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- the present invention relates to a reproduction apparatus, a control method of a reproduction apparatus, a content recording medium, a data structure, a control program, and a computer-readable recording medium on which a control program is recorded.
- the present invention relates to a playback device that controls video playback by computer software, a playback device control method, a content recording medium, a data structure, a control program, and a computer-readable recording medium that records a control program. .
- Patent Document 1 describes a television display device that aims to provide a user with a simple interface while providing various control functions. More specifically, the television display device stores a plurality of control images and continuously stores a main file, and an event selector for associating an event with a selected one of the plurality of control images. An action selector for associating an action with the selected control image, and an event detected, and the control image selected over a predetermined period is displayed on a part of the television display unit in response to the event. A display unit for superimposing the display on the service, and a command unit for starting an action in accordance with whether or not a control command is supplied within a predetermined period by the input device. The contents of the main file of each main image displayed according to the main command supplied in the table are superimposed on the currently viewed television service. To.
- Patent Document 1 has in common that video reproduction is controlled by a computer program language such as Java (registered trademark).
- Patent Document 1 is intended for broadcasting, and does not disclose the following main points of the present invention for discs and the like. • Device configuration and data structure that can control the start and end of processing by the program with video frame accuracy
- FIG. 35 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a conventional AV device having a general-purpose program language execution environment.
- the system when a general-purpose program language execution environment is introduced into an AV device, the system includes a program execution unit 101 that executes a program, a video playback unit 102 that decodes video data, and a synthesis unit 103. . Then, the output of the program executing unit 101 and the output of the video reproducing unit 102 are superimposed by the synthesizing unit 103.
- the video playback unit 102 is generally implemented by hardware.
- the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to firstly realize a program capable of efficiently executing a program executed in synchronization with the reproduction of AV data or the like.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a control method of a reproducing apparatus, a content recording medium, a data structure, a control program, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded.
- a playback device and a control of the playback device that can prevent unauthorized playback.
- a method, a content recording medium, a data structure, a control program, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded are provided.
- a playback device includes a data acquisition unit that acquires content data and synchronization timing information, a clock generation unit that generates a clock signal, and a clock generation unit that generates a clock signal.
- Decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output; and synchronization for transmitting a synchronization control signal to the synchronization processing means at a timing specified by the timing designation information included in the synchronization timing information according to the clock signal. It is characterized by comprising control means and synchronization processing means for performing processing in accordance with a synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means.
- a control method of a playback device is a control method of a playback device provided with a data acquisition unit, a decoding unit, and a synchronization processing unit
- the data acquisition unit includes: A data acquisition step for acquiring synchronization timing information, and the decoding means converts the content data into playback data for playback output in accordance with the clock signal, and includes the synchronization data in the synchronization timing information in accordance with the clock signal.
- a synchronization control signal that defines the timing of performing processing can be supplied to the synchronization processing means in synchronization with the content data reproduction processing performed by the decoding means.
- the “processing” performed by the synchronization processing means includes, for example, data output control and program execution.
- the playback device acquires content data and a synchronization execution program.
- Data acquisition means program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program, clock generation means for generating a clock signal, and decoding means for converting the content data into reproduction data for reproduction output according to the clock signal.
- a synchronous control means for transmitting a synchronous control signal to the program executing means at a predetermined timing in accordance with the clock signal, and an input means for receiving a reproduction control operation of an external force and converting the operation into reproduction control information; Is controlled by reproduction control information from the input means, and the program execution means executes a synchronization execution program at least in accordance with a synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means.
- a control method of a reproduction apparatus is a control method of a reproduction apparatus including a data acquisition unit, a program execution unit, a clock generation unit, a decoding unit, a synchronization control unit, and an input unit.
- a synchronous control signal is transmitted to the program executing means at a predetermined timing according to the signal.
- the decoding means operates according to the reproduction control information from the input means.
- the program execution means executes a synchronization execution program according to at least a synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means.
