KR20040105119A - Multimedia having user definition menu - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A multimedia title having a user definition menu is provided to select more than two video contents desired by a user, and to designate a reproduction order of the selected contents to control a reproducing operation of a player, thereby enabling various user defined reproductions. CONSTITUTION: A number 1 selection menu is reproduced(S61). When a user selects a desired song title(S62), a number 2 selection menu is reproduced(S63). Next selection menus are sequentially reproduced(S65,S67,S69). If each clear button is selected(S64-1,S66-1,S68-1,S69-1), previous selection menus are returned. If a 'clear all' button is selected(S66-2,S68-2,S69-2), the number 1 selection menu is returned to start from the beginning. If a play button is selected on each selection menu(S64-2,S66-3,S68-3,S69-3), accompanying video contents of song titles registered at a playlist are sequentially reproduced.

Description

Multimedia having user definition menu

The present invention relates to a multimedia having a user-defined menu for reproducing in a defined order by user-defined arbitrarily the contents of a movie, a music video, a game and the like contained in a multimedia title such as a DVD VCD.

Digital video disks or digital versatile disks (DVDs) and video compact disk (VCD) titles are well known as multimedia for viewing video and audio together, such as movies, music videos or games. Such multimedia generally have a title menu as an interface that allows a user to find and select desired contents, and the player is controlled to play in the order specified in the menu according to user selection.

Referring to FIG. 1, which briefly illustrates a DVD system model, data contained in the DVD 1 is divided into navigation data 2 and presentation data 3. The navigation data 2 is control information necessary for selecting and playing multimedia recorded on a disk. The navigation data 2 includes video manager information (VMGI), video title set information (VTSI), and program chain information (PGCI). program chain information), presentation control information, and data search information. The presentation data 3 includes video data, audio data, and sub-picture data such as subtitles as those to be reproduced. Correspondingly, the player 4 is largely comprised of a navigation manager 5 and a presentation engine 6. The navigation manager unit 5 reads the navigation data 2 from the loaded DVD 1 and controls the presentation engine unit 6 according to a user's operation. The presentation engine unit 6 reads or decodes the encoded presentation data 3 of the DVD 1 in whole or in part according to a control command of the navigation manager 5, and decodes the encoded presentation data 3 to an external output device (monitor). The reproduction signal is output.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the player recognizes that the disc (DVD) is loaded or unloaded into the drive (S21, S23), and when the DVD is loaded, based on the order defined in the navigation data contained therein. According to a user's selection, a planned playback of selecting and playing back an image recorded on a DVD is performed (S22).

In general, a DVD has one or more titles that mean a unit describing one complete table of contents. The title playback method includes a chapter, a title, a part of title (PTT), a program, a cell, a chapter that is a playback unit, and one or more program chains that define these playback orders. It is colorfully defined by (PGC: program chain). For example, a disc that records a plurality of short films treats each short film as a title. In addition, media that a user needs to select and play separately, such as a music video or a game, are treated as one title or chapter.

DVD, on the other hand, has an on-screen display (OSD) menu, which is an interactive user interface for convenient player operation. There are two menus available on the DVD. One is the system menu, which includes a volume manager menu (VMGM) that can be set commonly for discs, and a video title set menu (VTSM; video title set menu). These system menus are special menus that can be called up at any time during disc playback by pressing specific buttons on the player or its remote control. Another is a selection menu for selecting a title or chapter as described above, which can be freely created by the title producer. This is usually called automatically when the disc is initially driven and after the end of playback of any title or chapter, and the display is usually realized by attaching a button on a still picture or moving picture in the background or on a sub picture. These menus can be called at any time during the playback of a title or chapter by a menu key provided in the player or the remote controller, and the desired title or chapter or another menu can be selected by using the four direction keys.

3 shows a conventional plan play process using the above-described system menu and selection menu by taking a general DVD movie title as an example. In other words, when the DVD is loaded, the main menu is initially played back (S31), and the user waits for the user's selection in that state. In the main menu, usually, a "1. Play movie" selection button for playing a title (eg a movie), a "2. Set up" selection button for calling up a submenu for selecting angles and subtitles or adjusting audio channels, and titles. A "3. Bonus" selection button is provided that calls a submenu for providing chapter information and other videos added by other creators. When "1. Play movie" is selected (S32) by the user, a movie is played back (S33), and when "2. Set up" or "3. Bonus" is selected, each submenu is played and then selected there. Performs a function of another selection button (not shown). After the reproduction of the movie, when the reproduction is completed (S34) or the main menu is called by the user during the reproduction (S35), the main menu is returned to wait for the next selection of the user. Depending on the title (mainly in the case of a VCD title), instead of the main menu at the beginning, the movie may be played immediately as in the path 3-1 indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 3.

