JP4624937B2 - Playback device, program, and playback method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus for a recording medium.

In recent movie works, there is a tendency to record a multi-angle section composed of a plurality of angle videos on a recording medium and selectively reproduce the angle videos. In this case, the playback device needs to store which of the plurality of angle videos is to be played back in an internal register (status register) or the like.
Note that the above-described playback function includes the prior art described in the following patent documents.
Japanese Patent No. 3128220

If there are multiple multi-angle sections on the recording medium to be played back, the number of angle videos differs in each multi-angle section, or multi-angle sections and non-multi-angle sections appear alternately, this state When playback is performed in accordance with the register, the selection of the angle video may be wrong (FIGS. 33 (a) and 33 (b) of the original application).
An object of the present invention is to correctly perform selective reproduction of angle video even when the number of angle videos is different for each multi-angle section, or even when multi-angle sections and non-multi-angle sections appear alternately. It is providing the reproducing | regenerating apparatus which can do.

In order to achieve the above object, a playback apparatus according to the present invention plays back an AV stream recorded on a recording medium according to playlist information, and the playlist information includes a plurality of pieces of playback section information. The playback section information includes a playback section register that stores the number of the playback section that becomes the current playback section including the default AV stream specification and the in-time and out-time specifications on the time axis of the AV stream, and the current playback section A playback means for playing back the AV stream designated as the default AV stream from the in-time to the out-time in the current playback section, an angle number register, and a transition control means, and the playback section information has a multi-stream extended structure. Multi-stream with or without The extension structure includes the designation of the second and subsequent AV streams in the playback section information. When the multi-stream extension structure exists in the current playback section, the default AV stream specification in the current playback section and the AV stream in the multi-stream extension structure Among the AV streams specified in the specification, the one corresponding to the angle number stored in the angle number register is the playback target of the playback means. The specified number of default AV streams and the AV streams in the multi-stream extension structure Indicates the number of angles that are valid in the current playback section. When the current playback section changes to the next playback section information in the playlist information, the If the stream extension structure exists, the transition control Stage, the angle number which is stored in the angle number register is equal to or less than the number of valid angles in the current playback section, if less, but to maintain the angle number, Uwamaware if, A Single When the initial value of the number is written to the angle number register and the switching of the angle number is requested by the user, the transition control means is that the angle number X to be newly written to the angle number register is less than the number of valid angles in the current playback section. In the following, the angle number X is written in the angle number register, but if it exceeds, the stored value in the angle number register is maintained.

  Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, when the number of angle videos in the multi-angle section is reduced as shown in FIG. 33 (b), the transition control unit displays the angle number stored in the status register. Whether or not is valid is determined, and if not, the angle number valid in the multi-angle section is written in the status register when the multi-angle section is entered. As a result, even when the number of angle images is reduced from “3” to “2” in FIG. 33B, an optimum angle image is selected from the reduced angle images. Even if there is an increase or decrease in the number of images, smooth angle reproduction can be realized.

  On the other hand, when the current playback time point leaves the multi-angle section to the non-multi-angle section, the playback means plays the video in the non-multi-angle section regardless of the angle number stored in the status register. Even if the non-multi-angle section appears alternately in the order of the multi-angle section → the non-multi-angle section → the multi-angle section, the transition control unit sets the angle number in the status register in the intermediate non-multi-angle section, There is no need to replace it with another number. By doing so, for example, when the playback device sets the angle number “No. 2” based on the user operation as shown in FIG. 33A, the multi-angle section and the non-multi-angle section are changed to the multi-angle section → Even if they appear alternately in the order of non-multi-angle section → multi-angle section, the second angle video can be reproduced.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, embodiments of the playback apparatus according to the present invention will be described. First, among the implementation actions of the playback apparatus according to the present invention, the mode of use action will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a form of usage of the playback apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the playback apparatus according to the present invention is a playback apparatus 200 that forms a home theater system together with a television 300 and a remote controller 400.

The BD-ROM 100 is used for supplying movie works to a home theater system formed by a playback device 200, a television 300, and a remote controller 400.
The remote controller 400 accepts an operation on the playback device from the user. FIG. 1B is a diagram showing keys on the remote control 400 for accepting an operation on the dialogue screen from the user. As shown in the figure, the remote control 400 has a MoveUp key, a MoveDown key, a MoveRight key, a MoveLeft key, a voice switching key that accepts a voice switching operation, a subtitle switching key that accepts a subtitle switching operation, and numeric keys “0” to “9”. Is provided.

This completes the description of the usage mode of the playback apparatus according to the present invention.
Next, a BD-ROM, which is a recording medium, to be reproduced by the reproducing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the BD-ROM. The BD-ROM is shown in the fourth level of the figure, and the tracks on the BD-ROM are shown in the third level. The track in this figure is drawn by extending the track formed in a spiral shape from the inner periphery to the outer periphery of the BD-ROM in the horizontal direction. This track includes a lead-in area, a volume area, and a lead-out area. The volume area in this figure has a layer model of a physical layer, a file system layer, and an application layer. When the application layer format (application format) of the BD-ROM is expressed using the directory structure, it becomes like the first level in the figure. As shown in this figure, the BD-ROM has a BDMV directory under the ROOT directory, and files such as YYY.MPLS, XXX.CLPI, XXX.M2TS, ZZZ.M2TS, ZZZ.CLPI are under the BDMV directory. Exists. File XXX.M2TS corresponds to AVClip, and file XXX.CLPI corresponds to Clip information.

By creating an application format as shown in the figure, the recording medium according to the present invention is produced.
<Configuration of AVClip>
Next, AVClip will be described among the constituent elements (AVClip-Clip information) of movie content.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing how the AVClip is configured.
AVClip (middle) converts a video stream consisting of multiple video frames (pictures pj1,2,3) and an audio stream consisting of multiple audio frames (top 1) into a PES packet sequence (top 2) ), And further converted into TS packets (upper third stage), and the same subtitle presentation graphics stream (PG stream) and interactive interactive graphics stream (IG stream) (lower first stage) are converted into PES packet strings. It is configured by converting (lower 2nd stage), further converting to TS packets (lower 3rd stage), and multiplexing these.

  Subtitles are not only composed of PG streams multiplexed in AVClip. Subtitles are also configured by the textST stream. The textST stream is a data string that represents subtitles by text data. The textST stream is called SubClip, and is recorded on the BD-ROM or HD in the playback device with a file name different from that of the AVClip. A PG stream and a textST stream constituting subtitles are called by the name PG_textST_stream. This completes the description of AVClip.

<Configuration of Clip information>
Next, XXX.CLPI will be described.
Clip information (XXX.CLPI) is management information for each AVClip. FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of Clip information. The lead lines in the figure close up the structure of Clip information. As indicated by the lead line hn1, the Clip information (XXX.CLPI) includes “Program Info.” And “EP_map” for cueing to the head of the I picture in the video stream.

  “Program info” is information indicating the PID and attribute of each elementary stream multiplexed in the AVClip in association with stream_index. The stream_index is an index for each elementary stream that is multiplexed with the corresponding AVClip. The PID of the elementary stream identified by stream_index is indicated by a plurality of stream_PID [stream_index] entries indicated by dashed arrows hn2.

  The attribute of each elementary stream is indicated by a plurality of stream_Attribute [stream_index] indicated by a dashed arrow hn3. The attributes shown include a video attribute, an audio attribute, and a graphics attribute. The video attributes are the compression method of the elementary stream corresponding to the PID (Coding), the resolution of the individual picture data making up the video stream (Resolution), and the aspect ratio The frame rate (Aspect), the frame rate (Framerate), etc. On the other hand, the audio attribute is the compression method of the audio stream (Coding), what is the channel attribute of the audio stream (Ch.), What language is supported (Lang), etc. Indicates. Through the stream_index, the attribute of the desired elementary stream can be searched from Program Info.

“EP_map” is a reference table for indirectly referring to the addresses of a plurality of cueing positions using time information. As shown by a dashed lead line hn5, a plurality of pieces of entry information (ACCESS UNIT # 1 entry, ACCESS UNIT # 2 entry, ACCESS UNIT # 3 entry ...) and the number of entries (Number).
Each entry indicates the reproduction start time of the corresponding I picture in association with the address of the I picture and the size (I-size) of the I picture, as indicated by the lead line hn6. The reproduction start time of the I picture is expressed by a time stamp (Presentation Time Stamp) of the I picture. The I picture address is expressed by a TS packet serial number (SPN (Source Packet Number)). Note that the file name XXX of XXX.CLPI uses the same name as the AVClip to which the Clip information corresponds. That is, since the file name of AVClip in this figure is XXX, this means that it corresponds to AVClip (XXX.M2TS). This completes the description of the Clip information.

<ZZZ.M2TS, ZZZ.CLPI>
Next, ZZZ.M2TS and ZZZ.CLPI will be explained. The sub clip (ZZZ.M2TS) is a file storing a stream that is reproduced in synchronization with another AVClip. A typical example of such a stream is the above-described textST stream. Other sub clips include an audio stream and an IG stream. In order to distinguish from the sub clip, the AVClip shown in FIG. 3 is called a main clip.

Clip information (ZZZ.CLPI) is Clip information for a sub clip.
<Configuration of PL information>
Next, YYY.MPLS will be described. The playlist information (YYY.MPLS) is information that defines a bundle of two types of playback paths called main path and sub path as Playlist (PL). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the data structure of the playlist information. As shown in the figure, the playlist information includes Play Item information # 1, # 2,. It consists of subpath information # 1, # 2,.

The main path is a playback path defined on the main AVClip. On the other hand, the sub path is a playback path defined on the sub clip.
First, the main path will be described. The main path is defined by a plurality of PlayItem information (PlayItem information # 1, # 2, # 3... #M) and the number of PlayItem information (Number). The PlayItem information defines one or more logical playback sections that constitute the main path. The structure of the PlayItem information is highlighted by a lead line hs1. As shown in this leader line, the PlayItem information includes “Clip_Information_file_name” indicating the file name of the Clip information of the AVClip to which the In point and Out point of the playback section belong, and in what encoding method the AVClip is encoded. "Clip_codec_identifier" indicating the playback section, time information "IN_time" indicating the start point of the playback section, time information "OUT_time" indicating the end point of the playback section, and elementary streams multiplexed in the AVClip or sub-Clip It consists of “STN_table” that indicates what is possible.

  The feature of PlayItem information is a notation based on time information-address conversion. That is, the playback section is defined in an indirect reference format using EP_map as a reference table. FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating indirect reference using PL information. In this figure, an AVClip is composed of a plurality of TS packets. The EP_map in the Clip information specifies the sector address of the TS packet at the position corresponding to the head of these multiple I pictures as indicated by arrows ay1, 2, 3, and 4. Arrows jy1, 2, 3, and 4 in the figure schematically show reference to TS packets by PlayItem information. That is, it can be seen that the reference by the PlayItem information (arrows jy1, 2, 3, and 4) is an indirect reference in which the addresses of a plurality of TS packets included in the AVClip are specified via the EP_map.

A playback section on the BD-ROM that is a combination of PlayItem information-Clip information-AVClip is called "Play Item". Movie works recorded on BD-ROM are composed of these Play Items. Since a movie work on a BD-ROM is composed of logical playback units, it is possible to efficiently perform “reuse” of quoting an AVClip constituting a scene of a movie work with another movie work.
Since the variation of movie works increases only by defining various PL information, the greatest merit of static scenarios is to increase the range of expression of filmmakers. In addition, the playback unit in the BD-ROM includes Title and Chapter in addition to PlayItem. A Title is a playback unit corresponding to a so-called movie work, and is composed of one or more pieces of PL information. On the other hand, Chapter is a unit corresponding to a so-called chapter, and is defined by information called Mark information.

  The PL information file name YYY abstracts the three-digit identification number assigned to the PL information in the BD-ROM. That is, the PL information in this figure is uniquely identified using this identification number YYY. Expressing the identification number of PL information as “YYY” means that the identification number of PL information is a number system different from the identification number XXX of AVClip and AVClip information (here The number of digits of 3 digits is only an example, and any number of digits may be used.)

This completes the explanation of the main path. Next, the sub path will be described.
<Sub path>
An arrow hc1 in FIG. 5 shows a close-up of the internal configuration of the subpath information. As indicated by the arrow hc1, each sub-path information is composed of one or more sub-PlayItems. Each sub-PlayItem includes “Clip_information_file_name”, “clip_codec_identifier”, “SubPlayItem_In_time”, “SubPlayItem_Out_time”, “sync_PlayItem_id”, and “sync_start_PTS_of_PlayItem” as indicated by an arrow hc2 in the figure.

“Clip_information_file_name” is information for uniquely specifying a sub Clip corresponding to a sub PlayItem by describing the file name of the Clip information.
“Clip_codec_identifier” indicates in which encoding method the sub-Clip is encoded.
“SubPlayItem_In_time” is information indicating the start point of the sub PlayItem on the playback time axis of the sub clip.

“SubPlayItem_Out_time” is information indicating the end point of the sub PlayItem on the playback time axis of the sub Clip.
“Sync_PlayItem_id” is information that uniquely designates the PlayItems constituting the main path to be synchronized with the sub-PlayItem. SubPlayItem_In_time exists on the playback time axis of the PlayItem specified by this sync_PlayItem_id.

  “Sync_start_PTS_of_PlayItem” indicates where the start point of the sub PlayItem specified by SubPlayItem_In_time exists on the playback time axis of the PlayItem specified by sync_PlayItem_id. When the sub-PlayItem is played, if the current playback time point comes to the time pointed by this sync_start_PTS_of_PlayItem, playback by the sub-PlayItem is started.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating the synchronization of sub PlayItems by sync_PlayItem_id and sync_start_PTS_of_PlayItem. The main path in this figure consists of Play Items # 1, # 2, and # 3. The specification of sync_PlayItem_id and sync_start_PTS_of_PlayItem of the sub PlayItems constituting the sub path is as shown inside the broken line frame wh1, and sync_PlayItem_id is set to indicate PlayItem # 1. sync_start_PTS_of_PlayItem is set to indicate a time point t1 on the playback time axis of the Play Item. Then, when the current playback time point reaches t1 on the playback time axis of the Play Item, the portion from SubPlayItem_In_time to SubPlayItem_Out_time is played out of the sub Clip (textST stream) specified by Clip_information_file_name. As a result of the reproduction, the part specified by SubPlayItem_In_time and SubPlayItem_Out_time in the textST stream is reproduced in synchronization with the AVClip. This completes the description of the subpath information.

