【發明所屬之技術領域】 1361426 本發明相關於一記錄媒體，尤其相關於用以顯示由記 錄媒體上記錄的内容可支援的的語言的方法和設備。 【先前技術】 能夠記錄大量高品質視訊和音訊資料的一記錄媒體 (例如，數位影音光碟（DVD))用多種語言與相關的音訊内容 儲存之視訊内容，以使記錄媒體可在使用不同語言的國家 中播放。使用每一種語言的音訊内容也許是被儲存為子圖 片資料串流之記錄的音訊或子標題。 當欲播放含有多種語言之音訊内容的一記錄媒體時， 需要從多種語言中選擇一種語言。在相關領域DVD播放器 中，語言係由記錄媒體的製造商依據預設音訊/子標題語言 資訊設定所選擇。 選擇性地，可以要求使用者選擇一種喜好的語言，其 通常透過一設定選單完成。在這種情況下，甚至在由使用 者選擇一種語言以後，而用選擇的語言呈現音訊或子標 題，記錄的音訊或者另一記錄媒體的子標題可以用所選擇 的語言之外的一種語言呈現。 這是因為根據記錄媒體，相同語言的音訊/子圖片串流 可以具有不同ID號碼。如果為一記錄媒體選擇一種語言， 例如，韓國，則與韓語對應的音訊/子圖片串流具有一 ID 號碼3,播放器把現有音訊/子標題語言ID號碼設為3。其 5 1361426 後，如果在DVD播放器裡載入一新的記錄媒體，與法語對 應的音訊/子圖片串流具有ID號碼3，則呈現法國音訊或 者子標題，但這並非使用者所欲。 為了解決上述問題，該播放器可以儲存一編碼，以供 選擇的語言之用，而非儲存與選擇的語言對應的音訊/子圖 片串流的ID號碼。當使一記錄媒體播放時，首先該播放 器檢查該記錄媒體是否含有由語言編碼指示的語言之音訊 資料。如果語言編碼存在，該播放器連同與語言編碼對應 的音訊/子圖片串流播放該記錄媒體的視訊内容，據以用使 用者選擇的語言呈現音訊/子標題。 有時使用者可能想要改變喜好的語言。語言之改變可 藉由如第1圖所示之設定選單之選擇項，或藉由在播放期 間在一遠端控制按下一語言鍵。每次按下語言鍵時，在螢 幕上顯示下一次可用的語言。持續該過程直到該使用者選 擇一種喜好的語言。 如上所述，用以顯示儲存内容之可用語言的相關領域 之方法和設備具有各種缺點。藉由第1圖顯示的設定選單 的語言改變可能不為使用者所熟悉，並且使用語言鍵的語 言改變是不方便的，因為使用者也許不想要麻煩地反覆按 下語言鍵，直到找到一種喜好的語言為止。 本文併呈所參考者於上，其適於額外的或替代性的細 節、特徵和/或技術背景之適當教示 【發明内容】 6 1361426 本發明之一目標係要解決上面所述問題和/或缺點，以 及提供至少下文描述的優點。 本發明的另一目標係要提供一種方法和設備，用以顯 示在一記錄媒體記錄的内容可支援的語言，此方法顯示所 有可用語言。 本發明的另一目標係要一種方法和設備，用以以預定 的次序顯示一記錄媒體上記錄的内容可支援的語言，以使 使用者選擇一種喜好的語言。 為了整體或部分達成至少上述目標和優點，本發明提 供一種方法，其能夠至少偵測在一記錄媒體上記錄的内容 支援的兩種語言，產生偵測到的語言的多個選單項，一選 單項對應一種語言並設定該選單項成為可各別選擇，以及 以自記錄媒體播放之視訊影像來顯示所產生的選單項。 為了更能整體或部分達成至少上述目標，本發明提供 一種方法，用以顯示由記錄在一記錄媒體之内容所支援的 語言，其由一播放設備所播放，依據本發明可以包含偵測 由記錄在記錄媒體上的内容支援的語言，偵測儲存在播放 設備中之指定訊息，以及依據所偵測指定訊息，決定所偵 測可用語言之顯示次序。 為了更能整體或部分達成至少上述目標，依據本發 明，本發明提供一種設備，其可以包含一第一裝置，位於 經設定以偵測記錄在一記錄媒體之内容所支援的語言的記 錄/播放設備；一第二裝置，經設定以偵測儲存在播放設備 之指定資訊；及一控制器，經設定以依據偵測到的指定資 7 1361426 訊決定偵測到的語言之顯示次序。 本發明之額外的優點、目標、和特性，部分將在下文 中敘述，部分將由那些熟知該項技藝者在驗證下文時推 知，或在實施本發明時獲知。 【實施方式】 第2圖圖示根據本發明顯示一光碟播放器之一實施例 的示意圖。如第2圖所示，該光碟播放器能夠包括一光學 讀寫頭11，用以從一光碟10(例如，一 DVD及一視訊光碟 播放器（VDP)系統12)播放所記錄之信號，以使該播放的信 號轉換成二進制信號，從該二進制信號頡取數位資料，把 該資料從該二進制信號區分成内容資料和管理資訊，和解 譯該内容資料，以產生音訊/視訊（A/V)信號。一控制單元 13能夠解譯該管理資訊、處理使用者輸入、產生選單螢幕 元件、及控制播放器的全部操作。一螢幕顯示（OSD)單元 14能夠構築一選單螢幕元件的一選單螢幕，混合器16能 夠混合該選單螢幕和視訊信號，及一記憶體1 5能夠儲存暫 時性資料。 第3圖係一流程圖，其說明一方法之實施例，用以顯 示在一記錄媒體記錄的内容可支援的語言。能夠使用第 2 圖之光碟播放器的實施例描述和應用第3圖的實施例。然 而，本發明並不偈限於此。 如第3圖所示，在處理開始以後，如果光碟1 0被載入 第2圖的光碟播放器，控制單元1 3最好能執行一初始化操 8 1361426 作。該初始化操作能夠讀取在光碟10的導入區域（LI A)記 錄的管理資訊，及暫時在記憶體1 5中儲存該管理資訊（方 塊 S10)。 此時控制單元13能夠在記憶體15儲存的管理資訊 中，找尋光碟10的内容支援的可用語言（方塊S11)。如果 偵測到可用的語言，則控制單元1 3能夠構築與每一種語言 對應之選單項或諸如此類者（方塊S12)。例如，一選單項 可以包括對應語言的一文字指示，和包圍該文字的方塊影 像。然而，本發明並不侷限於此。 在構築每一選單項以後，控制單元1 3最好偵測儲存在 一内部記憶體、一外部唯讀記憶體（未見於圖示）或類似者 之一國家編碼或類似者，以決定選單項顯示次序（方塊 S13)。國家編碼是由播放器製造商所預設之值，用以決定 用於一初始選單螢幕的語言。 一旦偵測到一國家編碼，控制單元1 3能夠給予關聯於 偵測到的國家編碼的語言顯示的優先權。對應於其他語言 之選單項之顯示次序之決定，可以依據與每一種語言關聯 之國家對最高優先權國家之近似度或類似者、在國家編碼 國家中額外語言之語言使用者之數目或類似者，或者根據 在記憶體中儲存的預先指定顯示次序資訊。然而，本發明 並不侷限於此。 在稍後的例子中，例如，如果給定一預先定義之顯示 次序，如英國-法國-西班牙-德國-俄國-中文，並且在播放 器中預設的國家編碼是法國，法國在其他語言之前，及因 9 1361426 此該些語言的顯示次序為法國-英國-西班牙-德國-俄國-中 文。尤有甚者，能夠考慮英國-西班牙-德國的國家位置較 俄國-中國的國家來得更近。 如果已決定了顯示次序，則能夠決定每一選單項的顯 示位置。因此，能夠把選單項連同它們的位置依次傳給OSD 單元 14。亦可以用選單項顯示之方法決定顯示位置，例 如，以顯示優先權的次序在螢幕上從左至右或從上至下。 接收選單項之後，OSD單元14根據它們的位置對混 合器16輸出該選單項，因此可以用預先指定的顯示次序在 螢幕上顯示選單項（方塊S1 4)。如果從光碟10播放視訊内 容，最好在主要視訊影像上顯示選單項為背景。否則，能 夠在一空白螢幕上顯示選單項。能夠以相同的方法，在設 定的選單中顯示選單項。 第4a圖和第4b圖圖示如上文所述構築的例示性選單 螢幕。在第4a圖中，以預先指定的次序從左至右顯示選單 項，而在第4b圖中係以相同次序從上至下顯示選單項。不 同於在第4a圖和第4b圖中顯示的同時顯示所有可用選單 項之例示性選單螢幕，每一次按下語言鍵可逐一顯示可用 之選單項。 雖然該使用者在螢幕上的選單項上移動一游標或指示 器以選擇一選單項，控制單元13最好突顯或反白該游標或 指示器目前定位的選單項之顏色，如第 3圖所示（方塊 S15)。藉由傳送突顯或者顏色反白的文字和一突顯的或顏 色反白的方塊影像至OSD單元14，可達成一選單之突顯 10 1361426 及顯色反白。而突顯的或顏色反白的選單項最好標示為啟 動。 當一選單項標示為啟動時，如果按下一輸入鍵，則能 夠選擇選該單項（方塊S16)。最好指定與選擇的選單項對 應的語言編碼為一啟動的語言編碼（方塊S17)。 控制單元13能夠指定與語言編碼對應的音訊/子圖片 串流的號碼為一暫時性串流號碼，及把該暫時性串流號碼 傳給VDP系统1 3。如果播放光碟1 0的視訊内容，則VDP 系統 13能夠同時解譯藉由串流號碼確認的音訊/子圖片串 流和視訊内容。如果未播放視訊内容，則V D P系統1 3能 夠儲存接收到的暫時性串流號碼，以供將來使用。因此， 能夠連同由使用者選擇的語言所呈現的音訊或子標題，呈 現在光碟上記錄的視訊内容（方塊S 1 8)。 在光碟10播放或處於待命狀態時，當使用者按下語言 鍵，以改變喜好的語言（方塊S 1 9 )，則控制單元1 3能夠依 據與可用語言相關之資訊重建選單項（方塊S12)，決定選 單項的顯示次序（方塊 S13)，並且用類似上文所述之方法 以決定的顯示次序顯示重建的選單項（方塊 S14)。