Embodiment
Below with reference to graphic be example with DVD digital video-audio data form, describe the present invention in detail with the reproduction time of captions unit correspondence control method as audio-visual broadcast origin and destination.
Because audio data, video data and the captions data of DVD discs are respectively by different decoder processes, and export audio signals, video signal and captions image respectively.And each time elementary area all can comprise a display message to several captions images, for example the broadcast zero-time and the broadcast mode of this captions image correspondence.Therefore, utilize the display message of resolving time elementary area, the audio-visual paragraph that can provide the user to select to comprise certain section captions image comes repeat playing.The action of this repeat playing can allow the user learn the interior perhaps pairing language of these captions, reaches the destination of study.
Fig. 2 shows that the present invention is with the control architecture of corresponding time of captions as the video-audio playing device of audio-visual broadcast.As shown in the drawing, the present invention comprises a main control unit 21, a de-multiplexer 22, a decoder 23, a message back segment processing unit 24, a message output unit 25, a video signal back segment processing unit 26, a video signal output unit 27, user's interface 28 and a control die set 29 with the corresponding time of captions as the video-audio playing device 20 of audio-visual broadcast.And decoder 23 comprises a message decoder 231, video decoded device 232 and picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233.Therefore, the difference of this video-audio playing device 20 and known DVD player (with reference to figure 1) is inferior picture decoding of decoder 23 of video-audio playing device 20 and the function that captions resolution unit 233 has increased the captions parsings.And this video-audio playing device 20 also can utilize control die set 29 to play the pairing audiovisual materials of selected captions according to user's selection.
Main control unit 21 is used for reading audiovisual materials and after treatment data is exported to de-multiplexer 22, and its audiovisual materials can read or read from data storage mediums such as hard disks from the DVD discs.And how main control unit 21 reads audiovisual materials and handle these audiovisual materials is known techniques.And the function of de-multiplexer 22, message decoder 231, video decoded device 232, message back segment processing unit 24, message output unit 25, video signal back segment processing unit 26 and video signal output unit 27 is identical with the function of known DVD player, no longer repeat specification.
Inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 receives inferior elementary area and the control signal of control die set 29 that de-multiplexers 22 are exported, and export the captions image to video signal back segment processing unit 26 and export reproduction time information and reading requirement to control die set 29.Fig. 3 shows the data structure of the inferior elementary area SPU of DVD form.As shown in Figure 3, this time elementary area SPU comprises time elementary area header (Sub-picture Unit Header) 31, pixel information (pixel data) 32 and display control sequence table (Sub-picture display control sequence table) 33.Display control sequence table 33 has comprised a plurality of display control sequences.So, after inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 receives the inferior elementary area SPU that de-multiplexers 22 are exported, can parse the minimum display unit of each captions, and, calculate pairing broadcast zero-time and concluding time simultaneously as reproduction time information with the desired captions display unit of minimum display unit composition control signal.So when the control signal of control die set 29 required switching or the pairing audiovisual materials of playback captions, inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 can be passed to control die set 29 with the pairing reproduction time information of desired captions image.Control die set 29 can produce the Play Control signal according to this reproduction time information and play the pairing audiovisual materials of specified captions for main control unit 21.And when time picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 there is no the pairing reproduction time information of control die set 29 desired demonstration captions, then time picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 are sent reading requirement immediately and are given control die set 29, require main control unit 21 to read required inferior elementary area by control die set 29.At this moment, main control unit 21 can suspend the output of audio-visual broadcast unit, and its desired elementary area data only is provided.And the pairing reproduction time information of control die set 29 desired captions images can be the pairing reproduction time information of captions image that shows at present, also can be preceding (back) or the pairing reproduction time information of preceding (back) N captions image.
In addition, for increasing system effectiveness and minimizing time picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 the demand that reads for inferior elementary area SPU, inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 can comprise an internal storage location (figure does not show), more inferior elementary area is stored in time picture decoding and the captions resolution unit 233.When playing audiovisual materials, the inferior elementary area of playing as desire has been stored in this internal storage location, just then inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 can directly provide the captions image of this time elementary area to video signal back segment processing unit 26.