In the configuration of the Play Item information described above, STN_table is information used for setting the state, and is an indispensable element that is essential for the implementation of the present invention. Hereinafter, STN_table will be described in more detail.
<STN_table>
STN_table is a table indicating the reproducible ones of the multiple elementary streams multiplexed in the AVClip specified by the Clip_Information_file_name of the Play Item and the elementary streams in the sub Clip specified by the Clip_Information_file_name of the sub PlayItem. is there. Specifically, it is configured by associating an entry for each of a plurality of elementary streams with an attribute. Here, “reproducible” mainly means an elementary stream multiplexed on the AVClip designated by the Play Item. However, not only this, but also an elementary stream (textST stream) that is recorded separately from the AVClip and played along with this elementary stream is included.

  FIG. 8 shows the internal structure of the STN_table. As shown in the figure, the STN_table has a data structure including a plurality of entry-attribute pairs (entry-attribute) in the STN_table and indicating the number of entry-attribute pairs (number_of_video_stream_entries, number_of_audio_stream_entries, number_of_PG_textST_stream_entries, number_of_IG_stream_entries). ing.

The combination of entry-attribute corresponds to each of a video stream, an audio stream, a PG_textST_stream, and an IG stream that can be reproduced in the Play Item, as indicated by parentheses “{” in the figure.
Details of entry-attribute will be described. FIGS. 9A to 9D are diagrams showing details of the entry-attribute.

FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating entry-attribute combinations corresponding to video streams.
The entry in the video stream includes “ref_to_stream_PID_of_mainClip” indicating the PID used for extraction of the video stream when the AVClip is demultiplexed.
The attribute in the video stream includes “stream_coding_type” set to 0x02, “Frame_rate” indicating the display rate of the video stream, and the like.

FIG. 9B is a diagram showing entry-attribute combinations corresponding to audio streams.
The entry in the audio stream includes “ref_to_stream_PID_of_mainClip” indicating the PID used for extracting the audio stream when demultiplexing the AVClip.

  The attribute in the audio stream is set to one of 0x80 (LinearPCM), 0x81 (AC-3), or 0x82 (DTS), and "stream_coding_type" indicating the coding type of the audio stream, and the corresponding audio stream channel “Audio_presentation_type” indicating the configuration and whether or not surround output is possible, “audio_language code” indicating the language attribute of the corresponding audio stream, and the like.

FIG. 9C is a diagram showing entry-attribute combinations corresponding to PG streams.
The entry in the PG stream includes “ref_to_stream_PID_of_mainClip” indicating the PID used for extracting the PG stream when demultiplexing the AVClip.
The attribute in the PG stream includes “stream_coding_type” indicating the codec of the PG stream by being set to 0x90, and “PG_language code” indicating the language attribute of the corresponding PG stream.

FIG. 9D is a diagram showing entry-attribute combinations corresponding to the textST stream.
The entry in the textST stream includes “ref_to_subClip_entry_ID” indicating the entry identifier of the SubClip storing the textST stream, “ref_to_subPath_ID” indicating the ID of the Subpath information, and “ref_to_stream_PID_of_subClip” indicating the PID added to the textST stream.

The attribute in the textST stream is set to 0x92 to indicate “stream_coding_type” indicating that it is a textST stream, “character code” indicating the character code of the corresponding textST stream, and “language code” indicating the language attribute of the corresponding textST stream. language code ”.
FIG. 9E is a diagram showing entry-attribute combinations corresponding to IG streams.

The entry in the IG stream includes “ref_to_stream_PID_of_mainClip” indicating the PID used for extracting the IG stream when the AVClip is demultiplexed.
The attribute in the IG stream includes “stream_coding_type” indicating the codec of the IG stream when set to 0x91, and “language code” indicating the language attribute of the corresponding IG stream. The above is the entry-attribute data structure for each elementary stream. The entry order in the STN_table is interpreted as a priority order in selecting a corresponding stream. In addition, the reason why the textST stream and the PG stream are collectively described in the STN_table is to treat the PG stream and the textST stream equally and to define their superiority or inferiority. That is, when the entry corresponding to the textST stream is described higher than the entry corresponding to the PG stream in the entry group corresponding to PG_textST_stream, the textST stream is preferentially selected over the PG stream. Conversely, when the entry corresponding to the PG stream is described higher than the entry corresponding to the textST stream in the STN_table, the PG stream is preferentially selected.

Since the above STN_table exists for each playlist information, in an STN_table in a certain playlist information, the entry of a certain elementary stream is higher, but in an STN_table in another playlist information, the elementary stream's The entry may be set lower.
The above is the data structure of the application format in the BD-ROM. The recording medium targeted by the playback apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the BD-ROM. The HD built into the playback device is also subject to playback. The data recorded on this HD will be described. Such HD also includes a file storing a sub clip, a file storing clip information, and a file storing playlist information. These files are sub-clips, clip information, and playlist information preloaded via the network. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of preloaded playlist information. As shown in the figure, the preload playlist information has the same configuration as the playlist information on the BD-ROM shown in FIG. The difference is that the Clip_Information_file_name in the PlayItem information and the Clip_Information_file_name in the sub-PlayItem information can be specified regardless of whether the Clip information exists in the BD-ROM or HD. In this specification, the preload playlist information need not specify a file on the BD-ROM with a full path. This is because the HD is integrated with the BD-ROM and recognized by the playback device as a virtual drive (called a virtual package). Therefore, Clip_Information_file_name in Play Item information and Clip_Information_file_name in sub PlayItem information can specify AVClip on HD and BD-ROM by specifying numerical values XXX and ZZZ corresponding to the file body of the file storing Clip information. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing file designation by Clip_Information_file_name in playlist information on HD. In the figure, arrows rf1, rf2, and rf3 indicate designation of Play Item in the playlist information by Clip_Information_file_name, and arrows pf1, pf2, and pf3 indicate designation of Sub PlayItem in the playlist information by Clip_Information_file_name. By such designation by Clip_Information_file_name, the sub path defined in the sub clip on the HD can be reproduced in synchronization with the main path defined on the main clip on the BD-ROM.

The data structure described above is an instance of a class structure described in a programming language, and the author who performs authoring obtains these data structures on the BD-ROM by describing this class structure. Can do.
The above is the description of the recording medium. Next, an embodiment of a playback apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 12 shows the internal structure of the playback apparatus according to the present invention. The reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is industrially produced based on the inside shown in the figure. The playback device according to the present invention mainly comprises two parts, a system LSI and a drive device, and can be industrially produced by mounting these parts on the cabinet and substrate of the device. The system LSI is an integrated circuit in which various processing units that perform the functions of a playback device are integrated. The reproduction apparatus thus produced includes a BD drive 1, a read buffer 2, a demultiplexer 3, a video decoder 4, a video plane 5, a P-Graphics decoder 9, a Presentation Graphics plane 10, a synthesis unit 11, a font generator 12, and an I-Graphics. Decoder 13, switch 14, Interactive Graphics plane 15, composition unit 16, HDD 17, read buffer 18, demultiplexer 19, audio decoder 20, scenario memory 23, control unit 24, switch 25, CLUT unit 26, CLUT unit 27, PSR set 28, an operation reception unit 29, and a transition control unit 30.

The BD-ROM drive 1 performs loading / ejecting of the BD-ROM and executes access to the BD-ROM.
The read buffer 2 is a FIFO memory, and TS packets read from the BD-ROM are stored in a first-in first-out manner.
A demultiplexer (De-MUX) 3 takes out a TS packet from the read buffer 2 and converts the TS packet constituting the TS packet into a PES packet. Of the PES packets obtained by the conversion, those having the streamPID set by the control unit 24 are output to any of the video decoder 4, the audio decoder 20, the P-Graphics decoder 9, and the I-Graphics decoder 13.

The video decoder 4 decodes the plurality of PES packets output from the demultiplexer 3 to obtain an uncompressed picture and writes it to the video plane 5.
The video plane 5 is a plane for storing uncompressed pictures. A plane is a memory area for storing pixel data for one screen in the playback apparatus. If a playback apparatus is provided with a plurality of planes, and the contents stored in these planes are added for each pixel and video output is performed, the video output can be performed after the plurality of video contents are combined. The resolution in the video plane 5 is 1920 × 1080, and the picture data stored in the video plane 5 is composed of pixel data expressed by a 16-bit YUV value.

The P-Graphics decoder 9 decodes the graphics stream read from the BD-ROM and HD, and writes the uncompressed graphics to the Presentation Graphics plane 10. Subtitles appear on the screen by decoding the graphics stream.
The Presentation Graphics plane 10 is a memory having an area for one screen, and can store uncompressed graphics for one screen. The resolution of this plane is 1920 × 1080, and each pixel of uncompressed graphics in the Presentation Graphics plane 10 is represented by an 8-bit index color. By converting the index color using CLUT (Color Lookup Table), the uncompressed graphics stored in the Presentation Graphics plane 10 are provided for display.

The synthesizer 11 synthesizes the uncompressed picture data (i) with the contents stored in the Presentation Graphics plane 10.
The font generator 12 expands the text code included in the textST stream into a bitmap using a character font.
The I-Graphics decoder 13 decodes the IG stream read from the BD-ROM or HD and writes uncompressed graphics to the Interactive Graphics plane 15.

The switch 14 is a switch that selectively writes either the font sequence generated by the font generator 12 or the graphics obtained by decoding of the P-Graphics decoder 9 to the Presentation Graphics plane 10.
In the Interactive Graphics plane 15, uncompressed graphics obtained by decoding by the I-Graphics decoder 13 is written.

The combining unit 16 combines the uncompressed picture data (i) and the stored content of the Presentation Graphics plane 10 with the stored content of the Interactive Graphics plane 15.
The HDD 17 is a playback device built-in type HD described above. By reading the recorded content of this HDD and dynamically combining it with the recorded content of the BD-ROM, it is possible to play back a graphics stream that does not exist on the BD-ROM or a textST stream that does not exist on the BD-ROM. .

The read buffer 18 is a FIFO memory, and TS packets read from the HDD 17 are stored in a first-in first-out manner.
A demultiplexer (De-MUX) 19 takes out a TS packet from the read buffer 18 and converts the TS packet into a PES packet. The PES packet obtained by the conversion is output to the font generator 12 with the streamPID specified by the control unit 24.

The audio decoder 20 decodes the PES packet output from the demultiplexer 19 and outputs uncompressed audio data.
The scenario memory 23 is a memory for storing current PL information and current Clip information. The current PL information is information that is currently processed among a plurality of PL information recorded on the BD-ROM. Current Clip information refers to information that is currently processed among a plurality of Clip information recorded on a BD-ROM.

  The control unit 24 controls to read and play back the AVClip recorded on the BD-ROM according to the current PL information and current Clip information read to the scenario memory 23. In this control, the demultiplexer 3 specifies the current PlayItem from the playlist information among the current PL information, and accesses the AVClip designated by the Clip_information_file_name of the current PlayItem. Then, with reference to the current Clip information, the BD-ROM drive 1 is controlled to read out TS packets corresponding to the Play Item from In_time to Out_time of the AVClip. When the TS packet is read out, it is sequentially input to the video decoder 4, the P-Graphics decoder 9, the I-Graphics decoder 13, and the audio decoder 20 via the demultiplexer 3, and the AVClip is reproduced.

  When a sub PlayItem synchronized with the current PlayItem exists in the playlist information, the control unit 24 reproduces the sub Clip specified by the sub PlayItem in synchronization with the main Clip. This synchronization is performed by waiting for picture data corresponding to Sync_Start_PTS_of_PlayItem of a sub PlayItem to be read from the main Clip, and reproducing data existing from SubPlayItem_In_time to SubPlayItem_Out_time of the sub PlayItem.

The switch 25 is a switch that selectively inputs various data read from the BD-ROM and HD to any one of the read buffer 2, the read buffer 18, and the scenario memory 23.
The CLUT unit 26 converts index colors in the uncompressed graphics stored in the video plane 5 into Y, Cr, and Cb values.
The CLUT unit 27 converts the index color in the uncompressed graphics stored in the Interactive Graphics plane 15 into Y, Cr, and Cb values.

The PSR set 28 is a register built in the playback device, and includes 64 Player Status Registers (PSR) and 4096 General Purpose Registers (GPR). The meaning of the setting value (PSR) of the Player Status Register will be described in detail later.
If an operation for selecting a stream or the like is performed on the remote control or the front panel of the playback device, the operation reception unit 29 outputs User Operation information indicating the operation to the control unit 24.

  The transition control unit 30 is one component of the control unit 24. The transition control unit 30 extracts the Stream-PID from among the entry-attribute pairs described in the STN_table and corresponds to the PSR value, and demultiplexer 3 To the demultiplexer 19. Since the setting for the demultiplexer 3 and the demultiplexer 19 is based on the setting value of the PSR, the transition control unit 30 performs processing for setting a value in the PSR in response to a state change or a change request in the apparatus.

When the state of the playback device changes, the transition control unit 30 determines whether the set value is an invalid value (Invalid) or an indefinite value. If the set value is a valid value (Valid), the transition control unit 30 sets the PSR set value. maintain. If the value is indefinite or invalid, set the optimal value in PSR.
When the PSR change is requested by the User Operation information output from the operation reception unit 29 or the button command output from the I-Graphics decoder 13, the transition control unit 30 displays the User Operation information output from the operation reception unit 29. Based on the information and the button command output from the I-Graphics decoder 13, a value (value X) to be set in the PSR is determined, and processing for updating the PSR is performed based on the value X. Here, if the User Operation information output from the operation accepting unit 29 indicates that the voice switching key or the sub-video switching key is pressed, a value obtained by adding 1 to the numerical value of the PSR is determined as the value X. If the User Operation information output from the operation accepting unit 29 indicates that the numeric key is pressed, the pressed value is determined as the value X. On the other hand, if the button command output from the operation accepting unit 29 instructs the playback apparatus to set the PSR, the value specified by the argument of the button command is determined as the value X. If the value X is determined in this way, it is determined whether the value X is a valid value (Valid) or an indefinite value or an invalid value (Invalid), and the PSR corresponding to the determination result is determined. Perform update processing. If the value X is valid here, the value X is used to overwrite the PSR. If the value X is indefinite, choose the optimal value and set it to PSR. If the value X is an invalid value, keep the PSR number.