如果由 使用者選擇一選單項，則指定與選單項對應的語言編碼為 一啟動的語言編碼（方塊S17)» 如上所述，本發明的較佳實施例具有各種優點。本發 明的較佳實施例能夠提供一些方法及設備，用以顯示由記 錄在一記錄媒體之内容所支援的可用語言，其幫助一使用 者在一播放設備（例如，一光碟播放設備）選擇喜好的語言 11 1361426 (例如，子標題）。 上文所述之實施例和優點僅為示例並不解讀為對本發 明之侷限。能夠把本發明之教示輕易應用於其他類型設 備《本發明的描述僅為說明性，並非本案申請專利範圍之 限制。那些熟知該項技藝者將明瞭本發明之許多替代、修 改、及變化。在申請專利範圍中，手段功能用語係用以涵 蓋當執行所述功能時本文所揭示之架構，而不僅只於該種 架構，亦及於與該種架構相近者。 【圖式簡單說明】 本發明將參照下文之附圖，依其相同之編號詳加解 釋，其中： 第1圖圖示由一 DVD播放器顯示之相關技藝設定選單 影像； 第2圖圖示依據本發明一光碟播放設備之實施例； 第3圖之流程圖圖示一實施例或方法，用以顯示由記 錄在一記錄媒體之内容所支援的可用語言； 第4a圖和第4b圖圖示例示性的選單螢幕，依據本發 明之實施例，用以選擇一較佳的語言。 第5圖圖示一例示性的選單螢幕，其中與一語言相關 之選單項被標記為啟動及在視覺上突顯。 【元件代表符號簡單說明】 10光碟 12 1361426 1 1光學讀寫頭 12 VDP系統 1 3控制器 1 4 OSD單元 1 5記憶體 1 6混合器 13[Technical Field of the Invention] 1361426 The present invention relates to a recording medium, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for displaying a language supportable by content recorded on a recording medium. [Prior Art] A recording medium (for example, a digital video disc (DVD)) capable of recording a large amount of high-quality video and audio data is stored in a plurality of languages and related audio contents, so that the recording medium can be used in different languages. Play in the country. The audio content used in each language may be an audio or subtitle that is stored as a record of the sub-picture stream. When a recording medium containing audio content in multiple languages is to be played, it is necessary to select one language from a plurality of languages. In the related art DVD player, the language is selected by the manufacturer of the recording medium according to the preset audio/subtitle language information setting. Alternatively, the user may be required to select a preferred language, which is typically done through a setup menu. In this case, even after the user selects a language and the audio or subtitle is presented in the selected language, the recorded audio or subtitle of another recording medium can be presented in a language other than the selected language. . This is because the audio/sub-picture stream in the same language can have different ID numbers depending on the recording medium. If a language is selected for a recording medium, for example, South Korea, the audio/sub-picture stream corresponding to Korean has an ID number of 3, and the player sets the existing audio/subtitle language ID number to 3. After 5 1361426, if a new recording medium is loaded in the DVD player and the audio/sub-picture stream corresponding to French has an ID number of 3, a French audio or subtitle is presented, but this is not what the user desires. In order to solve the above problem, the player can store a code for the selected language instead of storing the ID number of the audio/sub-picture stream corresponding to the selected language. When a recording medium is played, the player first checks whether the recording medium contains audio information in a language indicated by the language encoding. If the language code exists, the player plays the video content of the recording medium along with the audio/sub-picture stream corresponding to the language code, whereby the audio/subtitle is presented in the language selected by the user. Sometimes the user may want to change the preferred language. The language change can be made by selecting an option of the setup menu as shown in Figure 1, or by pressing a language key at a remote control during playback. The next available language is displayed on the screen each time the language key is pressed. The process continues until the user selects a preferred language. As described above, the method and apparatus for displaying the related art of the available language for storing content have various disadvantages. The language change of the setup menu shown in Figure 1 may not be familiar to the user, and language changes using language keys are inconvenient because the user may not want to troubleely press the language key repeatedly until a preference is found. The language so far. The present invention is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety to the extent that it is the subject matter of the present invention. Disadvantages, as well as providing at least the advantages described below. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for displaying a language supportable by a content recorded on a recording medium, the method displaying all available languages. Another object of the present invention is a method and apparatus for displaying a language supportable by a content recorded on a recording medium in a predetermined order to allow a user to select a preferred language. In order to achieve at least the above objects and advantages in whole or in part, the present invention provides a method capable of detecting at least two languages supported by content recorded on a recording medium, generating a plurality of menu items of the detected language, a menu The item corresponds to a language and the menu item is set to be individually selectable, and the generated menu item is displayed by the video image played from the recording medium. In order to achieve at least the above object in whole or in part, the present invention provides a method for displaying a language supported by a content recorded on a recording medium, which is played by a playback device, and may include a detection record according to the present invention. The language supported by the content on the recording medium detects the specified message stored in the playback device and determines the display order of the detected available languages based on the detected specified message. In order to achieve at least the above object in whole or in part, in accordance with the present invention, the present invention provides an apparatus that can include a first device located in a recording/playback that is set to detect a language supported by the content recorded on a recording medium. And a second device configured to detect the specified information stored in the playback device; and a controller configured to determine the displayed order of the detected language according to the detected designated element 7 1361426. Additional advantages, objects, and characteristics of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows. [Embodiment] Fig. 2 is a view showing an embodiment of an optical disc player according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the optical disc player can include an optical pickup 11 for playing the recorded signal from an optical disc 10 (for example, a DVD and a video disc player (VDP) system 12). Converting the played signal into a binary signal, extracting digital data from the binary signal, separating the data from the binary signal into content data and management information, and interpreting the content data to generate audio/video (A/V) )signal. A control unit 13 is capable of interpreting the management information, processing user input, generating menu screen elements, and controlling the overall operation of the player. An on-screen display (OSD) unit 14 is capable of constructing a menu screen of a menu element, the mixer 16 is capable of mixing the menu screen and video signals, and a memory 15 is capable of storing temporary data. Figure 3 is a flow diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for displaying a language that can be supported by content recorded on a recording medium. The embodiment of Fig. 3 can be described and applied using the embodiment of the optical disc player of Fig. 