When the user desires the audiovisual materials of repeat playing captions correspondence, can be via user's interface 28, remote controller (remote controller) for example, input control order (command).After control die set 29 receives user's control command, promptly control according to user's control command.For example, when the user wanted the audiovisual materials of demonstration captions on the repeat playing, control die set 29 was sent control signal and is given time picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233.One shows the pairing reproduction time information of captions, for example zero-time and concluding time in 233 outputs of inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit.After control die set 29 receives reproduction time information (zero-time and concluding time), be about to Play Control signals such as zero-time and concluding time and export main control unit 21 to.Main control unit 21 can be according to the Play Control signal audiovisual materials of specified time of repeat playing.
Inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 be according to inferior image control sequence information in time elementary area SPU, inferior elementary area is split into comprise initial in logic and the basic broadcast unit of the captions concluding time.Afterwards, according to the control signal of control die set 29, set again, form captions display units (demonstration captions), and the initial of control die set 29 these captions display units is provided and finishes reproduction time as the minimum length of each captions broadcast unit.Inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 also can be sent reading requirement and give control die set 29, inform that control die set 29 sends corresponding Play Control signal and give main control unit, to grasp last one or next time elementary area for time picture decoding and 233 uses of captions resolution unit.The information that control die set 29 is handed down according to user interface 28 is play captions display unit or the like as size, repetition or the switching of setting the captions display unit, and control information is reached time picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233.Afterwards, initial and concluding time or inferior elementary area reading requirement that control die set 29 basis time picture decodings and captions resolution unit 233 are provided convert the Play Control signal to and give audio-visual broadcast unit.When as follows picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 requires to read time elementary area, can suspend the output of audio-visual broadcast unit, its desired elementary area data only is provided.
Fig. 4 A shows that with 4B the present invention is with the flow chart of corresponding time of captions as the control method of audio-visual broadcast.Describe control method of the present invention in detail below with reference to Fig. 4 A and 4B.
Step S402: beginning.
Step S404: read audiovisual materials and set the initial play origin and destination.The source of audiovisual materials can be DVD discs or the data medium that stores audiovisual materials, for example hard disk etc.These audiovisual materials include the captions display message.And the default value of initial play origin and destination can be the beginning and the ending of audiovisual materials.
Step S406: whether detecting has user's input control order.When not receiving any user's control command, skip to step S428; When receiving user's control command, then skip to next step.
Step S408: analyze the action of user's control command.User's control command comprises general control model and captions control model.
Step S410: the action of user's control command skips to next step S414 for entering the captions control model; Otherwise skip to step S412.Certainly, entering the captions control model comprises and switches to captions, switches to next captions, repeats these captions, repeats captions, repeats actions such as next captions.So long as the action that the relevant time of utilizing captions is controlled audio-visual broadcast all can range this step.
Step S412: judge whether be the captions control model at present.If be the captions control model at present, then skip to step S416, otherwise skip to step S426.
Step S414: set the captions resolution unit, and skip to step S416.
Step S416: judge whether to switch captions display unit size.If switch captions display unit size, then skip to step S422; If not switch captions display unit size, then skip to step S418.
Step S418: judge whether to switch different captions and play.Play if switch different captions, then skip to step S424; Play if not switch different captions, then skip to step S420.
Step S420: judge whether to finish the captions control model.If finish the captions control model, then skip to step S406; If do not finish the captions control model as yet, then skip to step S428.
Step S422: set captions display unit size, and skip to step S428.
Step S424:, and skip to step S428 according to the audio-visual broadcast of the corresponding Time Calculation origin and destination of the captions that switched.
Step S426: the general operation pattern, and skip to step S428.
Step S428: play audiovisual materials according to audio-visual broadcast origin and destination.This plays audio-visual action and can be handled by general audio-visual broadcast unit.Skip to step S406 afterwards.
Therefore, of the present inventionly can allow the user select to want the pairing audiovisual materials of captions of repeat playing or single play as the control method of audio-visual broadcast with the corresponding time of captions.
Fig. 5 shows that the present invention is with another embodiment as the control architecture of the video-audio playing device of audio-visual broadcast of corresponding time of captions.As shown in the drawing, the present invention comprises a main control unit 51, a de-multiplexer 52, a decoder 53, a message back segment processing unit 24, a message output unit 25, a video signal back segment processing unit 26, a video signal output unit 27, user's interface 28 and a control die set 59 with the corresponding time of captions as the video-audio playing device 50 of audio-visual broadcast.And decoder 53 comprises a message decoder 531, video decoded device 532 and picture decoding and captions resolution unit 533.This video-audio playing device 50 mainly is to be used for producing signal of video signal and voice signal, and its audiovisual materials can read or read from data storage mediums such as hard disks from the DVD discs.The difference of the embodiment of this embodiment and Fig. 2 is that main control unit 51 can read the plug-in captions data corresponding to the audiovisual materials of being play, and its caption information is offered time picture decoding and captions resolution unit 533.