<Explanation about PSR>
The above is the configuration of the playback apparatus according to the present invention. Next, individual PSRs in the PSR set will be described. Among the PSR sets, PSR1, PSR2, PSR15, PSR16, and PSR30 indicate selection of audio / subtitles in the playback apparatus, presence / absence of the ability to decode / display these, and language settings. FIG. 13 shows detailed settings of PSR1, PSR2, PSR15, PSR16, and PSR30.

PSR1 specifies the audio stream currently selected by the playback device.
PSR2 includes disp_flag and identifies the PG_textST_stream currently selected by the playback device. disp_flag is set to “0” to indicate that display of the PG stream and textST stream is impossible, and it is set to “1” to display the PG stream and textST stream. Indicates.

PSR15 includes LPCM capability, AC-3 capability, and DTS capability. LPCM capability is set to 0001b to indicate that the playback device has the ability to play LPCM stereo sound, and the playback device has the ability to play LPCM surround sound by being set to 0010b. It shows that.
AC-3 capability is set to 0001b to indicate that the playback device has the ability to play AC-3 format stereo audio, and AC-3 capability can be set to 0010b to play AC-3 format surround sound. Indicates that the capability is in the playback device.

  The DTS capability is set to 0001b to indicate that the playback device has the ability to play DTS stereo audio, and the playback device has the ability to play DTS surround sound by being set to 0010b. It shows that. On the other hand, when set to 0000, it indicates that the playback apparatus does not have the ability to decode an audio stream in the DTS format.

PSR16 indicates the language attribute of the audio stream by setting a value other than 0XFFFF. Setting 0XFFFF indicates that the language attribute of the audio stream is unspecified.
PSR30 indicates that the playback device does not have the ability to display text subtitles by setting the most significant bit to “0”, and displays text subtitles by setting the most significant bit to “1”. Indicates that the capability exists in the playback device.

The above is the description of FIG. Next, PSR4 to PSR8 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 shows the detailed settings of PSR4 to PSR8.
PSR4 is set to a value between 1 and 100 to indicate the title to which the current playback point belongs, and is set to 0 to indicate that the current playback point is the top menu.
PSR5 is set to a value of 1 to 999 to indicate the chapter number to which the current playback point belongs, and is set to 0xFFFF to indicate that the chapter number is invalid in the playback device.

PSR6 is set to a value of 0 to 999, and indicates the number of the PL (current PL) to which the current playback time point belongs.
PSR7 is set to a value from 0 to 255, and indicates the number of the Play Item (current Play Item) to which the current playback time point belongs.
PSR8 is set to a value between 0 and OxFFFFFFFF to indicate the current playback time point (current PTM) using 45 KHz time accuracy. The above is an explanation of PSR4 to PSR8.

<State transition of PSR1>
Of the PSRs shown in FIG. 13, the state transition of PSR1 will be described in more detail.
PSR1 specifies one of a plurality of audio streams whose entries are described in the STN_table of the current Play Item. If the set value of PSR1 changes, the playback device plays back the audio stream after the change. PSR1 is set to 0xFF as an initial value, and can be set to a value of 1 to 32 by the playback device. This 0xFF is an indefinite value and indicates that there is no audio stream or that no audio stream is selected. The setting values 1 to 32 are interpreted as audio stream numbers.

FIG. 15A shows state transitions that can be taken by the setting value of PSR1. In this figure, Valid means that the value of PSR1 is a number equal to or less than the number of entries described in the STN_table of the Play Item and can be decoded.
Invalid means that the value of PSR1 is 0 or a number exceeding the number of entries described in the STN_table of the Play Item. Even if the number of entries described in the STN_table of the Play Item is a value between 1 and 32, decoding may not be possible.

The broken line frame in FIG. 15A schematically shows a procedure for determining the value of PSR at the time of state transition. PSR setting processing procedures include “Procedure when playback condition is changed” and “Procedure when change is requested”.
“Procedure when playback condition is changed” indicates a processing procedure to be executed when the state of the playback device changes because some event has occurred in the playback device.

“Procedure when YYYchange is requested” indicates a processing procedure to be executed when the user requests some switching (stream in FIG. 15).
“Procedure when playback condition is changed” and “Procedure when change is requested” shown in the broken-line frame are the stream selection procedures that are the main subject of the present invention, and will be described in detail later with reference to flowcharts.

The arrows in FIG. 15A symbolically indicate state transitions between states that the PSR can take.
Annotation attached to an arrow indicating a state transition means an event that should trigger each state transition. In other words, in this figure, when an event such as “Load Disc”, “Change a Stream”, “Start PlayList playback”, “Cross a PlayItem boundary”, “Terminate PlayList playback” occurs, the state transition of PSR1 is made. It will be. If these notations are understood and FIG. 15A is referred to, it can be seen that the above-described processing procedure is not executed at the time of Invalid → Invalid state transition and at the time of Valid → Invalid state transition. On the other hand, the state transition between Invalid → Valid and the state transition between Valid → Valid are both via a broken line frame. That is, when setting PSR1 to Valid, PSR1 is set according to the above-described Procedure when playback condition is changed and Procedure when change is requested.

Hereinafter, an event that should be a trigger for state transition will be described.
“Load Disc” means an event that a BD-ROM is loaded on a playback device. PSR1 is temporarily set to an indefinite value (0xFF) during such loading.
“Start PlayList playback” means an event that playback processing based on PL has started. When such an event occurs, “Procedure when playback condition is changed” is executed and PSR1 is set to Valid.

“Terminate PlayList playback” means an event that the playback processing based on the PL is finished. It can be seen that when such an event occurs, Procedure when playback condition is changed is not executed, and the state shifts to Invalid.
“ChangeXXX” means an event that the user has requested to switch XXX (Stream in this figure). If such an event occurs (cj1 in the figure) when PSR1 is Invalid, PSR1 is set to the value as requested. Even if the value set in this way indicates a valid stream number, the set value of PSR1 is treated as an invalid value. That is, in the state transition due to the event “ChangeXXX”, the invalid PSR is not changed to Valid.

  On the other hand, when PSR1 is valid and this event Change a Stream occurs (cj2 in the figure), Procedure when change is requested is executed and a new value is set in PSR1. Here, the value set by executing “Procedure when change is requested” may not be a value desired by the user. This is because “Procedure when change is requested” has a function to eliminate invalid values. When PSR1 is valid and a change stream occurs, there is no possibility of state transition from valid to invalid. This is because the procedure when change is requested guarantees that PSR1 will not become Invalid.

  “Cross a PlayItem boundary” means an event of passing a boundary of a PlayItem. Here, the boundary between Play Items means a gap between the end of the preceding side and the end of the subsequent side of two consecutive Play Items. When PSR1 is valid, if such an event occurs, it is understood that Procedure when playback condition is changed is executed. Then, it can be seen that after the procedure when playback condition is changed, the state of PSR1 returns to Valid or shifts to Invalid. STN_table exists for each Play Item, and if the Play Item changes, the playable elementary stream also changes. The purpose of this state transition is to execute “Procedure when playback condition is change” each time playback of the Play Item is started and to set an optimal setting value for each Play Item in PSR1.

In this state transition, “Procedure when playback condition is changed” is as shown in FIG. In this processing procedure, PSR1 is set by a combination of two determination steps, step S1 and step S2.
Step S1 determines whether or not the number of entries in the STN_table is 0. If it is 0, the value of PSR1 is maintained (step S3).

  Step S2 determines whether the number of entries in STN_table is larger than that in PSR1 and the condition (A) is true when the number of entries in STN_table is not zero. The condition (A) is that the playback apparatus has the capability of playing back the audio stream specified by PSR1. If Step S2 is Yes, PSR1 is maintained (Step S4). If the value of PSR1 is larger than the entry number or the condition (A) is not satisfied, PSR1 is reset (step S5).

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the detailed processing procedure of step S5.
Steps S6 and S7 form a loop process in which step S8 is repeated for all audio streams. In this loop processing, each audio stream to be processed is called an audio stream i. In step S8, it is checked whether the audio stream i satisfies the three conditions (a), (b), and (c).

The condition (a) is that the playback apparatus has the capability to play back the audio stream i, and whether or not this is satisfied is determined by comparing PSR15 with the stream_coding_type of the audio stream i.
Condition (b) is that the language attribute of the audio stream i is the same as the language setting of the playback device, and whether or not this is satisfied is determined by whether the Audio_language_code of the audio stream i described in the STN_table is PSR16 It is made by comparing whether or not it is the same as the set value.

The condition (c) is that the channel attribute of the audio stream i is surround, and the playback device has the ability to play back the channel attribute. Whether or not this is satisfied is determined by comparing PSR15 with audio_presentation_type and stream_coding_type of the Audio Stream.
In what case the condition (c) is satisfied will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing combinations of playback capabilities and stream attributes in a table format. There are two playback device capabilities, stereo output and surround output, and there are two stream attributes, stereo and surround.

If there is a stereo output capability on the playback device side and the attribute of the audio stream is stereo, the audio stream can be played back.
When the playback apparatus has surround output capability and the audio stream attribute is stereo, the audio stream can be played back.
If the playback apparatus has surround output capability and the audio stream attribute is surround, this audio stream can be played back.

  If the playback device has stereo output capability and the audio stream attribute is surround, if the playback device performs the process of downmixing AC-3 (5.1ch) to 2 channels, playback by the playback device Will be possible. As described above, an audio stream can be played back with any combination of stream channel attributes and playback device capabilities. However, the condition (c) is satisfied only in the combination of “there is a surround output capability on the playback device side” and “stream channel attribute = surround” among these four combinations. From the above, it can be seen that the requirement for satisfying the condition (c) is strictly set.

  In FIG. 17, the condition (c) is only an example when the above-described combination is satisfied. In addition to this combination, “the stereo output capability is on the playback device side”, “the channel attribute of the stream” The condition (c) may be satisfied even when “= stereo” is combined. In this case, in a playback device that can only play stereo audio, or in a playback device in which stereo playback has priority over surround playback, stereo playback of the 2ch audio stream has priority over downmix playback of the 5.1ch audio stream. .

Among these multiple conditions, this flowchart gives priority to the audio stream according to the pattern of conditions to be satisfied, such as “what and which audio stream i satisfies” and “how many conditions are satisfied”. Give.
If the above processing is repeated for all the audio streams, the processing from step S9 to step S13 is performed. Step S9 is a determination as to whether or not there is an audio stream that satisfies (a). If not, an indefinite value (0xFF) is set in PSR1 (step S14).

Step S10 is a determination of whether there is an audio stream that satisfies all of (a), (b), and (c). If it exists, the number of the audio stream that satisfies (a), (b), and (c) is set in PSR1 (step S15).
The problem here is when there are a plurality of audio streams that satisfy (a), (b), and (c). Since all of the conditions (a) to (c) are satisfied, the same priority is given, so superiority or inferiority cannot be determined. In this case, in step S15, the order in each stream is determined according to the order of entries in the STN_table. That is, for an audio stream having the same codec-language attribute-channel attribute, the audio stream having the highest priority is selected by referring to the entry order in the STN_table.

  Here, when there are a plurality of audio streams having the same codec, language attribute, and channel attribute, and these are the main audio, commentary, and BGM, respectively, the entry for the audio stream corresponding to the main audio as shown in FIG. In the top order, The entries of the audio stream corresponding to commentary and the audio stream corresponding to BGM are described after the next rank. Then, the main audio is automatically selected and commentary and BGM are postponed.

In this way, by changing the description order in the STN_table, the authoring person can prescribe the selection control of which stream is preferentially reproduced at the time of reproduction and which stream is to be delayed.
Step S11 is a determination as to whether or not there is an audio stream that satisfies (a) and (b) when there is no audio stream that satisfies all of (a), (b), and (c). If there is an audio stream satisfying (a) and (b), the audio stream having the highest entry order in the STN_table is set in PSR1 (step S16).

  In step S12, there is an audio stream that satisfies all of (a), (b), and (c), or an audio stream that satisfies (a) and (c) when there is no audio stream that satisfies (a) and (b). It is a judgment whether to do. If it exists, the audio stream satisfying (a) and (c) having the highest entry order in the STN_table is set to PSR1 (step S17).

Step S13 determines whether there is an audio stream that satisfies (a) when there is no audio stream that satisfies (a), (b), and (c), and that satisfies (a), (b), (a), and (c). It is a judgment of whether. If it exists, the audio stream satisfying (a) having the highest entry order in the STN_table is set as PSR1 (step S18).
The above is Procedure when playback condition is changed. Next, “Procedure when change is requested” will be explained. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the procedure for setting PSR1 when the stream changes. The difference between this flowchart and FIG. 15B is that the notation of PSR1 in FIG. This X is a value based on the User Operation information output from the operation accepting unit 29 and the button command output from the I-Graphics decoder 13.

  Step S19 in this flowchart determines whether the number of entries in the STN_table is larger than X and the condition (A) is true. The condition (A) is that the playback apparatus has the capability to play back the audio stream specified by PSR1, and is determined by comparing PSR15 and Stream_codeig_type of the audio stream. If X satisfies this condition, X is set in PSR1 (step S21).

If X is larger than the entry number or the condition (A) is not satisfied, it is determined whether X is 0xFF. If it is not OxFF, the number of the audio stream that the user intends to select is considered invalid, so the value X based on the user operation is ignored and the set value of PSR1 is maintained (step S23).
If the setting value of PSR1 is 0xFF, PSR1 is set (step S24). The processing procedure of this step S24 is the same as the processing procedure shown in FIG. 16 (in FIG. 16, the determination of step S9 is not necessary in Procedure when change is requested. This is because if there is no audio stream that satisfies (a), (b), and (c), the value X set by the user is not set in PSR1, and the set value of PSR1 is maintained.

According to the above procedure when playback condition is changed and procedure when change is requested, an audio stream that is reliably played back and can exhibit both the capabilities of both the BD-ROM and the playback device is selected.
<Specific examples of PSR1 settings>
Hereinafter, the processing of this flowchart will be described with specific examples.