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this. As shown in Fig. 3, after the start of processing, if the disc 10 is loaded into the disc player of Fig. 2, the control unit 13 preferably performs an initialization operation 8 1361426. This initialization operation can read the management information recorded in the lead-in area (LI A) of the optical disc 10, and temporarily store the management information in the memory 15 (block S10). At this time, the control unit 13 can find the available language supported by the content of the optical disc 10 in the management information stored in the memory 15 (block S11). If an available language is detected, the control unit 13 can construct a menu item corresponding to each language or the like (block S12). For example, a menu item can include a textual indication of the corresponding language, and a square image surrounding the text. However, the invention is not limited thereto. After constructing each menu item, the control unit 13 preferably detects a country code or the like stored in an internal memory, an external read-only memory (not shown) or the like to determine a menu item. The order is displayed (block S13). The country code is a value preset by the player manufacturer to determine the language used for an initial menu screen. Once a country code is detected, control unit 13 can give priority to the language display associated with the detected country code. The decision to display the order of the menu items corresponding to other languages may be based on the degree of similarity or similarity of the country associated with each language to the highest priority country, the number of language users of additional languages in the country code country, or the like. Or based on pre-specified display order information stored in the memory. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In a later example, for example, if a predefined display order is given, such as UK-France-Spain-Germany-Russian-Chinese, and the country code preset in the player is France, France before other languages , and because 9 1361426, the order of display of these languages is France-UK-Spain-Germany-Russian-Chinese. In particular, it is possible to consider that the UK-Spain-German country is closer to the Russian-Chinese country. If the display order has been determined, it is possible to determine the display position of each menu item. Therefore, the menu items can be sequentially transmitted to the OSD unit 14 along with their positions. It is also possible to determine the display position by means of a menu item display, for example, from left to right or top to bottom on the screen in the order of priority. After receiving the menu items, the OSD unit 14 outputs the menu item to the mixer 16 in accordance with their positions, so that the menu item can be displayed on the screen in a pre-specified display order (block S1 4). If the video content is played from the disc 10, it is preferable to display the menu item as the background on the main video image. Otherwise, the menu item can be displayed on a blank screen. The menu item can be displayed in the set menu in the same way. Figures 4a and 4b illustrate an exemplary menu screen constructed as described above. In Fig. 4a, the menu items are displayed from left to right in a pre-specified order, and the menu items are displayed from top to bottom in the same order in Fig. 4b. Unlike the exemplary menu screens that display all available menu items simultaneously displayed in Figures 4a and 4b, each time the language key is pressed, the available menu items are displayed one by one. Although the user moves a cursor or pointer on the menu item on the screen to select a menu item, the control unit 13 