- the synchronous execution program can be executed in synchronization with the reproduction of the content data, and the content can be reproduced by the external reproduction control operation (user operation) without passing through the synchronous execution program. Can control. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the overhead caused by the synchronous execution program and to increase the response to the reproduction control operation by the user.
- the “predetermined timing” at which the synchronization control means transmits the synchronization control signal to the program execution means includes, for example, Examples include the end of playback of the content data and the timing specified by the synchronization timing information.
- the playback device comprises: data acquisition means for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information; decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output; Program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program.
- the program management information further includes program designation information and content data designation information for respectively specifying content data and a synchronous execution program to be simultaneously reproduced and output.
- the overall control includes instructing the program executing means to execute the synchronous execution program specified by the program specifying information, and instructing the decoding means to convert the content data specified by the content specifying information. It is characterized by having means.
- a control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device provided with a decoding unit, a program execution unit, and a data acquisition unit.
- a data acquisition step for acquiring a program and program management information; a decoding step for converting the content data into reproduction data for reproduction output by a decoding means; and a program execution step for executing the synchronous execution program by a program execution means.
- the program management information further includes program designation information and content data designation information for respectively specifying content data to be reproduced and output at the same time and a synchronous execution program, and the program management information includes Up the execution of the specified synchronous execution program A reproduction instructing the program execution means and instructing the decoding means to convert the content data specified by the content designation information or instructing the data acquisition means to acquire the content data designated by the content designation information. It is characterized by including an execution instruction step.
- reading, decoding, and reproduction of content data from the recording medium can be started independently of execution of the synchronous execution program, and the time until the reproduction of content data starts can be reduced. It has the effect of being able to do it.
- prefetching becomes possible by instructing the data acquisition means to acquire content data.
- the synchronous execution program is not limited to a program that generates output data.
- a playback device includes a data acquisition unit that acquires content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information; a decoding unit that converts the content data into playback data for playback output; Program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program, and the program management information further includes at least content data designation information for designating content data to be reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program. And a verification means for verifying whether or not the synchronous execution program is capable of instructing the decoding means to decode the content data specified by the content data designation information.
- a control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device including a decoding unit, a program execution unit, a data acquisition unit, and a verification unit.
- a program execution step of executing a synchronous execution program, and the program management information further includes at least content data designation information for designating content data to be reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronization execution program;
- the synchronous execution program decodes the decoding means.
- Konten' data instructing de is a method including a verification step of verifying whether been whether the content data specified by the content data specifying information.
- the synchronous execution program is content data specified by the content data specification information to be reproduced. Therefore, it is possible to verify whether or not the reproduction capability of the content data of the currently executed synchronous execution program is permitted by the right holder of the content data. Therefore, it is possible to detect a reproducing operation by a program that is not permitted to be reproduced, and to prevent the content data from being reproduced without permission.
- the synchronous execution program is not limited to one that generates output data for reproduction output.
- the playback device includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, program management information, and verification information, and converts the content data into playback data for playback output.
- Decoding means, and program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program, and the program management information further includes at least permission information for permitting use of content data to be reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program.
- a verification unit for verifying, using the verification information, the permission information of the content data in which the synchronous execution program instructs the decoding unit to decode.
- a control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device including a decoding unit, a program execution unit, a data acquisition unit, and a verification unit.
- the program management information further includes at least permission information for permitting use of the content data which is reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program.
- the synchronous execution program decodes the decoding means.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a video disc player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a program execution unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an output control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a video playback unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 5 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 5 (b) is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a data arrangement of an optical disc reproduced by the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a reproduction process by the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a program execution process by a program execution unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing of an interrupt handler by a program execution unit of the video disk player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 11 is a timing chart corresponding to a specific example of the synchronization timing information shown in FIG. The
- FIG. 12 (a)] is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 12 (b)] is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 13 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing a setting example of a field independent jkg, and is a display example.