The playback device assumed in this specific example is a middle class playback device. The middle class here does not have the ability to decode DTS audio streams, but has LPCM decoding ability and AC-3 surround sound output ability. It is assumed that the language is set so as to indicate Japanese speech.
It is assumed that the BD-ROM in which the audio stream and STN_table shown in FIG. In this STN_table, entries of six audio streams are described as shown in FIG.

  If the STN_table having such description contents is a processing target, it is checked in step S8 in FIG. 16 whether each audio stream has a condition (a), a condition (b), and a condition (c). Here, the first audio stream (1) satisfies only the condition (a) among the three conditions. The second audio stream (2) satisfies the condition (a) and the condition (c) among the three conditions.

  If the above check is made for all audio streams whose entry is shown in STN_table, the fifth audio stream satisfies all of the conditions (a) to (c), and the fourth audio stream Is the condition (a), the condition (b), the second audio stream satisfies the conditions (a) and (c), and the first audio stream only satisfies the condition (a). Audio streams other than these are not subject to processing because they lack condition (a).

Since the conditions for each audio stream have been clarified, the highest order is assigned to the fifth audio stream that satisfies all of the conditions (a) to (c). Since the highest order is added in this way, the audio stream 5 is selected and reproduced together with the video stream.
From the above description, it has been clarified that a stream satisfying all of the conditions (a), (b), and (c) is selected, but if the playback device does not have the capability of surround output, the stream selection is performed. How is it done? Here, it is assumed that there is no surround output capability on the playback device side, and an AC-3 (2ch) audio stream and an AC-3 (5.1ch) audio stream are multiplexed in an AVClip. . In the table of FIG. 17, any audio stream can be reproduced. Therefore, when such an audio stream is a target of the processing procedure of FIG. 16, these audio streams are not superior or inferior.

  In this case, the superiority or inferiority of the audio stream that should be selected is defined by referring to the entry in the STN_table. In FIG. 17, when the playback device has no capability, the playback device performs processing of down-mixing AC-3 (5.1ch) to AC-3 (2ch) for playback. If such down-mixing is performed, the sound quality at the time of reproduction may be lower than what the authoring person intended. On the other hand, since AC-3 (2ch) was originally created with the intention of stereo output, the authoring person would use AC-3 (2ch) from AC-3 (5.1ch) downmixing playback. ) Is often expected.

Therefore, the entry of AC-3 (2ch) audio is set higher than AC-3 (5.1ch).
By doing so, AC-3 (2ch) audio is preferentially reproduced in a reproduction apparatus that does not have surround reproduction capability. On the other hand, when comparing bit rates,
The bit rate of AC-3 (5.1ch) is 384Kbps, the bit rate of AC-3 (2ch) is 192kbps, and AC-3 (5.1ch) is higher. Authoring personnel who value this fact often expect AC-3 (5.1ch) downmixing playback rather than AC-3 (2ch) playback. If the expectation for downmixing is high in this way, the person in charge of authoring should set the AC-3 (5.1ch) entry high in the STN_table.

In this way, playback by a playback device that does not have surround output capability is performed by downmixing.
Here, an example of STN_table description and audio stream selection example when authoring person expects AC-3 (2ch) playback from AC-3 (5.1ch) downmixing playback This will be described with reference to FIG.

  Since the playback device assumed here is a playback device that does not have surround output capability, the values of PSR15, 16 are as shown in FIG. Further, STN_table is set to the same content as FIG. 20B (FIG. 21B), and the playback device does not have surround output capability. In this case, audio stream 4 and audio stream 5 satisfying condition (a) and condition (b) have the same priority “1”, and audio stream 1 and audio stream 2 satisfying only condition (a) are the next priority. 2 ". Since the priority is "1", the superiority or inferiority of the audio stream 4 and the audio stream 5 cannot be obtained. In this case, the playback apparatus selects an audio stream according to the entry order in the STN_table. In this description example, the authoring person expects the reproduction of AC-3 (2ch) from the downmixing of AC-3 (5.1ch), so in the STN_table in FIG. ) Audio stream entry is set higher than AC-3 (5.1ch) entry. Thus, since the entry order of the audio stream 4 is set higher than that of the audio stream 5, the playback device selects and plays back the audio stream 5.

Next, a description example of STN_table and a selection example of an audio stream when the person in charge of the author expects AC-3 (5.1ch) downmixing playback from AC-3 (2ch) playback are shown in FIG. Will be described with reference to FIG.
Since AC-3 (5.1ch) downmixing playback is expected, the entry rank of the AC-3 (5.1ch) audio stream (audio stream 2 and audio stream 5) in the STN_table is AC-3 (2ch ) Audio stream (audio stream 1, audio stream 4) is set higher than the entry rank (FIG. 22B). Since the entry order of the audio stream 5 is set higher than the audio stream 4 in this way, if the audio stream 4 and the audio stream 5 satisfy the same condition (a) and condition (b), the playback device Is selected and reproduced (FIG. 22 (c)).

If the playback device does not have surround playback output capability, authoring personnel can freely specify whether to give priority to AC-3 (2ch) playback or AC-3 (5.1ch) downmixing playback. Therefore, reproduction control in line with the intention of the authoring person is realized. The above is the state control for PSR1.
<State transition of PSR2>
Next, PSR2 will be described. PSR2 is used to specify what should be reproduced among a plurality of PG streams or a plurality of textST streams in which an entry is described in the STN_table of the current PlayItem. When the setting value of PSR2 changes, the playback device plays back the changed PG stream or textST stream. PSR2 is set to an indefinite value as an initial value, and can be set to a value of 1 to 255 by the playback device. 0xFFFF is an indefinite value, indicating that there is no PG stream and textST stream, or that no PG stream and textST stream are selected. Setting values from 1 to 255 are interpreted as PG_textST_stream numbers. FIG. 23A is a diagram showing state transitions that PSR2 can take. The state transition in this figure is the same as in FIG. FIG. 23B is a flowchart showing “Procedure when playback condition is changed” in PSR2, and FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing “Procedure when change is requested”. These flowcharts are also the same as FIG. 15B and FIG. However, the setting of PSR2 in step S5 and step S23 is greatly different.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the procedure for setting PSR2.
Steps S31 and S32 in this flowchart are loop processing that repeats the processing of steps S33 to S35 for each PG_textST_stream described in the STN_table. PG_textST_stream to be processed in this loop processing is set as PG_textST_streami. Step S33 is to determine whether the stream_coding_type of PG_textST_streami is 0x90 or 0x92. If it is 0x91, the process proceeds to step S34.

Step S34 is a determination of whether or not PG_textST_streami satisfies the following (a) and (b).
(a) The playback device has the ability to play PG stream i
(b) The language attribute of PG stream i matches the language setting of the playback device The condition of (b) is made by determining whether or not PG_language_code in STN_table matches PSR17.

On the other hand, step S35 is a determination of whether or not PG_textST_streami satisfies (a) and (b).
(a) The playback device has the ability to play back textST stream i
(b) The language attribute of textST stream i matches the language setting of the playback device
Whether or not the condition (a) is satisfied is determined based on whether or not the PSR 30 of the playback device indicates “with playback capability”. Whether or not the condition (b) is satisfied is determined by whether or not the textST_language_code of the STN_table matches the setting value of the PSR17.

If the process of the above step S33-step S35 is repeated about all PG_textST_stream, the process of step S36-step S41 will be performed.
Step S36 is a determination as to whether there is no PG_textST_stream that satisfies (a). If there is no PG_textST_stream, an invalid value (0xFFFF) is set in PSR2 in step S39 (step S38).

Step S37 determines whether there is a PG_textST_stream that satisfies both (a) and (b). If there is a PG_textST_stream that satisfies (a) and (b), the one with the highest entry order in the STN_table Is set to PSR2 (step S39).
In step S41, among PG streams satisfying only (a) and textST_stream satisfying only (a), the one having the highest entry order in the STN_table is set in PSR2. Hereinafter, the processing of this flowchart will be described with specific examples.

<Specific examples of PSR2 settings>
The playback device assumed in this specific example is a playback device that has the ability to decode a PG stream but does not have the capability to decode a textST stream, as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the language is set so as to indicate Japanese speech.
It is assumed that an STN_table as shown in FIG. In this STN_table, two textST stream entries (PG_textST_stream1, 3) and two PG stream entries (PG_textST_stream2, 4) are described.

  If the STN_table having such description contents is a processing target, in step S34 and step S35, whether each PG_textST_stream has condition (a) or condition (b) is checked as shown in FIG. The Here, the first PG_textST_stream and the third PG_textST_stream do not satisfy the condition (a). The second audio stream satisfies only condition (a) among the three conditions. The fourth PG_textST_stream satisfies condition (a) and condition (b).

If the above check is performed for all streams whose entry is shown in STN_table, the fourth stream satisfies all of the conditions (a) to (b), and the second stream satisfies the condition ( The first and third streams a) are excluded from the selection target.
Since the conditions for each stream have been clarified, the highest order is assigned to the fourth stream that satisfies all of the conditions (a) to (b).

Here, when there are a plurality of PG_textST_streams that satisfy the same condition, the priorities of these PG_textST_streams are the same in the flowchart described above. Therefore, superiority or inferiority cannot be determined. In this embodiment, in this case, the rank in each stream is determined according to the entry event in the STN_table.
Hereinafter, PG_textST_stream selection in the order of entries in the STN_table will be described with reference to FIG. The playback device assumed here is a playback device having the ability to decode both the PG stream and the textST stream. If there are a plurality of PG streams and textST streams having the same language attribute as the language setting of the playback device, the priorities for these PG streams and textST streams are the same. In this case, as shown in FIG. 27, the entry for the stream that the authoring person wants to select is described in the head rank of the STN_table. The entry corresponding to the PG stream is described after the next rank. Here, if the stream that the authoring person wants to select is a textST stream, and its entry is described at the top of the STN_table, the textST stream is automatically selected, and the PG stream is postponed.

In this way, by changing the description order in the STN_table, the authoring person can prescribe the selection control of which stream is preferentially reproduced at the time of reproduction and which stream is to be delayed.
<Example of change>
If the value X is invalid in Procedure when change is requested, the transition control unit 30 maintains the stored value of PSR1 and 2. However, as a process when the voice switch key and the subtitle switch key are pressed by the user Is not desirable. When the voice switching key and the caption switching key are pressed, the value X should be “PSR + 1”. Nevertheless, if the stored value of PSR1 and 2 is maintained because the value X is invalid, the user feels that the playback device is malfunctioning.

  Therefore, when the voice switching key and the caption switching key are pressed, the transition control unit 30 performs the following processing in addition to Procedure when change is requested. This process is to compare the stored value of the PSR before execution of Procedure when change is requested with the stored value of PSR after execution of Procedure when change is requested when executing Procedure when change is requested. If the stored values before and after are the same, the value X is incremented by the process of X ← X + 1, and Procedure when change is requested is executed again. By doing this, the increment of the value X is repeated until the PSR is updated according to Procedure when change is requested. If the PSR value is updated by executing Procedure when change is requested, the previous and subsequent values will be different. At that point, adopt the PSR value obtained by executing Procedure when change is requested. Select a stream.

  For example, a specific example of the above processing when “3” is stored in PSR1 and stream numbers = 4 and 5 are invalid will be briefly described. In this case, the transition control unit 30 sets the value X, which is obtained by adding “1” to the stored value of PSR1. Then execute Procedure when change is requested. In this case, since stream number = 4 is invalid, PSR1 does not change from the original value 3. When there is no change in the stored value of PSR1 in this way, the value X which is 4 is incremented to 5 and then Procedure when change is requested is executed again. In this case, since stream number = 5 is invalid, PSR1 does not change from the original value 3. In this way, when there is no change in the stored value of PSR1, the value X which is 5 is incremented, changed to 6, and Procedure when change is requested is executed again. Since the value 6 is valid, a valid stream number = 6 is automatically selected by Procedure when change is requested. If the above processing is performed when the voice switching key is pressed, smooth voice switching can be realized without the user being aware of the existence of an invalid stream number.

(Second Embodiment)
The second embodiment relates to state setting in a multi-angle section. The data structure for realizing the multi-angle section is in the Play Item information shown in FIG. FIG. 28 shows the data structure of Play Item information. As shown in the figure, the Play Item information corresponding to the multi-angle section includes a compatible part with a normal Play Item and an extended part for realizing the multi-angle section. The data structure of the compatible part is the same as in FIG. 5 and is “Clip_Information_file_name”, “Clip_codec_identifier_id”, “IN_time”, “OUT_time”, and “STN_table”. In the multi-angle section, the AVClip designated by this compatible part is handled as the first angle section. By doing this, even if a playback device that cannot support multi-angle sections (a playback device that can only support the data structure of BD-RE) reads a Play Item that supports multi-angle sections, only this compatible part is read. By referring to the playback, the first angle section can be played back. The data structure of the extension part is composed of “is_multi_angles”, “number_of_angles”, and “Angle information [2]... [J]”.

“Is_multi_angles” indicates whether the playback section corresponding to this PlayItem is a multi-angle section or a non-angle section.
“Number_of_angles” indicates the number of angles constituting the multi-angle section when “is_multi_angles” is set to indicate the multi-angle section.
“Angle information [2]... [J]” is information about individual angle sections in the multi-angle section, and includes “Clip_Information_file_name” and “Clip_codec_identifier”.

“Clip_Information_file_name” describes the file name of the AVClip that forms the angle section.
“Clip_codec_identifier” indicates an encoding method for an AVClip having a file name described in Clip_Information_file_name of angle information.
In the above description, the angle information does not include In_time and Out_time. This is because, in the second and subsequent angle sections, the start point and end point of the Play Item are designated by In_time and Out_time existing in the compatible part. Therefore, the AVClip specified by Clip_Information_file_name in the angle information must have the same playback time as the AVClip specified by Clip_Information_file_name in the compatible part. In addition, on the AVClip playback time axis, time stamp (System Time Clock) values that define individual playback timings must be exactly the same.

