signal playback device for playing back a recorded video signal,
A reproducing step of reproducing a signal recorded on the recording medium;
An extraction step of extracting the first file or the second file and the third file from the signal reproduced by the processing of the reproduction step;
A decryption step of decrypting an encrypted thumbnail image signal recorded in the first file extracted by the extraction step based on the third file;
An output step of outputting a signal of the thumbnail image decrypted by the process of the decryption step or the unencrypted thumbnail image extracted by the extraction means based on the third file. A program recording medium on which a computer-readable program is recorded. Together with the video signal, as a file signal in response to information of the presence or absence of the recording restriction encrypted thumbnail image first included in the video signal, or the signal of the thumbnail images that are not encrypted second And a third file containing information for distinguishing whether a thumbnail image is included in the first file or the second file. To a computer that controls a video signal playback device that plays back a recorded video signal,
A reproducing step of reproducing a signal recorded on the recording medium;
An extraction step of extracting the first file or the second file and the third file from the signal reproduced by the processing of the reproduction step;
A decryption step of decrypting an encrypted thumbnail image signal recorded in the first file extracted by the extraction step based on the third file;
An output step of outputting a signal of the thumbnail image decrypted by the process of the decryption step or the unencrypted thumbnail image extracted by the extraction means based on the third file . program.

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