- FIG. 13 (b) is an explanatory diagram showing a setting example of the field independent_flag, which is Osync—infoO corresponding to FIG. 13 (a).
- FIG. 13 (c) is an explanatory diagram showing a setting example of a field independent_flag, and is a display example.
- FIG. 13 (d) is an explanatory diagram showing a setting example of the field independent_flag, which is Osync—infoO corresponding to FIG. 13 (c).
- FIG. 14 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing a setting example of a field merged_flag, and is a display example.
- FIG. 14 (b) is an explanatory diagram showing a setting example of a field merged_flag, which is sync-infoO corresponding to FIG. 14 (a).
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a program execution process by a program execution unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing interrupt reproduction processing by a video reproduction unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 18 (a)] is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 18 (b)] is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of synchronization timing information.
- FIG. 19 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a video disc player according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a program execution unit of the video disc player shown in FIG.
- FIG. 21 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an overall control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG.
- FIG. 22 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of the program management information.
- [22 (b)] is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of program management information.
- FIG. 23 A diagram showing the data arrangement of the optical disk reproduced by the video disk player shown in FIG. FIG.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the processing of the overall control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 19.
- FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a menu calling process of the overall control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 19.
- FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a resume process of the overall control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 19.
- FIG. 28 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a video disc player according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 29 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an overall control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 28.
- FIG. 30 (a)] is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of program management information.
- FIG. 30 (b)] is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of program management information.
- FIG. 31 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing an overview of creating a certificate and verifying a program included in videojnfoO shown in FIG. 30 (b).
- FIG. 31 (b) is an explanatory diagram showing an overview of creating a certificate and verifying a program included in videojnfoO shown in FIG. 30 (b).
- FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing an outline of a process of an overall control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 28.
- FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a verification process of the overall control unit of the video disc player shown in FIG. 28.
- FIG. 34 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a video disc player according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 35 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a conventional AV device.
- the present invention is not limited to a video disc player, and the present invention is not limited to this.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a video disc player 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the video disc player 1 (reproducing device) is a device that reproduces AV data recorded on the optical disc 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the video disc player 1 includes a program executing unit 10, a video reproducing unit 20, a synthesizing unit 30, an output control unit 40, and a disc reading unit 50.
- the disk reading unit 50 (data obtaining means, reading means) reads out the video data (content data), the program (synchronous execution program), and the synchronization timing information as well as the optical disk 2 (content recording medium). Then, the disk reading unit 50 sends the program to the program execution unit 10 and the video data and synchronization timing information to be described later to the video reproduction unit 20, respectively.
- the program execution unit 10 executes a program. Specifically, the program executing unit 10 controls the video reproducing unit 20, the disk reading unit 50, and the output control unit 40 by executing the program, and also controls the output control unit 40. Sends bitmap data generated by program execution.
- the video reproducing unit 20 decodes the video data sent from the disk reading unit 50 and sends uncompressed video data to the synthesizing unit 30. Further, based on the synchronization timing information sent from the disk reading section 50, the control section controls the program execution section 10 and the output control section 40.
- the output control unit 40 holds the bitmap data sent from the program execution unit 10 and outputs the bitmap data to the synthesizing unit 30 under the control of the video reproduction unit 20 and the program execution unit 10. .
- the synthesizing unit 30 synthesizes the bitmap data sent from the output control unit 40 and the uncompressed video data sent from the video reproduction unit 20, and outputs a synthesized video.
- a synchronization processing section (synchronization processing means) 60 is composed of the program execution section 10 and the output control section 40. That is, the synchronization processing unit 60 generates bit map data (output data, second output data) by executing the program in the program execution unit 10 in accordance with the synchronization control signal received from the video reproduction unit 20, The output control unit 40 outputs the bitmap data according to the synchronization control signal received from the video reproduction unit 20.
- FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the program execution unit 10.