  A specific example of the Play Item corresponding to the multi-angle section will be described below. The Play Items assumed in this specific example are three Play Items (PlayItem # 1, PlayItem # 2, PlayItem # 3). Of these PlayItems, PlayItem # 1 and PlayItem # 3 form a multi-angle section, and PlayItem # 2 does not. Also, it is assumed that a plurality of AVClips (Front1, Right1, Left1, Front2, Front3, Right2) as shown in FIG. 29 are recorded on the BD-ROM. In the specific example, Clip_Information_file_name of PlayItem # 1 specifies Front1, Left1, and Right1 in FIG. 29, PlayItem # 2 specifies Front2, and PlayItem # 3 specifies Front3 and Right2. With these Play Items, a main path consisting of a multi-angle section, a non-angle section, and a multi-angle section is defined. FIGS. 30A and 30B are diagrams showing the multi-angle section and the non-angle section defined as described above. In the figure, arrows my1 and my2 indicate designation by two angle information in PlayItem # 1, and arrow my3 indicates designation by angle information in PlayItem # 3. With the designations my1 and my2 by the angle information in the PlayItem information # 1, Right1 and Left1 are selectively reproduced as a part on the AVClip. Similarly, Right2 is selectively reproduced as a part on the AVClip with the designation my3 based on the angle information.

  FIG. 30B is a diagram showing the playback progress in the multi-angle section and the non-angle section. As shown by arrows ag1, 2, and 3 in this figure, it is possible to select one of the three angle sections in multi-angle section # 1, and to arrows ag4 and 5 in multi-angle section # 3. As shown, it is possible to select one of the two angle sections. The above is the improvement of the recording medium according to the present embodiment.

Next, the improvement of the playback device will be described. In the playback apparatus shown in the first embodiment, PSR3 indicates the designation of the angle section. The control unit 24 according to the second embodiment performs processing for selecting and reproducing the angle section according to the set value of the PSR3.
More specifically, the control unit 24 refers to the setting value of PSR3 when playing one PlayItem in the current PL information. If the setting value of PSR3 is 1, the BD-ROM drive 1 is controlled to access an AVClip in which the Play Item In_time and Out_time exist and read TS packets from the Play Item In_time to Out_time. When the TS packet is read out, it is sequentially input to the video decoder 4 to reproduce the angle section.

  If the setting value of PSR3 is 2 or more, the BD is accessed to access the AVClip (Right1, Left1, Right2) specified in Clip_Information_file_name in the angle information of the Play Item and read the TS packet that constitutes this -Control ROM drive 1. When the TS packet is read out, it is sequentially input to the video decoder 4 to reproduce the angle section. In this way, by selectively accessing different AVClips according to the setting value of PSR3, selective reproduction of the angle section is realized.

A description will be given of PSR3 that defines the selection of angle sections as described above. FIG. 31 shows the internal structure of PSR3. PSR3 indicates the number of the currently selected angle section. PSR3 takes a value from 1 to 9, and designates an angle section from 1 to 9, respectively.
The state transition of PSR3 will be described. FIG. 32A shows the state transition of PSR3. When this figure is compared with FIG. 15A, it can be seen that there is no state transition triggered by the event Cross PlayItem Boundary. Start PlayList Playback and Terminate PlayList Playback are replaced with Start PlayItem with multiangle structure and End of PlayItem with multiangle structure. Also, “Procedure when change is requested” is replaced by “angle change is requested” instead of “stream change is requested”. However, except these, the state transition of PSR3 is the same as in FIG.

  Since the number of audio streams differs for each Play Item, PL playback started in the PSR1 state transition, and it was necessary to set up PSR1 by starting Procedure when playback condition is changed every time a Play Item boundary was added . However, PSR3 is only meaningful in multi-angle sections, and it is not necessary to execute Procedure when playback condition is changed every time a Play Item passes, so the state transition from Invalid to Valid is triggered by the start of playback in the multi-angle section. , Valid → Invalid state transition is triggered by the end of playback in a multi-angle section.

  In this Valid → Invalid state transition, in this embodiment, only the handling is set to Invalid while the setting value of PSR3 is maintained. That is, when the multi-angle section and the non-angle section appear instead of each other (an example of FIG. 30), only the handling of the set value of PSR3 changes from Valid to Invalid and from Invalid to Valid. The above is the state transition of PSR3. Next, PSR3's Procedure when playback condition is changed and Procedure when change is requested will be described.

  FIG. 32B is a flowchart showing the procedure when playback condition is changed in PSR3. This flowchart is an algorithm similar to that in FIG. Step S51 is a determination of whether or not PSR3 is less than the number of Angle described in the PlayItem. If Step S51 is Yes, the set value of PSR3 is not changed (Step S53). If step S51 is No, an initial value 1 is set in PSR3 (step S52).

  FIG. 32C is a flowchart showing “Procedure when change is requested” in PSR3. This flowchart is based on FIG. Step S54 is a determination of whether X exceeds the number of Angle described in the PlayItem. If step S54 is Yes, the number X is set to PSR3 (step S57). If Step S54 is No, PSR3 is maintained (Step S55).

With reference to FIG. 33, how angle sections are selected when the multi-angle section → non-angle section → multi-angle section is continuously played back with the three Play Items shown in FIG. .
In FIG. 33A, it is assumed that PSR3 is set to indicate an angle number = 2. When playback of PlayItem # 1 is started in this state, the control unit 24 selects and plays back the angle section (Right 1) indicated by the setting value = 2 of PSR3. When the playback of Right1 continues and the playback of Right1 ends, PSR3 becomes Invalid while maintaining the angle number = 2.

  A multi-angle section # 1 specified by PlayItem # 1 is followed by a non-angle section specified by PlayItem # 2. Since PlayItem # 2 is a non-angle section, PSR3 remains Invalid. At this time, PSR3 is handled as an invalid state while maintaining the setting value = 2. Since PSR3 is Invalid, the control unit 24 plays back AVClip (XXX.M2TS) in which In_time and Out_time of PlayItem # 2 exist, regardless of the setting value of PSR3.

  A non-angle section # 2 is followed by a multi-angle section # 3 specified by PlayItem # 3. If the reproduction of the multi-angle section # 3 is started, the PSR3 shifts from Invalid to Valid while maintaining the set value. If PSR3 becomes Valid in this way, an angle section corresponding to the set value of PSR3 is selected. Since PSR3 maintains the set value = 2, the control unit 24 selects and reproduces the angle section (Right2) indicated by the angle number = 2. An arrow gg1 in this figure indicates the transition of the angle section selection described above.

  The above is an explanation when the setting value of PSR3 is set to “PSR3 = 2”. Next, a case where the setting value of PSR3 is set to “PSR3 = 3” will be described. It is assumed that playback is performed in the same manner as in FIG. 33A, and playback of a non-angle section is performed. Due to the state transition shown in FIG. 32A, the set value of PSR3 is updated to “3” while being handled as Invalid. In this way, the reproduction of the non-angle section is continued with the setting value of PSR3 = 3. It is assumed that after such playback is continued, playback of the non-angle section is finished and playback of the multi-angle section # 3 is started. Since playback of the multi-angle section is started, “Procedure when playback condition is changed” is executed. In step S51 of FIG. 32B, it is determined whether or not the current setting value of PSR3 exceeds the number of angles defined in Play Item # 3 (step S51). Here, the number of angle sections that can be selected in Play Item # 3 is two, and PSR3 = 3 exceeds the number. As a result, PSR3 is set to 1 (step S52). Since PSR3 is set to 1, XXX.M2TS is selected and the first angle is played. An arrow gg2 in the figure indicates the transition of the angle section selection described above.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the state transition of PSR3 is performed so as to avoid selection of a nonexistent angle section, the transition from the multiangle section to the non-angle section and the transition from the non-angle section to the multiangle section are performed. Even if transitions occur frequently, strange numbers are never set in the status register. Since the legitimacy of angle selection is guaranteed, the spread of movie works incorporating multi-angle sections can be promoted.

(Third embodiment)
The third embodiment relates to state setting at the time of executing the interactive function. The interactive function assumed here is composed of a plurality of pages and accepts an operation from the user by arranging a graphical button member on each page. In the execution of the interactive function, it is the state setting in the present embodiment that defines which of a plurality of displayable pages is to be displayed and which of the plurality of buttons on the page is focused.

<Data structure for interactive functions>
A data structure for displaying two or more pages and buttons exists in the IG stream shown in the first embodiment. The IG stream will be described with reference to FIG. The IG stream consists of ICS, PDS, and ODS. ODS is graphics data for displaying buttons graphically, and PDS is palette data that defines the color of buttons.

ICS is control information for displaying a page in synchronization with the playback of a moving image. Synchronization with video is defined by DTS and PTS of PES packet storing ICS. That is, the DTS of the PES packet storing the ICS indicates the start time of a period during which the interactive function is valid (a period when the ICS is valid).
An arrow cu1 in FIG. 34 closes up the internal configuration of the ICS. As shown by this arrow, ICS has "loading_model", "user_interface_model", "composition_time_out_pts", "selection_time_out_pts", "user_time_out_duration", "page information (1) (2) ...・ (I) ... (n) ”are included.

“Loading_model” indicates whether the present IG stream is multiplexed with the AVClip or whether it is preloaded in advance on the playback apparatus separately from the AVClip.
“User_Interface_model” indicates whether a page is always displayed during playback of a moving image (Always-on) or whether a pop-up is displayed based on a user operation (Pop-up).
“Composition_time_out_PTS” indicates the end of a period during which the interactive function is valid.

“User_time_out_duration” indicates the time to time out the page display when there is no user operation.
Next, page information will be described. An arrow cu2 in the figure closes up the internal structure of the page information. As shown by this arrow, the page information corresponds to each of “page_id”, “UO_mask_table”, “IN_effect”, “Out_effect”, “animation_frame_rate_code”, “default_selected_button_id_ref”, “default_activated_button_id_ref”, “pallet_id_ref”, and multiple buttons. Button information (1) (2)... (I).

“Page_id” is an identifier for uniquely identifying a page corresponding to page information.
“UO_Mask_Table” indicates permission / non-permission of user operation in the Display Set corresponding to ICS. If this mask field is set to non-permitted, the user operation on the playback device is invalidated.
“In_effect” indicates a display effect to be executed at the start of display of the page.

“Out_effect” indicates a display effect to be executed at the end of display of the page.
“Animation_frame_rate_code” describes the frame rate to be applied to the animation type button.
“Default_selected_button_id_ref” indicates whether a button to be set to the selected state by default is determined dynamically or statically when display of the interactive screen starts. If this field is “OxFF”, it indicates that the button to be set to the selected state by default is dynamically determined. In this case, the setting value of the PSR in the playback apparatus is preferentially interpreted, and the button shown in the PSR 10 enters the selected state. If this field is not 0xFF, it indicates that the button to be set to the selected state by default is statically determined. In this case, PSR10 is overwritten with the button number defined in “default_selected_button_id_ref”, and the button indicated in this field is set to the selected state.

  “Default_activated_button_id_ref” indicates a button that is automatically set to the active state when the user does not activate any button before the time defined by Selection_Timeout_PTS. If default_activated_button_number is “FF”, the currently selected button is automatically selected at the time defined by Selection_Timeout_PTS. If this default_activated_button_number is 00, automatic selection is not made. If the value is other than 00, FF, this field is interpreted as a valid button number.

“Pallet_id_ref” indicates the id of the palette to be set in the CLUT part on the dialog screen.
“Button information (Button_info)” is information defining each button to be synthesized on the interactive screen. FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an internal configuration for button information. The lead line hp1 in the figure closes up the internal configuration of the button information i for the i-th button controlled by the ICS. The state of each button displayed on the page includes a normal state, a selected state, and an active state. The normal state is a state that is merely displayed. On the other hand, the selected state refers to a state in which focus is applied by a user operation but has not been finalized. The active state means a state that has been finalized. Since there is such a state, the following information elements are defined in the button information i.

“Button_number” is a numerical value that uniquely identifies the button i in the ICS.
“Numerically_selectable_flag” is a flag indicating whether or not numerical selection of the button i is permitted.
“Auto_action_flag” indicates whether or not the button i is automatically activated. If auto_action_flag is set to on (bit value 1), button i enters an active state instead of a selected state. If auto_action_flag is set to off (bit value 0), the button i is only in the selected state even if it is selected.

“Button_horizontal_position” and “button_vertical_position” indicate the horizontal position and vertical position of the upper left pixel of the button i on the interactive screen.
“Upper_button_number” indicates the number of the button to be selected instead of button i when the MOVEUP key is pressed when button i is in the selected state. If the number of button i is set in this field, pressing the MOVEUP key is ignored.

  “Lower_button_number”, “left_button_number”, and “right_button_number” are selected instead of pressing button i when MOVE Down key, MOVE Left key, and MOVE Right key are pressed when button i is in the selected state. Indicates the number of the button to be used. If the number of button i is set in this field, pressing these keys is ignored.

In “start_object_id_normal”, when the button i in the normal state is drawn by animation, the first number among the serial numbers added to the plurality of ODSs constituting the animation is described in this start_object_id_normal.
In “end_object_id_normal”, when the button i in the normal state is drawn by animation, the last number among “object_ID” which is a sequential number added to the plurality of ODSs constituting the animation is described in this end_object_id_normal. When the ID indicated by End_object_id_normal is the same as the ID indicated by start_object_id_normal, the still image of the graphics object indicated by this ID becomes the pattern of button i.

“Repeated_normal_flag” indicates whether or not the animation display of the button i in the normal state is continuously repeated.
In “start_object_id_selected”, when the selected button i is drawn with animation, the first number among the serial numbers added to the plurality of ODSs constituting the animation is described in this start_object_id_selected.

  In “end_object_id_selected”, when the button i in the selected state is drawn by animation, the last number among “object_ID” that is a sequential number added to the plurality of ODSs constituting the animation is described in this end_object_id_selected. When the ID indicated by End_object_id_selected is the same as the ID indicated by start_object_id_selectd, the still image of the graphics object indicated by this ID becomes the pattern of button i.

“Repeat_selected_flag” indicates whether or not to continue the animation display of the button i in the selected state. If start_object_id_selected and end_object_id_selected have the same value, this field 00 is set.
In “start_object_id_activated”, when the button i in an active state is drawn by animation, the first number among the serial numbers added to the plurality of ODSs constituting the animation is described in this start_object_id_activated.