preferably highlights or highlights the color of the menu item currently positioned by the cursor or indicator, as shown in FIG. Shown (block S15). By transmitting highlighted or color highlighted text and a highlighted or color highlighted square image to the OSD unit 14, a menu highlight 10 1361426 and color rendering highlights can be achieved. Menu items that are highlighted or highlighted in color are best marked as activated. When a menu item is marked as activated, if an input key is pressed, the item can be selected (block S16). Preferably, the language corresponding to the selected menu item is encoded as an activated language code (block S17). The control unit 13 can specify the number of the audio/sub-picture stream corresponding to the language code to be a temporary stream number, and transmit the temporary stream number to the VDP system 13. If the video content of the disc 10 is played, the VDP system 13 can simultaneously interpret the audio/sub-picture stream and video content confirmed by the stream number. If the video content is not played, the V D P system 13 can store the received temporary stream number for future use. Therefore, the video content recorded on the optical disc can be presented along with the audio or subtitle presented by the language selected by the user (block S 18). When the disc 10 is playing or in the standby state, when the user presses the language key to change the preferred language (block S1 9), the control unit 13 can reconstruct the menu item according to the information related to the available language (block S12). The display order of the menu items is determined (block S13), and the reconstructed menu items are displayed in the determined display order in a manner similar to that described above (block S14). If a menu item is selected by the user, the language code corresponding to the menu item is designated as an activated language code (block S17). As described above, the preferred embodiment of the present invention has various advantages. The preferred embodiment of the present invention can provide methods and apparatus for displaying available languages supported by content recorded on a recording medium, which assists a user in selecting preferences on a playback device (e.g., a CD playback device) Language 11 1361426 (for example, subtitle). The embodiments and advantages described above are merely examples and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. The teachings of the present invention can be readily applied to other types of devices. The description of the present invention is merely illustrative and is not a limitation of the scope of the invention. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. In the context of the patent application, the means of function means are used to cover the architecture disclosed herein when performing the described functions, and not only in such an architecture, but also in a manner similar to such an architecture. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 illustrates a related art setting menu image displayed by a DVD player; An embodiment of a disc playback apparatus of the present invention; the flowchart of FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment or method for displaying available languages supported by content recorded on a recording medium; FIGS. 4a and 4b are diagrams An exemplary menu screen is used to select a preferred language in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 illustrates an exemplary menu screen in which menu items associated with a language are marked as activated and visually highlighted. [Simplified description of component symbol] 10 CD 12 1361426 1 1 optical pickup 12 VDP system 1 3 controller 1 4 OSD unit 1 5 memory 1 6 mixer 13