- the program execution unit 10 executes a program according to the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control unit 22. Further, the program execution unit 10 executes the program specified by the field actionjd included in the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control unit 22. In particular, in the embodiment, the program execution unit 10 executes a program for generating image data to be superimposed on a video image.
- the program execution unit 10 includes a memory 11, a CPU 12, a video reproduction control unit 13, and an interrupt control unit 14.
- the memory 11 stores a program input from the disk reading unit 50.
- the CPU 12 reads the program stored in the memory 11, and executes the program.
- the CPU 12 sends a command to the video playback control unit 13 or sends bitmap data to the output control unit 40 according to the contents of the program.
- the video playback control unit 13 sends a control signal to the video playback unit 20 based on the executed program.
- the control signal includes a signal for the purpose of reproduction control such as reproduction start / pause, and a state acquisition such as a current reproduction time acquisition.
- the interrupt controller 14 receives an external interrupt from the program execution unit 10 and sends it to the CPU 12.
- the CPU 12 activates an interrupt handler according to the interrupt received from the interrupt control unit 14. Note that various information given by the interrupt source is stored in a register (not shown) in the interrupt control unit 14.
- interrupt handler is registered as an EventLisner in Java (registered trademark). Equivalent to the method of the selected object. It also corresponds to what is called a callback function in other programming languages.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the output control unit 40.
- the output control unit 40 includes an input-side buffer switching unit 41, a display buffer memory 42A (# 1) ⁇ 42 ⁇ (# 2), and an output-side buffer switching unit 43.
- the input-side buffer switching unit 41 receives the bitmap data from the program execution unit 10, and sends it to one of the display buffer memories 42, 42 under the control of the program execution unit 10.
- the output-side buffer switching unit 43 outputs one of the contents of the display buffer memories 42 to 42 to the synthesizing unit 30 under the control of the video reproduction unit 20.
- the display buffer memory 42 # and the display buffer memory 42 # are a buffer memory for storing bitmap data, and are controlled by the input-side buffer switching unit 41 and the output-side buffer switching unit 43 as described above.
- FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the video reproducing unit 20.
- the video playback unit 20 includes a memory 21, a synchronization control unit 22, a clock 23, a decoder 24, and an interface unit 25.
- the decoder 24 converts video data into uncompressed video data for reproduction output according to the clock signal. Specifically, the decoder 24 decodes the video data read from the optical disc 2 by the disc reading unit 50 specified in the instruction sent from the interface unit 25, and decodes the uncompressed video data (video image). Output
- the clock (clock generation means) 23 controls the timing of decoding and output of the uncompressed video data. That is, the clock 23 generates a clock signal.
- the format of the video data recorded on the optical disc 2 is a Program Stream of ISO / IEC 13818-1.
- the value of the clock 23 corresponds to the STC (system Time Clock). .
- the memory 21 stores the synchronization timing information input from the disk reading unit 50. To do.
- the synchronization control unit (synchronization control means) 22 constantly compares the synchronization timing information in the memory 21 with the value of the clock 23, and when they match, the processing specified by the synchronization timing information.
- the specified control is performed on the block (the program execution unit 10 or the output control unit 40).
- the synchronization control unit 22 synchronizes with the program execution unit 10 (program execution unit, output generation unit) at the timing specified by the field timing (timing designation information) included in the synchronization timing information according to the clock signal. Send a control signal.
- the synchronization control unit 22 includes a field actionjd corresponding to the field timing in the synchronization control signal.
- monitoring of the state of the decoder 24 by the synchronization control unit 22 is not essential.
- the synchronization control unit 22 interrupts the interrupt control unit 14, and sets information in a register in the interrupt control unit 14. I do.
- the interface unit 25 receives a control signal sent from the video playback control unit 13 of the program execution unit 10, and decodes the control signal in accordance with the control signal. , And sends the current status to the video playback control unit 13.
- optical disk 2 On the optical disk 2, video data, a program, and synchronization timing information are recorded so that the optical disk 2 can be supplied to the video disk player 1.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams showing the data structure of the synchronization timing information.