“End_object_id_activated” describes the last number of “object_ID”, which is a sequential number added to a plurality of ODSs constituting the animation, in the case of drawing an active button by animation.
Next, the button command will be described.
The “button command (button_command)” is a command that is executed when the button i becomes active. In the button command, by using the following commands (i) to (iv), values can be set in PSR and GPR, and values can be acquired from these PSR and GPR.

(i) Get value of Player Status Register command Format: Get value of Player Status Register (argument)
This function gets the setting value of Player Status Register specified by the argument.
(ii) Set value of Player Status Register command Format: Set value of Player Status Register (first argument, second argument)
This function causes the Player Status Register specified by the first argument to set the value specified by the second argument.

(iii) Get value of General Purpose Register command Format: Get value of General Purpose Register (argument)
This function is a function for acquiring the setting value of the General Purpose Register specified by the argument.
(iv) Set value of General Purpose Register command Format: Set value of General Purpose Register (first argument, second argument)
This function causes the General Purpose Register specified by the first argument to set the value specified by the second argument.

<Specific example>
The above is the internal structure of ICS. A specific example of dialog control by ICS will be described below. This specific example assumes ODS and ICS as shown in FIG. FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a relationship between ODS included in a certain DSn and ICS. This DSn includes ODS11-19, 21-29, 31-39, 41-49. Of these ODSs, ODS 11-19 depict the states of button 1-A, ODS 21-29 depict the states of button B, and ODS 31-39 represent buttons 1-C. Each state, ODS 41 to 49, represents each state of button 1-D (see parentheses in the figure). On the other hand, the ICS has page information (1), (2), and (3) corresponding to three pages, page 1 to page 3, and button_info (1), ( 2), (3), and (4) describe state control of these buttons 1-A to 1-D (see arrows bh1, 2, 3, and 4 in the figure).

  If the execution timing of the control by ICS is the display timing of arbitrary picture data pt1 in the moving picture shown in FIG. 37, the page of the three pages (page 1, page 2, page 3) that can be displayed by ICS 1 is combined with the picture data pt1 and displayed (gs2). A dialogue screen consisting of multiple buttons is displayed along with the content of the video, allowing ICS to create realistic effects using buttons.

  FIG. 39 shows a description example of the ICS when the state transition of the button 1-A to the button 1-D shown in FIG. 38 is executed. Arrows hh1 and hh2 in FIG. 38 symbolically represent state transitions by button_info (1) neighbor_info (). Since lower_button_number in neighbor_info () of button info (1) is set to button 1-C, if the UO of the MOVEDown key is pressed while button 1-A is in the selected state (FIG. 38) Up1), the button 1-C enters the selected state (sj1 in FIG. 38). Since right_button_number in neighbor_info () of button info (1) is set to button 1-B, if the UO of pressing the MOVERight key occurs when button 1-A is in the selected state (FIG. 38). Button 2), the button 1-B enters the selected state (sj2 in FIG. 38).

  An arrow hh3 in FIG. 38 indicates state transition control by neighbor_info () of button info (3). Since upper_button_number in neighbor_info () of button info (3) is set to button 1-A, if button 1-C is in the selected state (up3) and a UOVE occurs when the MOVEUp key is pressed , Button 1-A returns to the selected state. The button command “SetPage2” is described in the button 1-A. This command instructs the playback device to switch to page 2. If button 1-A is activated and the button command is executed, page 1 is to page 2 as shown in FIG. The display is switched.

<Reproducing device>
The above is the improvement of the recording medium. Next, the playback apparatus according to this embodiment will be described. Among the plurality of PSRs possessed by the playback apparatus, those relating to the interactive function are PSR0, PSR11, and PSR10. PSR0, PSR10, and PSR11 will be described with reference to FIG.
PSR0 specifies one of a plurality of IG streams in which an entry is described in the STN_table of the current Play Item.

The PSR 11 specifies one of the plurality of pages when a plurality of pages can be displayed by the IG stream specified by the PSR 0.
The PSR 10 specifies one of the plurality of buttons when there are a plurality of buttons on the page specified by the PSR 11.
In realizing the interactive function, PSR0 performs the following state transitions. PSR0 is set to 1 as an initial value, and can be set to a value of 2 to 32 by the playback device. FIG. 42A shows state transitions that can be taken by PSR0. FIG. 42B shows a procedure when playback condition is changed in PSR0, and FIG. 43 shows a flowchart of the procedure when change is requested in PSR0. These state transitions and flowcharts are the same as PSR1 and PSR2 shown in the first embodiment. As in the case of the audio stream and PG_textST_stream, when IG streams corresponding to a plurality of languages are multiplexed on the AVClip, one corresponding to the language setting on the playback device side is selected and displayed. . At this time, the playback apparatus selects an IG stream according to the position of the corresponding entry in the STN_table. As a result, the person in charge of authoring can define the entry description order in the STN_table, and can preferentially select a desired one of the plurality of IG streams. This completes the explanation of the state transition of PSR0.

Similarly to PSR0, PSR10 and PSR11 perform state transition as shown in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and details thereof will be described later.
Next, the configuration of the playback apparatus according to this embodiment will be described. Since the IG stream to be reproduced is indicated by PSR0, the control unit 24 and the demultiplexer 3 perform the following processing in the reproduction apparatus according to the second embodiment.

The control unit 24 extracts the PID from the entry-attribute of the IG stream in the STN_table corresponding to the stream number stored in the PSR0 and sets it in the demultiplexer 3.
The demultiplexer 3 outputs TS packets read from the BD-ROM and HD having the PID set by the control unit 24 to the I-Graphics decoder 13. As a result, ICS, PDS, and ODS are sequentially supplied to the I-Graphics decoder 13.

<Internal configuration of I-Graphics decoder 13>
Next, the internal configuration of the I-Graphics decoder 13 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 44, the I-Graphics decoder 13 includes a Coded Data Buffer 33, a Stream Graphics Processor 34, an Object Buffer 35, a Composition Buffer 36, and a Graphics Controller 37.

The Coded Data Buffer 33 is a buffer in which ICS, PDS, and ODS are temporarily stored together with DTS and PTS.
The Stream Graphics Processor 34 decodes the ODS and writes uncompressed graphics obtained by the decoding to the Object Buffer 35.
The Object Buffer 35 is a buffer in which many uncompressed graphics (square frames in the figure) obtained by decoding of the Stream Graphics Processor 34 are arranged.

The composition buffer 36 is a memory in which the ICS is arranged. The composition buffer 36 supplies a plurality of page information in the ICS stored therein and button information existing in each page information to the graphics controller 37.
The Graphics Controller 37 draws graphics by referring to the button information of the information (current page information) specified by the PSR 11 among the multiple page information in the ICS arranged in the Composition Buffer 36. This drawing is performed by reading the graphics specified by start_object_id_normal and End_object_id_normal of normal_state_info from the Object Buffer 15 and writing them in the Interactive Graphics plane 15 in each button information in the current page information. Of the button information in the current page information, what is specified by PSR10 is rendered by reading the graphics specified by start_object_id_selected and End_object_id_selected of selected_state_info from the Object Buffer 15 and writing it to the Interactive Graphics plane 15. Arrows bg1, 2, 3, and 4 in the figure symbolize the drawing by the graphics controller 37 described above. As a result of such drawing, a page on which the buttons 1-A to 1-D are arranged appears on the Interactive Graphics plane 15 and is combined with a moving image.

The above is an overview of the processing to be performed by the Graphics Controller 37. Details of the processing to be performed by the Graphics Controller 37 are as shown in FIGS.
FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing the processing corresponding to the main routine among the processing of the Graphics Controller 37. This flowchart determines whether any of the events in steps S81, S82, and S83 is established while performing step S88 (animation processing) and step S89 (UO processing). If established, the corresponding process is executed and the process returns to the main routine.

Step S81 is a determination as to whether or not the ICS is valid at the current playback time. If so, the first page information in the ICS is set in the PSR10 (step S84). Thereafter, the current page display process is executed (step S85).
Step S82 is a determination of whether or not the current playback time is the time indicated by selection_TimeOut_PTS. If so, the button is activated (step S86).

  Step S83 is a determination of whether or not the current playback time is Composition_TimeOut_PTS. If so, the screen is cleared and PSR10 and PSR11 are invalidated (step S87). The above is the synchronization process using the time stamp. In this synchronization process, the processing procedure of step S85 and step S86 is made into a subroutine. The processing procedure of the subroutine of step S85 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the initial display. Step S91 is execution of the display effect defined in In_effect of the current page. After executing this, current button setting processing is performed. The current button is defined in PSR10, and execution of “Procedure when playback condition is changed” for this PSR10 is the process of step S92. If the current button is determined in step S92, the process proceeds to step S93 to step S98.

Steps S93 to S98 form a loop process that is repeated for each button information in the current page (steps S93 and S94). Button information to be processed in this loop processing is called button information (p).
In step S95, it is determined whether button_info (p) is button_info corresponding to the current button. If so, the process proceeds to step S96, and if different, the process proceeds to step S97.

In step S96, the graphics object of start_object_id__selected specified in the selected_state_info of button_info (p) is specified from the Object Buffer 35 as a graphics object (p).
In step S97, the graphics object of start_object_id_normal specified in normal_state_info of button_info (p) is specified from the Object Buffer 35 as a graphics object (p).

  If the graphics object (p) is specified through step S96 and step S97, the graphics object (p) is written at the position on the Interactive Graphics plane 15 indicated by button_horizontal_position, button_vertical_position of button_info (p) (step S98). ). If such processing is repeated for each button information in the current page, the first graphics object among the plurality of graphics objects representing the state of each button is written on the Interactive Graphics plane 15.

Subsequently, the processing procedure of the subroutine of step S86 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 47 is a flowchart showing a button auto-activation process procedure. First, it is determined whether default_activated__button_id_ref is 0 or FF (step S100). If it is 00, no processing is performed and the process returns to the main routine. If it is FF, the current button i is changed to the active state (step S102). Then, the variable animation (i) corresponding to the current button i is set to 0, and the process returns to the main routine (step S103).

If neither 00 nor FF, the button specified by default_activated_button_number is set as the current button (step S101), the current button i is changed to the active state (step S102), and the variable animation (i) corresponding to the current button i is set to 0. And return to the main routine (step S103).
Through the above processing, the button in the selected state is changed to the active state when a predetermined time has elapsed. The above is the entire flowchart of FIG.

Next, animation display on the page will be described. FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of animation display.
Here, the initial display is realized by writing the graphics object specified by start_object_id_normal in normal_state_info of each button_info and start_object_id_selected in selected_state_info to the Interactive Graphics plane 15. The animation is a process of overwriting an arbitrary frame (graphic object at the q-th frame) in each button on the Interactive Graphics plane 15 every time the loop process of the main routine is completed. This update is performed by writing the graphics objects specified by normal_state_info and selected_state_info of button_info one by one in the Interactive Graphics plane 15 and returning to the main routine. Here, the variable q is a variable for designating individual graphics objects designated by normal_state_info and selected_state_info of button_info of each button information.

Processing for realizing this animation display will be described with reference to FIG. In order to simplify the description, this flowchart is drawn on the premise that repeat_normal_flag and repeat_selected_flag of ICS are set to be repeated.
In step S110, it is determined whether or not the initial display has been completed. If it has not been completed, the process returns without performing any processing. If it has been completed, the processing of step S111 to step S123 is executed. Steps S111 to S123 constitute a loop process in which the processes of Steps S113 to S123 are repeated for each button_info in the ICS (Steps S111 and S112).

A step S113 sets a variable animation (p) corresponding to button_info (p) to a variable q. Thus, the variable q indicates the current number of frames corresponding to button_info (p).
Step S114 is a determination as to whether or not button_info (p) is button_info corresponding to the currently selected button (current button).
If it is a button other than the current button, an identifier obtained by adding variable q to start_object_id_normal in button_info (p) .normal_state_info is set as ID (q) (step S115).

If the button corresponds to the current button, the determination in step S116 is performed.
Step S116 determines whether or not the current button is in an active state. If so, an identifier obtained by adding variable q to start_object_id_activated in button_info (p) .actioned_state_info in step S117 is ID (q). Then, one of the button commands included in button_info (p) is executed (step S118).

If the current button is not in an active state, an identifier obtained by adding a variable q to start_object_id_selected in button_info (p) .selected_state_info is set as ID (q) (step S119).
When ID (q) is determined in this way, the graphics object (q) having ID (q) existing in the Object Buffer 35 is written in the position on the Graphics Plane 15 indicated by button_horizontal_position, button_vertical_position of button_info (p) (step S120). .

Through the loop processing described above, the qth object among the plurality of graphics objects constituting the selected state (or active state) of the current button and the normal state of the other buttons is written to the Interactive Graphics plane 15.
Step S121 is a determination of whether or not start_object_id_normal + q has reached end_object_id_normal. If not, a value obtained by incrementing variable q is set to variable animation (p) (step S122). If reached, the variable animation (p) is initialized to 0 (step S123). The above processing is repeated for all button_info in the ICS (step S111, step S112). If all button_info is processed, the process returns to the main routine.

  Through the above steps S110 to S123, the design of each button on the dialogue screen is updated to a new graphics object every time the main routine makes a round. If the main routine is repeated many times, so-called animation becomes possible. In the animation, the graphics controller 37 adjusts the time so that the display interval of one frame of the graphics object becomes a value indicated by animation_frame_rate_code.

  Next, button command execution processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Step S131 extracts one button command in the button information, and step S132 determines whether or not the button command is a page switching command. If it is not a page switching command, the button command is executed as it is in step S133. If it is a page switching command, the display effect defined in Out_effect of the current page is executed (step S134). Then, the switching destination page specified from the operand of button_command is set to X, the button number specified from the operand of button_command is stored in PSR10 (step S135), and Procedure when change is requested for PSR11 is executed (step S136). . Here, PSR11 indicates the currently displayed page, and the current page is determined by executing “Procedure when change is requested”. Thereafter, the “Procedure when playback condition is changed” for R10 is executed, and the button command execution processing ends.