4 shows a plan play process for an audio-oriented music video title. Conventionally, such a title includes a music video recorded with table of contents information 41 defining a video material, and usually has a menu. In the menu, a " 1. Sequential Play " selection button planned by a typical producer and a " 2 Play by Contents " selection button for allowing a user to search, select and enjoy a table of contents are provided. After "1. Sequential Performance" provided on the menu by the user after the menu playback (S41) is selected (S42), the music video images contained in the table of contents information are sequentially played (S43), and played by the user "2. Is selected (S44), a submenu, a selection menu is played, and one music video image selected by the user is selected and played (S45).

As described above, in the DVD system, the player only takes a simple control operation of the hardware itself, and relies solely on the navigation data contained in the DVD for reproduction of contents such as movies. Conversely, it is the DVD that various reproduction techniques can be created depending on the intention of the title producer.

DVD, which is a representative multimedia, is a large-capacity medium capable of recording and playing high-quality video and audio, and its application is expanding not only as a movie or game title but also as an audio-oriented music video or learning program. In particular, as the growing enthusiastic people expect and the expectation increases, DVDs require development of various media contents, various menus, various events, and various playback methods.

However, according to the conventional plan playback technique described above, since a VCD or DVD title can only play one menu designated at the beginning of its driving, the producer himself or herself can designate one designated menu or one designated menu for one title on one media. It is true that the utilization as multimedia is low such that only video images are recorded.

In addition, according to the conventional plan reproduction technique, for example, in the case of music video or accompaniment video, the contents of many songs are not enjoyed any more because the user is fed up with the monotony that is played only in the same order every time. In the case of selective playback instead of sequential playback, the selection process is cumbersome because only one video object is selected each time.

Preferably, when a plurality of video objects (movies, music videos, etc.) are recorded in one title, it is necessary to select only a few of them according to the user and to watch them in a desired order. In addition, even if only one video is included in one title like a general DVD movie title, it may be desirable to allow the user to select only the desired scenes and watch them in order or in a desired order as if viewing the entire plot.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia having a user-defined menu that can control the playback operation of the player by selecting two or more images desired by the user among the plurality of recorded images and specifying the playback order.

1 is a block diagram modeling a DVD system.

2 is a flowchart of a basic playback operation of the DVD system.

3 is a flowchart showing a plan play operation of a conventional general DVD movie title.

4 is a flowchart showing a plan play operation of a conventional music video title.

5 is a flowchart showing a reproduction operation of an accompaniment title to which the present invention is applied.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a selection process by a user-defined menu according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a playback operation of a selected playlist by a user-defined menu according to the present invention.

The multimedia according to the present invention, which achieves the above object, includes a plurality of video objects as data to be reproduced, and a user-defined menu providing a user interface for selecting two or more video objects from among the plurality of video objects and defining the playback order thereof. The information and control information for controlling the playback operation of the player so that the video selected by the user in the menu is reproduced in the order defined by the user is characterized in that it is also included.

The reproduction of the user defined menu defined in the multimedia of the present invention does not require any special media format or hardware or firmware of a specific processing mechanism. That is, as the control data of the video management information and the video title set information in which the above-described static navigation data is recorded, the above-described user defined menu in the form of sub menu is added to the existing main menu, and the user tries to reproduce the user defined menu. 5 and 6 is implemented by including and authoring a series of meaningful control information that can be controlled by executing the same program as shown in Fig. 6, and according to the use of the multimedia according to the present invention, even in the existing simple general-purpose player The playback operations in the order can be performed.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention. In the following examples, for convenience, the accompaniment title for karaoke is taken as an example. That is, the present invention provides a useful function for accompaniment titles in which one or more people can reserve an accompaniment video of a song to be played in advance. Of course, the present invention can be applied not only to accompaniment titles for karaoke, but also to all multimedia titles such as general movie titles, music video titles, learning or lecture titles, and game titles.

In general, the main menu of the karaoke-compatible accompaniment is reproduced (S51). In the main menu, " 1. Selection menu " and " 2. Subtitle selection menu " are usually provided as submenu information, and according to the present invention, " 3. Custom menu " is added in another submenu form. "1. Selection music menu" is a menu that allows the user to find and select the accompaniment video images one by one, in this menu is provided a variety of table of contents information that can be selected by searching the song title by number, title or singer. "2. Subtitle selection menu" is a setup menu for selecting and displaying the lyrics displayed on the video material corresponding to the song to be accompanied by the subtitle of the desired language. And "3. Custom menu" according to the present invention, unlike the previous selection music menu is to allow the user to select (reserved) more than one video object of the desired song to be reproduced in the desired order.

That is, when the user selects the desired accompaniment by number, title, or singer as usual (S52), the corresponding accompaniment video is reproduced along with the audio of the selected song (S56), and the video and subtitles are selected according to the selected accompaniment. You can sing while watching. When playback of the selected accompaniment ends (S57), the main menu is called again, and the player waits for the next selection.