- the synchronization timing information includes number_of_sync_info indicating the number of entries and zero or more syncjnfoOs as entries.
- Figure 5 (b) As shown here, the entry syncjnfoO is composed of three fields: timing, target, and action jd. That is, the synchronization timing information includes at least the field actionjd (action specification information) together with the field timing (timing specification information).
- the field timing indicates the timing at which a command is given to the output control unit 40 in the program execution unit 10.
- the field timing is used by the synchronization control unit 22 for comparison with the clock 23.
- the field target indicates a target to which an instruction is given.
- the field target one of the program execution unit 10 and the output control unit 40 is specified.
- Field actionjd indicates the content of the command. The details of the field actionjd will be described later.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a data arrangement on the optical disc 2. As shown in FIG. 6
- the optical disc 2 includes a management information area 61 and a video data area (content data storage area) 62.
- the management information area 61 stores a program storage area (synchronous program storage area) 61A in which programs are stored, and synchronous timing information. Synchronization timing information storage area 6 IB.
- the video data area 62 stores video data. Note that individual synchronization timing information, programs, and video data are managed as files.
- the synchronization timing information is separated from the video data!
- synchronization timing information is recorded near the program.
- synchronization timing information is stored in the same file as the program.
- the supply of the video data, the program, and the synchronization timing information to the video disc player 1 can be performed in various modes.
- the video disc player 1 may read from the optical disc 2 on which all of the video data, the program, and the synchronization timing information are recorded.
- any one of the video data, the program, and the synchronization timing information may be obtained via a network by a communication unit (communication means) (not shown), and may be combined with other data read from the optical disc 2 and reproduced.
- a part or all of the program (same for video data and synchronization timing information) recorded on the optical disc 2 may be replaced with a program obtained via a network and reproduced.
- FIG. 1 it is conceivable to change the acquisition destination of the program and the synchronization timing information via a network.
- the creator of the optical disk 2 can add additional value to the video data provided by the user through the optical disk 2 through the network. Since the data volume of the program and synchronization timing information is much smaller than the video data, such a method is advantageous in terms of communication costs such as time and fees when adding value later.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the entire flow of the reproduction process by the video disc player 1. It is.
- the video disc player 1 reads file system information (not shown) from the optical disc 2 and initializes each processing unit. Also, the disk reading unit 50 acquires the position of the automatic start program on the optical disk 2 based on the read file system information (S11). Note that auto-start programs can now be identified by file name!
- the automatic start-up program is a program that is first started from the optical disc 2 when the optical disc 2 is mounted on the video disc player 1 or when the power of the video disc player 1 is turned on.
- the content of the automatic startup program is freely determined by the creator of the optical disc 2, but a menu display program for selecting a plurality of contents in the optical disc 2 is usually used. If it is determined in advance that a specific name is given to the file name of the file storing the automatic start program, the disk reading unit 50 can obtain the position of the automatic start program by relying on the file name.
- the disk reading unit 50 reads the program based on the program position information and sends the program to the program execution unit 10 (S12).
- the program execution unit 10 executes the received program (S13).
- the disk reading unit 50 acquires the position of the next program to be executed on the optical disk 2 (S14).
- step S13 which is a step in which the program execution unit 10 executes the program, will be described with reference to FIG.
- the program execution unit 10 registers an interrupt handler for handling an interrupt from the video reproduction unit 20 (S21). The interrupt handler will be described later.
- the program execution unit 10 specifies a video data file to be reproduced and instructs the video reproduction unit 20 to start reproduction (S22). Finally, processing that does not require synchronization with video playback is executed (S23).
- registration of an interrupt handler is realized by registration of an EventLisner to an object corresponding to an event related to video reproduction in Java (registered trademark).
- FIGS. 9 to 11 the program in the video disc player 1 will be described.
- a specific example of ram execution will be described.