This is the end of the description of the button command execution process. Next, the processing procedure of the UO process in step S37 of the main routine will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of UO processing. In this flowchart, it is determined whether or not any event of Steps S140 to S143 is established, and if any event is established, the corresponding process is executed and the process returns to the main routine. Step S140 determines whether or not the UOmaskTable is set to “1”. If it is set, the process returns to the main routine without performing any processing.

  Step S141 is a determination of whether or not the MoveUP / Down / Left / Right key has been pressed. If these keys are pressed, the current button is changed (step S147) and the auto_action_flag of the current button is 01. It is determined whether or not (step S148). If not, return to the main routine. If so, the process proceeds to step S144.

Step S143 is a determination of whether or not a numerical value is input. If a numerical value is input, numerical value input processing is performed (step S146), and the process returns to the main routine.
Step S142 is a determination of whether or not the activated key has been pressed. If so, the current button i is transitioned to the active state (step S144). Thereafter, the variable animation (i) is set to 0 (step S145). In the processing procedure of FIG. 51, step S147 is a subroutine. FIG. 51 shows the processing procedure of this subroutine. Hereinafter, these flowcharts will be described.

FIG. 51 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of current button change processing. First, among the upper_button_number, lower_button_number, left_button_number, and right_button_number in the neighbor_info of the current button, the one corresponding to the pressed key is specified (step S150).
The current button is the button Y, and the button that becomes the new current button is the button X (step S151). In setting X to PSR10, Procedure when change is requested is executed (step S152).

After the setting, the variable animation (X) and the variable animation (Y) are set to 0, and the process returns to the main routine (step S153).
The above is the processing of the graphics decoder.
<Specific examples of focus movement>
In the above page switching, the designation of which button in the switching destination page is selected depends on the judgment of the authoring person. Here, what kind of focus movement is realized becomes a problem. Here, focus refers to a button that is in a selected state, and focus movement refers to moving a button that is in a selected state in response to page switching by using the button command or default selected button described above. Or moving it statically.

  Here, the focus movement for supporting viewing of package media on which a plurality of contents such as a series drama are recorded will be described. In package media on which a series of dramas is recorded, content corresponding to each story is recorded on one disc, such as the first story, the second story, the third story, and the fourth story. In this case, it is common to play back the content for each story in the order of the number of stories, such as episode 1 → episode 2, episode 2 → episode 3, episode 3 → episode 4. . When the number of stories is selected via a selection menu, each time a story is played, selection such as episode 1 → episode 2, episode 2 → episode 3, episode 3 → episode 4, etc. Making the user perform the operation gives the user a sense of complexity.

  FIG. 52 specifically shows this selection operation. In this figure, the selection menu has buttons corresponding to the first episode, the second episode, the third episode, and the fourth episode. When each button is confirmed, the chapter menu corresponding to the first episode and the second episode are selected. A chapter menu corresponding to, and a chapter menu corresponding to the third episode are displayed. After the chapter menus are displayed, when the selection menu is displayed again, the user must perform a key operation to select the content with the next number of stories. That is, when the chapter menu corresponding to the first episode is displayed (hw1) and the selection menu is displayed again (hw2), it is necessary to perform the key operation (ks1) to select the second episode.

When the chapter menu corresponding to the second episode is displayed (hw3) and the selection menu is displayed again (hw4), it is necessary to perform a key operation (ks2) to select the third episode.
It is the focus movement that reduces the troublesome operation of the key operation. Hereinafter, a procedure for realizing focus movement will be described. FIG. 53 is a diagram showing how page 1 to page 4 shown in FIG. 52 are allocated to the selection menu and chapter menu. 52, page 1 is assigned to the selection menu, page 2 is assigned to the first episode chapter menu, page 3 is assigned to the second episode chapter menu, and page 4 is assigned to the third episode chapter menu. Shall.

Then, button 1-A to button 1-D on page 1 are assigned to the selection buttons for episodes 1 to 4 in the selection menu, and button 2-A to button 2-F on page 2 are assigned to chapter 1 in the chapter menu. ~ Assigned to chapter 5, return button. Here, the return button is a button that accepts from the user that the selection menu is to be redisplayed.
After such an assignment, the processing procedure as shown in FIG. 54 is described using the button command for button 1-A on page 1 and the button command for button 2-F on page 2. The processing procedure described by the button command for button 1-A in this figure is as follows: (1) Save the setting value of PSR10 to GPR, (2) Set value 2 to PSR11, (3 ) Set value 1 to PSR10.

By setting the PSR in this way, the chapter menu of the first episode is displayed, and the button 2-A enters the selected state.
On the other hand, the processing procedure described by the button command of button 2-F on page 2 is (1) set 1 to PSR11 and (2) set “value saved in GPR + 1” to PSR10. is there.
As described above, if the button commands for button 1-A on page 1 and button 2-F on page 2 are described, when the chapter menu display of the first episode is finished and the selection menu is displayed again, the first episode is displayed. The focus is automatically moved from the button to the button of the second episode. If the same button command description is repeated for the buttons 1-B to 1-D on page 1 and the buttons on other pages, focus movement as shown in FIG. 55 is realized.

By such focus movement, it is possible to easily perform a search for finding a chapter to be viewed from a continuous drama composed of a lot of contents.
In realizing the above focus movement, it is necessary to write a button command for each button, so if there are a large number of buttons and pages, bugs may occur, and testing work to find such bugs is also necessary become.

  The following bugs can occur when moving the focus. When page 1 is displayed and the fourth button 1-D is in the selected state, if the above procedure is executed, when switching from page 1 to page 2, switching from page 2 to page 1 The button number (= 5) obtained by adding 1 to the button number of the button 1-D is set in the PSR. Since the fifth button does not exist, the PSR setting causes the focus to move to a button that does not exist on page 1. As shown in FIG. 56, after the sixth button (button 1-F) on page 2 is set to the selected state, page 1 may be displayed again without updating the PSR. Also in this case, the focus moves to a button that does not actually exist when the page 1 is redisplayed, and the focus movement becomes strange when the page is redisplayed. As described above, when the number of buttons for each page is different, a state setting frequently occurs such that a button that cannot exist on the page after switching is set to the selected state. Since the occurrence of such a defect is not allowed in the shipment of the content, the authoring person must make an effort to debug and test the program so as to ensure the normal operation of the state setting. However, having authors in charge of debugging and testing like a software house can have a negative impact on the main content production.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, similarly to PSR1, PSR2, and PSR3, PSR10 and PSR11 are caused to perform state transition through Procedure when playback condition is changed and Procedure when change is requested.
<State transition of PSR11>
PSR11 indicates the page (current page) currently displayed in the IG stream. PSR11 takes a value of 00 to FF, and the playback apparatus interprets the value of PSR11 as a page number and performs page display. FIG. 57A shows the state transition of PSR11. Comparing this figure with FIG. 15A, it can be seen that there is no state transition triggered by the event Cross PlayItem Boundary. The state transition trigger from Invalid to Valid has been replaced from Start PlayList Playback to Interactive Composition Segment become Valid, and the state transition from Valid to Invalid has been replaced from Terminate PlayList Playback to Interactive Composition Segment become invalid. Also, “Procedure when change is requested” is replaced by “page change is requested” instead of “Stream change is requested”. Except for these, it is the same as FIG.

  “Interactive Composition Segment become invalid” is a comprehensive term including an event that the time indicated in the ICS composition_time_out_pts has reached, an event that the ICS has changed, and an event that the reproduction of the PL has ended. Since the number of audio streams is different for each Play Item, PL playback started in the state transition of PSR1, and it was necessary to set up PSR1 by starting Procedure when playback condition is changed every time it crosses the boundary of Play Item . However, PSR11 is meaningful in the section where ICS is multiplexed, and it is not necessary to execute Procedure when playback condition is changed every time a Play Item passes, so the state transition of Invalid-Valid and Invalid-Valid is valid for ICS. The trigger is that

Next, the procedure when playback condition is changed for PSR11 will be described. FIG. 57 (b) is a flowchart showing the procedure when playback condition is changed for PSR11. “Procedure when playback condition is changed” is to set PSR11 as the first page information in ICS (step S154).
FIG. 57 (c) is a flowchart showing “Procedure when change is requested” for PSR11. Procedure when change is requested determines whether or not X is valid (step S155). If it is valid, X is set to PSR11. If it is invalid (step S156), this PSR11 is set. It is to maintain (step S157). This completes the explanation of PSR11.

<State transition of PSR10>
Hereinafter, the state transition of PSR10 will be described. FIG. 58A shows the state transition of PSR10. Compared with FIG. 57A, this diagram is the same as FIG. 57 except that a state transition triggered by an event Change Page and an event Button Disabled is added. And Procedure when change is requested is not page change is requested, but button change is requested.Event Change Page is an event that page change is ordered, and event Button Disabled is an event on page. This is an event that the displayed button is disabled. If these events occur, the procedure shifts to Procedure when playback condition is changed, the value to be set in PSR10 is reset, and then returns to Valid.

The above is the state transition of PSR10. Next, PSR10 procedure when playback condition is changed and procedure when change is requested will be described.
FIG. 58 (b) is a flowchart showing the PSR10 procedure when playback condition is changed.
Step S161 is a determination of whether or not the default selected button in the current page is valid. If step S161 is Yes, the default selected button is set to PSR10 (step S162).

Step S163 is a determination step of determining whether or not PSR10 is valid when the default selected button is Invalid. If PSR10 is valid, the value of PSR10 is maintained (step S164). If PSR10 is invalid, the first button on the current page is set to PSR10 (step S165).
FIG. 59 is a flowchart showing “Procedure when change is requested” of PSR10. In step S166 in this flowchart, it is determined whether or not X is a valid button number. If it is valid, X is set in PSR10 (step S168). If X is Invalid, the set value of PSR10 is maintained (step S167).

  According to the processing procedure described above, if the PSR is Invalid, the PSR10 is set so that the top button information in the button information described in the page is set to the selected state. Even if the authoring person sets a button number that cannot exist in the previous page, a process of replacing this with a correct value is automatically executed. Even if there is an error in the button command written to achieve focus movement, recovery is automatically performed, reducing the burden on the authoring person.

(Remarks)
The above description does not show all implementation modes of the present invention. The present invention can be implemented also by the form of the implementation act in which the following (A), (B), (C), (D). Each invention according to the claims of the present application is an extended description or a generalized description of the above-described embodiments and their modifications. The degree of expansion or generalization is based on the characteristics of the technical level of the technical field of the present invention at the time of filing.

  (A) In all the embodiments, the recording medium according to the present invention is implemented as a BD-ROM. However, the recording medium according to the present invention is characterized by a graphics stream to be recorded. It does not depend on the physical properties. Any recording medium that can record a graphics stream may be used. For example, it may be an optical disk such as DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD + RW, DVD + R, CD-R, CD-RW, or a magneto-optical disk such as PD, MO. . Further, it may be a semiconductor memory card such as a compact flash (registered trademark) card, smart media, memory stick, multimedia card, and PCM-CIA card. It may be a flexible disk, a magnetic recording disk (i) such as SuperDisk, Zip, or Clik !, or a removable hard disk drive (ii) such as ORB, Jaz, SparQ, SyJet, EZFley, or a microdrive. Furthermore, a built-in hard disk may be used.

  (B) The playback device in all embodiments decodes the AVClip recorded on the BD-ROM and outputs it to the TV. However, the playback device is only a BD-ROM drive, and other components are the TV. In this case, the playback device and the TV can be incorporated into a home network connected by IEEE1394. In addition, the playback device in the embodiment is a type that is used by being connected to a television, but may be a playback device integrated with a display. Furthermore, in the playback device of each embodiment, only a system LSI (integrated circuit) that forms an essential part of the processing may be implemented. Since these playback devices and integrated circuits are the inventions described in this specification, playback is performed based on the internal configuration of the playback device shown in the first embodiment, regardless of which aspect. The act of manufacturing the device is an act of implementing the invention described in the specification of the present application. The act of transferring the playback device shown in the first embodiment for a fee or free of charge (sale if paid, or gift if free), lending or importing is also an implementation of the present invention. The act of offering this transfer or lending to a general user through store display, catalog solicitation, or pamphlet distribution is also an implementation of this playback device.

  (C) Since the information processing by the program shown in each flowchart is specifically realized using hardware resources, the program showing the processing procedure in the flowchart is established as an invention as a single unit. Although all the embodiments have been described with respect to the implementation of the program according to the present invention in a mode incorporated in the playback device, the program alone shown in the first embodiment is implemented separately from the playback device. May be. The act of implementing the program alone includes the act of producing these programs (1), the act of transferring the program for a fee (2), the act of lending (3), the act of importing (4), There is an act of offering to the public through electronic communication lines (5), and an act of offering to the general user transfer or lending of the program by storefront, catalog solicitation, or pamphlet distribution.

  (D) The “time” element of each step executed in time series in each flowchart is considered as an indispensable matter for specifying the invention. Then, it can be seen that the processing procedure by these flowcharts discloses the usage mode of the reproduction method. If the processing of these flowcharts is performed so that the original purpose of the present invention can be achieved and the operations and effects can be achieved by performing the processing of each step in time series, the recording according to the present invention is performed. Needless to say, this is an implementation of the method.

  (E) When recording on a BD-ROM, it is desirable to add an extension header to each TS packet constituting an AVClip. The extension header is called TP_extra_header and includes “Arribval_Time_Stamp” and “copy_permission_indicator” and has a data length of 4 bytes. TS packets with TP_extra_header (hereinafter abbreviated as TS packets with EX) are grouped every 32 and written to three sectors. A group consisting of 32 EX-attached TS packets is 6144 bytes (= 32 × 192), which matches three sector sizes of 6144 bytes (= 2048 × 3). 32 EX-attached TS packets stored in 3 sectors are called “Aligned Unit”.

  When used in a home network connected via IEEE1394, the playback device transmits Aligned Units by the following transmission process. That is, the sender device removes TP_extra_header from each of the 32 EX-added TS packets included in the Aligned Unit, and encrypts and outputs the TS packet body based on the DTCP standard. When outputting TS packets, isochronous packets are inserted everywhere between TS packets. This insertion location is a position based on the time indicated in Arribval_Time_Stamp of TP_extra_header. With the output of the TS packet, the playback device outputs DTCP_Descriptor. DTCP_Descriptor indicates copy permission / inhibition setting in TP_extra_header. If a DTCP_Descriptor is described so as to indicate “copy prohibited”, TS packets are not recorded in other devices when used in a home network connected via IEEE1394.