When the "5. Custom Menu" provided by the present invention is selected (S56), one or more people select the desired songs and pre-defining the playback order of the reservation playback function to automatically play when the turn Provide (S57). The use definition menu according to the present invention which provides such a reservation function, a process selected through the same, and a reproduction operation thereof are as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user-defined menu according to the present invention includes a plurality of selection menus for selecting songs one by one. In each selection menu, table of contents information for a selection is provided. When a selection is performed in one selection menu, the next selection menu is played to select a selection for the next reservation. In the table of contents information, information for selection by number, title, and singer provided in the main menu may be used.

That is, the first # 1 selection menu is played back (S61), and when the user selects a desired song therein (S62), the second selection menu is called and played back (S63). The #n and # + 1 selection menus are played in turn (S65, S67, S69). At this time, the playlist of the song selected in the previous selection menu is sequentially updated and displayed on the playback screen of the selection menu after # 2. In addition, on the playback screens of # 2 and all subsequent selection menus, a "clear" button is provided that can be deleted from the previously selected playlist. The respective clear buttons are selected (S64-1, S66-1, S68-). 1, S69-1), it returns to the selection menu of the previous step and the result is as if the playlist of the song selected in the previous step is deleted. Also, on the playback screen of # 3 and all subsequent selection menus, a "clear all" button is provided to delete all the playlists selected and registered up to the previous selection menu, and when this button is selected (S66-2, S68-2, S69-2) Return to the # 1 selection menu and start again from the beginning. On the other hand, the playback screen of # 2 and all subsequent selection menus is provided with a play button for directly playing the currently selected playlist. That is, when the play button is selected in each selection menu (S64-2, S66-3, S68-3, S69-3), the accompaniment videos of the songs selected so far and registered in the playlist are played in the order of registration. The detailed operation thereof is shown in FIG. 7.

Referring to FIG. 7, a video material of a piece of music in a playlist # 1 selected first among playlists is reproduced (S71). When the playback of the video content of the # 1 song is completed (S72), it is determined whether there is a next playlist (S73), and when the playlist is not present (S74), if there is no playlist, the screen returns to the aforementioned # 2 selection menu screen. . In this way, when the reproduction of the last #n list is completed (S78), it returns to the # n + 1 selection menu at the same time as the completion. In other words, after playing all the selected playlists can be further selected or deleted upside down since the last list.

On the other hand, as usual, the user can call the main menu at any time during the user-defined playback, and when the main menu is called, all the user definitions so far are cleared.

N is only for indicating the order of the selection menu, and is not a number limited by any condition. That is, the n selection menus are numbers that can continue to increase as long as the multimedia or the system allows.

Multimedia having a user-defined menu according to the present invention as described through the above embodiments is applicable to all media of a similar format such as VCD as well as DVD. It will also allow for more customized playback depending on the content.

In particular, the present invention can be controlled by the user to arbitrarily define the playback order in the general-purpose player that can only be planned playback by the media creator so far, by building a user-centered media market to enhance the capabilities of multimedia It will contribute to the development of multimedia technology by inducing contents development.

Claims (7)

A plurality of video objects are stored as data to be reproduced. The user-defined menu information and a video object selected by the user in the menu provide a user interface that selects two or more video objects from the plurality of video objects and defines the playback order thereof. A multimedia title with a user-defined menu containing control information for controlling the playback operation of the player so that the files are played in the order defined by the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-defined menu comprises a plurality of selection menus, each of which provides a table of contents information for selecting one of the plurality of images, and the next selection menu is called when an image is selected from one selection menu. Each of the selection menu is a multimedia having a user-defined menu, characterized in that the playlist of the selected video up to the previous selection menu is displayed. The play button according to claim 2, wherein a play button selectable from a selection menu displayed after the second of the plurality of selection menus to a previous selection menu to execute playback of one or more images displayed in the playlist is provided. Multimedia with a user defined menu, characterized in that provided. The multimedia according to claim 3, further comprising a user-defined menu driven to play a selection menu next to a selection menu of the last played image which can additionally select and designate an image after playing the one or a plurality of images. The clear button according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein a clear button is provided for instructing the deletion of the selection information of the image previously selected in the second and subsequent selection menus of the plurality of selection menus. Multimedia with a user-defined menu driven to play the selection menu in front of the selection menu. The clear all button according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein a clear all button capable of deleting all selection information of images selected from previous selection menus is provided in a selection menu displayed after the third and subsequent ones of the plurality of selection menus. Multimedia with a custom menu driven to play the first selection menu when the Clear All button is selected. The method of claim 5, wherein a clear all button is provided to delete all selection information of images selected from previous selection menus in a selection menu displayed after the third and subsequent selection menus. Multimedia with custom menu driven when the first selection menu is played.