The inferior picture decoding of first embodiment and captions resolution unit 233 are to parse pairing demonstration the beginning and the end time of each captions according to time elementary area.And plug-in captions data comprises the written historical materials that shows captions and demonstration the beginning and the end time of written historical materials, or can be according to the difference of its grammer, demonstration the beginning and the end time of these captions that convert.Therefore, inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 533 do not need to resolve caption information from the inferior elementary area of audiovisual materials, and the caption information of directly resolving plug-in captions data gets final product.Unit as for other is identical with first enforcement, no longer repeat specification.Certainly, if when the captions display message also be inferior elementary area, 533 inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 with first embodiment of inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit have identical functions and manner of execution.
Fig. 6 shows that the present invention is with three embodiment of corresponding time of captions as the control architecture of the video-audio playing device of audio-visual broadcast.As shown in the drawing, the present invention comprises a main control unit 61, a de-multiplexer 62, a decoder 63, a message back segment processing unit 24, a message output unit 25, a video signal back segment processing unit 66, a video signal output unit 27, user's interface 28 and a control die set 69 with the corresponding time of captions as the video-audio playing device 60 of audio-visual broadcast.And decoder 63 comprises a message decoder 631, video decoded device 632 and a captions resolution unit 633.This video-audio playing device 60 mainly is to be used for producing signal of video signal and voice signal, and its audiovisual materials can read or read from data storage mediums such as hard disks from the DVD discs.The difference of the embodiment of this embodiment and Fig. 2 is that video decoded device 632 can be obtained Line-21 information from video data, and this Line-21 information is offered captions resolution unit 633.
This Line-21 information comprises the literal of demonstration and the demonstration time of the image frame correspondence of being followed.Captions resolution unit 633 can be come out the information decipher that Line-21 information includes according to EIA-608 or ordered thereafter standard.The zero-time of this Line-21 information is first demonstration time that comprises the image frame correspondence of this information or initial code, and the concluding time then comprises the demonstration time of the image frame correspondence of end code for after this first.With the desired captions display unit pairing demonstration time of this information one-tenth control unit just capable of being combined.Therefore, captions resolution unit 633 can go out the pairing reproduction time information of each captions from the Line-21 information analysis.
Fig. 7 shows that the present invention is with four embodiment of corresponding time of captions as the control architecture of the video-audio playing device of audio-visual broadcast.Fig. 7 is considered as an audio-visual broadcast unit 71 as the video-audio playing device 70 of audio-visual broadcast with the main control unit among Fig. 2 21, de-multiplexer 22, decoder 23, message back segment processing unit 24, message output unit 25, video signal back segment processing unit 26 and video signal output unit 27 with the corresponding time of captions, captions analytical capabilities with inferior picture decoding and captions resolution unit 233 independently is a captions resolution unit 72 simultaneously, and comprises user's interface 77 and control die set 76.So, the captions resolution unit can be designed in general DVD player, can be with general DVD player conversion cost invention with the video-audio playing device of corresponding time of captions as audio-visual broadcast.
Therefore, as shown in Figure 7, captions resolution unit 72 receives the inferior elementary area and the Line-21 information (when audiovisual materials include Line-21 information) of audio-visual broadcast unit 71, and provides the pairing reproduction time of captions to control die set 76.So captions resolution unit 72 can parse according to inferior elementary area and show the pairing reproduction time of captions, also can go out to show the pairing reproduction time of captions according to the Line-21 information analysis.In addition, if audio-visual broadcast unit 71 has the plug-in caption information of reception, then captions resolution unit 72 also can receive this caption information, and parses the pairing reproduction time of demonstration captions.
Certainly, for increasing system effectiveness and reducing the read demand of captions resolution unit 72 for inferior elementary area SPU, captions resolution unit 72 can comprise an internal storage location (figure does not show), so that more inferior elementary area is stored in the captions resolution unit 72.When playing audiovisual materials, the inferior elementary area of playing as desire has been stored in this internal storage location, just then captions resolution unit 233 can directly provide the captions image of this time elementary area to audio-visual broadcast unit 71.