  (F) The digital stream in each embodiment is an AVClip of the BD-ROM standard, but may be a VOB (Video Object) of the DVD-Video standard or the DVD-Video Recording standard. The VOB is a program stream conforming to the ISO / IEC13818-1 standard obtained by multiplexing a video stream and an audio stream. The video stream in AVClip may be in MPEG4 or WMV format. Furthermore, the audio stream may be a Linear-PCM format, an MP3 format, or an MPEG-AAC format.

(G) The movie work in each embodiment may be obtained by encoding an analog video signal broadcast by analog broadcasting. It may be stream data composed of a transport stream broadcast by digital broadcasting.
Further, the content may be obtained by encoding an analog / digital video signal recorded on a video tape. Further, the content may be obtained by encoding an analog / digital video signal taken directly from the video camera. In addition, a digital work distributed by a distribution server may be used.

  (H) The graphics object shown in each embodiment is run-length encoded raster data. The reason why the run-length encoding method is adopted as the compression / encoding method for graphics objects is that run-length encoding is most suitable for compression / decompression of subtitles. Subtitles have a characteristic that the continuous length of the same pixel value in the horizontal direction is relatively long, and a high compression rate can be obtained by performing compression by run-length encoding. Also, the load for decompression is light and suitable for software for decryption processing. The same compression / decompression method as subtitles is adopted for buttons for the purpose of sharing the apparatus configuration for realizing decoding between subtitles and buttons. However, adopting the run-length encoding method is not an essential matter of the present invention, and the graphics object may be PNG data. Further, it may be vector data instead of raster data, or a more transparent picture.

  (I) The target of the display effect by PCS may be subtitle graphics selected according to the display setting on the apparatus side. In other words, graphics for various display modes such as wide vision, pan scan, and letterbox are recorded on the BD-ROM, and the device chooses one of these according to the setting of the TV connected to itself. indicate. In this case, the display effect based on the PCS is applied to the subtitle graphics displayed in this manner, so that the appearance is improved. As a result, a display effect using characters as expressed in the main body of the moving image can be realized with subtitles displayed according to the display setting on the apparatus side, and thus has practical value.

(J) Although the graphics plane is mounted on the playback device in each embodiment, a line buffer that stores uncompressed pixels for one line may be provided instead of the graphics plane. This is because the conversion to the video signal is performed for each horizontal line (line), so that the conversion to the video signal can be performed as long as the line buffer is provided.
(K) In the third embodiment, button commands for setting values in PSR10 and PSR10 are described in ICS, but button commands for setting values in PSR1, PSR2, and PSR3 may be described. For example, if PSR2 indicates English subtitles, a button command may be written to select Japanese speech.

  (L) When the audio selection menu and the subtitle selection menu are displayed and the audio stream selection and the subtitle selection are accepted, a button that is an “automatic button” may be provided in the audio selection menu and the subtitle selection menu. The button information corresponding to such a button has a button command for setting an indefinite value in PSR1 and PSR2. If the button command is executed when the automatic button is confirmed, PSR1 and PSR2 are set to indefinite values, and Procedure when playback condition is changed is activated to select the optimal audio stream, PG_textST_stream.

  (M) In the first embodiment, the conditions to be satisfied are three (a) to (c), but may be four or more.

  The playback apparatus according to the present invention has an internal configuration disclosed in the above embodiment, and can be mass-produced based on the internal configuration, so that it can be industrially used in qualities. Therefore, the playback device according to the present invention has industrial applicability.

(A) It is a figure which shows the form about the usage act of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus based on this invention. (B) It is a figure which shows the key in the remote control 400 for accepting operation with respect to a dialog screen from a user. It is a figure which shows the structure of BD-ROM. It is a figure which shows typically how AVClip is comprised. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of Clip information. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of PL information. It is the figure which modeled the indirect reference by PL information. It is a figure which shows typically the synchronization of the subPlayItem by sync_PlayItem_id, sync_start_PTS_of_PlayItem. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of STN_table. (A) It is a figure which shows the combination of entry-attribute corresponding to a video stream. (B) It is a figure which shows the combination of entry-attribute corresponding to an audio stream. (C) It is a figure which shows the combination of entry-attribute corresponding to PG stream. (D) It is a figure which shows the combination of entry-attribute corresponding to a textST stream. (E) It is a figure which shows the combination of entry-attribute corresponding to IG stream. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the playlist information preloaded by HD. It is a figure which shows the file designation | designated by Clip_Information_file_name in the play list information on HD. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus based on this invention. It shows detailed settings of PSR1, PSR2, PSR15, PSR16, and PSR30. It is a figure which shows the detailed setting of PSR4-PSR8. (A) State transition that the set value of PSR1 can take. (B) It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when playback condition is changed about PSR1. It is the flowchart shown to the detailed process sequence of step S5. It is the figure which showed the combination of the reproduction | regeneration capability and the attribute of a stream with a table format. It is a figure which shows the audio stream selection based on the order | rank of entry in STN_table. It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when change is requested about PSR1. (A)-(c) It is a figure which shows the 1st specific example of the audio stream selection by Procedure when playback condition is changed. (A)-(c) It is a figure which shows the 2nd specific example of the audio stream selection by Procedure when playback condition is changed. (A)-(c) It is a figure which shows the 3rd specific example of the audio stream selection by Procedure when playback condition is changed. (A) It is a figure which shows the state transition which PSR2 can take. (B) It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when playback condition is changed in PSR2. It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when change is requested about PSR2. It is a flowchart which shows the setting procedure of PSR2. It is a figure which shows the specific example of PG_textST_stream selection by (a)-(c) Procedure when playback condition is changed. It is a figure which shows PG_textST_stream selection based on the order | rank of entry in STN_table. It is a figure which shows the structure of PlayList information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the file structure which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. (A) (b) It is a figure which shows a multi-angle area and a non-angle area. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of PSR3. (A) It is a figure which shows the state transition of PSR3. (B) It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when playback condition is changed in PSR3. (C) It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when change is requested in PSR3. (A) (b) It is a figure which shows how selection of an angle area is performed. It is a figure which shows IG stream and ICS. It is a figure which shows the internal structure about button information. It is a figure which shows the relationship between ODS contained in a certain DSn, and ICS. It is a figure which shows the screen composition in the display timing of arbitrary picture data pt1. It is a figure which shows the state transition of button 1-A-button 1-D. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of the button information in ICS. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing display switching from page 1 to page 2; It is a figure for demonstrating PSR0, PSR10, and PSR11. (A) State transition that PSR0 can take. (B) “Procedure when playback condition is changed” in PSR0. The flowchart of Procedure when change is requested in PSR0 is shown. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of an I-Graphics decoder 13. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the synchronous control by a time stamp. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of an initial display. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of auto activation. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of an animation display. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of a button command execution process. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of UO process. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the change process of a current button. It is a figure which shows the key operation which a user should perform when viewing a continuous drama. It is a figure which shows how the page 1-page 4 shown in FIG. 52 are allocated to a selection menu and a chapter menu. It is a figure which shows the process sequence which should be described in each button command in implement | achieving a focus movement. It is a figure which shows focus movement like interlocking with the focus position of the previous page. It is a figure which shows the bug which may occur in the focus movement. (A) It is a figure which shows the state transition of PSR11. (B) It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when playback condition is changed about PSR11. (C) It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when change is requested about PSR11. (A) It is a figure which shows the state transition of PSR10. (B) A flowchart showing the PSR10 procedure when playback condition is changed. It is a flowchart which shows Procedure when change is requested of PSR10.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 BD drive 2 Read buffer 3 Demultiplexer 4 Video decoder 5 Video plane 9 P-Graphics decoder 10 Presentation Graphics plane 11 Composition part 12 Font generator 13 I-Graphics decoder 14 Switch 15 Interactive Graphics plane 16 Composition part 17 Controller 18 Read buffer 19 Demultiplexer 20 Audio decoder 21 Switch 22 Switch 23 Scenario memory 24 Control unit 25 Switch 26 CLUT unit 27 CLUT unit 28 PSR set 29 Operation accepting unit 30 Transition control unit 200 Playback device 300 Television 400 Remote control

Claims (6)

A playback device that plays back an AV stream recorded on a recording medium according to playlist information,
The playlist information includes a plurality of pieces of playback section information, and the playback section information includes a default AV stream specification and an in-time and out-time specification on the time axis of the AV stream, and a playback section that becomes a current playback section. A playback interval register for storing the number of
Playback means for playing back the AV stream designated as the default AV stream in the current playback section from in-time to out-time in the current playback section;
Angle number register,
Transition control means,
There are playback section information that includes a multi-stream extension structure and those that do not, the multi-stream extension structure includes the designation of the second and subsequent AV streams in the playback section information,
When the multi-stream extension structure exists in the current playback section, the angle stored in the angle number register among the AV streams specified by the default AV stream specification in the current playback section and the AV stream specification in the multi-stream extension structure The one corresponding to the number becomes the playback target of the playback means,
The sum of the designated number of default AV streams and the designated number of AV streams in the multi-stream extension structure indicates the number of angles that are valid in the current playback section,
When the current playback section changes to the next playback section information in the playlist information, and there is a multi-stream extension structure in the current playback section after the change, the transition control means stores in the angle number register has been that angle number is equal to or less than the number of valid angles in the current playback section, if less, but to maintain the angle number, Uwamaware words, the initial value of a Single number to angle number register writing,
When switching of the angle number is requested by the user, the transition control means determines whether or not the angle number X to be newly written to the angle number register is less than or equal to the number of valid angles in the current playback section. If there is, the angle number X is written in the angle number register, but if it exceeds, the stored value in the angle number register is maintained. The recording medium includes a read-only optical disk and a recording medium capable of writing a file obtained through a network .
The read-only optical disc and the recording medium on which the file can be written are recognized by a playback device as a virtual package which is a virtual integrated recording medium. A default AV stream designation and multi-stream extension in the playback section information The AV stream designation in the structure is
Number indicating a file storing an AV stream on said read-only optical disc, and a feature to be made using any numerical value indicating the file storing an AV stream on a recording medium capable the file writing The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1. A program for causing a computer to execute processing for reproducing an AV stream recorded on a recording medium according to playlist information,
The playlist information includes a plurality of pieces of playback section information, and the playback section information includes a default AV stream specification and an in-time and out-time specification on the time axis of the AV stream, and a playback section that becomes a current playback section. In a computer having a playback section register for storing the number and an angle number register,
A playback step of playing back an AV stream designated as a default AV stream in the current playback section from in-time to out-time in the current playback section;
A transition control step is executed,
There are playback section information that includes a multi-stream extension structure and those that do not, the multi-stream extension structure includes the designation of the second and subsequent AV streams in the playback section information,
When the multi-stream extension structure exists in the current playback section, the angle stored in the angle number register among the AV streams specified by the default AV stream specification in the current playback section and the AV stream specification in the multi-stream extension structure The one corresponding to the number becomes the playback target by the playback step ,
The sum of the designated number of default AV streams and the designated number of AV streams in the multi-stream extension structure indicates the number of angles that are valid in the current playback section,
When the current playback section changes to the next playback section information in the playlist information, and the multi-stream extension structure exists in the changed current playback section, the transition control step is stored in the angle number register has been that angle number is equal to or less than the number of valid angles in the current playback section, if less, but to maintain the angle number, Uwamaware words, the initial value of a Single number to angle number register writing,
When switching of the angle number is requested by the user, the transition control step determines whether or not the angle number X to be newly written to the angle number register is equal to or less than the number of valid angles in the current playback section. If there is, the angle number X is written into the angle number register, but if it exceeds, the stored value in the angle number register is maintained. The recording medium includes a read-only optical disk and a recording medium capable of writing a file obtained through a network .
The read-only optical disc and the file-writable recording medium are recognized by a computer as a virtual package that is a virtual integrated recording medium, and a default AV stream designation and multi-stream extension structure in the playback section information AV stream specification in
Number indicating a file storing an AV stream on said read-only optical disc, and a feature to be made using any numerical value indicating the file storing an AV stream on a recording medium capable the file writing The program according to claim 3. A reproduction method for executing processing for reproducing an AV stream recorded on a recording medium on a computer according to playlist information,
The playlist information includes a plurality of pieces of playback section information, and the playback section information includes a default AV stream specification and an in-time and out-time specification on the time axis of the AV stream, and a playback section that becomes a current playback section. In a computer having a playback section register for storing the number of and an angle number register,
A playback step of playing back an AV stream designated as a default AV stream in the current playback section from in-time to out-time in the current playback section;
A transition control step is executed,
There are playback section information that includes a multi-stream extension structure and those that do not, the multi-stream extension structure includes the designation of the second and subsequent AV streams in the playback section information,
When the multi-stream extension structure exists in the current playback section, the angle stored in the angle number register among the AV streams specified by the default AV stream specification in the current playback section and the AV stream specification in the multi-stream extension structure The one corresponding to the number becomes the playback target by the playback step ,
The sum of the designated number of default AV streams and the designated number of AV streams in the multi-stream extension structure indicates the number of angles that are valid in the current playback section,
When the current playback section changes to the next playback section information in the playlist information, and the multi-stream extension structure exists in the changed current playback section, the transition control step is stored in the angle number register has been that angle number is equal to or less than the number of valid angles in the current playback section, if less, but to maintain the angle number, Uwamaware words, the initial value of a Single number to angle number register writing,
When switching of the angle number is requested by the user, the transition control step determines whether or not the angle number X to be newly written to the angle number register is equal to or less than the number of valid angles in the current playback section. If there is, the angle number X is written in the angle number register, but if it exceeds, the stored value in the angle number register is maintained. The recording medium includes a read-only optical disk and a recording medium capable of writing a file obtained through a network .
The read-only optical disc and the file-writable recording medium are recognized by a computer as a virtual package that is a virtual integrated recording medium, and a default AV stream designation and multi-stream extension structure in the playback section information AV stream specification in
Number indicating a file storing an AV stream on said read-only optical disc, and a feature to be made using any numerical value indicating the file storing an AV stream on a recording medium capable the file writing The reproducing method according to claim 5.

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