- a program that displays a still image during the time T2 to T4 during video data reproduction and displays an animation during the time T4 to T5 will be described as an example.
- the CPU 12 acquires the value of the field action jd set by the video playback unit 20 with reference to the register in the interrupt control unit 14 (S31) and makes a determination (S32). ).
- step S32 when the field actionjd is “A1”, the CPU 12 calls a process of generating a still image and writing it into the display memory buffer 42A (S33). In the case of the field actionjd force S "A2”, the CPU 12 starts generation of the animation and calls a process of writing the generated bitmap data to the memory buffer 42B (S34). If the field actionjd is "A3”, the CPU 12 calls a process for ending the generation of the animation (S35).
- FIG. 10 shows synchronization timing information used in this specific example. Note that “Al”, “A2”, “A3” in the column of the field actionjd correspond to the processing in FIG.
- FIG. 11 shows a timing chart in this specific example. The horizontal axis represents the time axis of video data reproduction.
- the writing to the display buffer memory 42A ends at time tl, and the display preparation is completed.
- the image sent to the synthesizing unit 30 is switched to that of the display buffer memory 42A (# 1), and a still image is displayed.
- a still image can be displayed at the specified time T2.
- the program and the synchronization timing information are read in the memory 21 or the memory 11 collectively because the data amount is small, there is no problem in terms of the memory amount and the read time. Therefore, in order to avoid interruption of video playback due to movement of the pickup (not shown) of the disk reading unit 50 during video data reading, increase in power consumption, and generation of noise, the program and synchronization timing information are read from the video data. Load them all before starting.
- the program and the synchronization timing information are arranged near the optical disk 2, the moving distance of the pickup at the time of reading is small, the waiting time until the start of reproduction is reduced, and the video reproduction is performed. It is possible to prevent interruption of power supply, reduce power consumption, and reduce noise.
- each program may be a separate file.
- the Java language defines a JAR (Java ARchive) file and a file format for its use!
- the video disc player 1 includes the output (bitmap data) of the program execution unit 10, the video reproduction unit 20, and the program execution unit 10 and the output (bit map data) of the video reproduction unit 20. It has a synthesizing unit 30 for synthesizing the compressed video data and controls the output of the program execution unit 10 based on the clock of the video playback unit 20 according to the synchronization timing information. To do.
- the output generated by the video reproduction unit 20, that is, the output start / end at the designated timing of the video data can be realized with a frame unit accuracy without imposing a load on the processing of the program execution unit 10. Therefore, when the computer program execution and the video playback are performed simultaneously, it becomes possible to start or end the display of a specific video frame force on the time axis of the video playback of graphics and animation generated by the program.
- the synchronization timing information is separated from the information (video data) for generating the output from the video reproduction unit 20. As a result, it is possible to apply a plurality of versions of the synchronization timing information to the information for generating the output from the video playback unit 20.
- the synchronization timing information includes the time on the time axis of the video reproduction unit 20, and includes at least one of the control target and the control content.
- Embodiment 1 Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
- members having the same functions as those described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.
- the terms defined in Embodiment 1 are used according to the definitions in the present embodiment as long as they are not specified.
- the present embodiment is a modification of the first embodiment in consideration of starting reproduction from an arbitrary position of video data. Therefore, since there are many parts common to the first embodiment, the following description focuses on parts different from the first embodiment.
- This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the entry syncjnfoO set in the field merged_flag (described later) having a value of 1 "in the synchronization timing information during video playback is ignored.
- the synchronization control unit 22 determines the timing according to the synchronization timing information including a field timing (timing designation information) indicating the time before the time when the reproduction is started.
- a synchronization control signal is sequentially transmitted to the program execution unit 10 in the order of the specified information.
- the synchronization control unit 22 sets the dependency information (field described later) indicating that the content does not depend on other synchronization timing information.
- the synchronization control signal is transmitted to the program execution unit 10 in the order of the timing designation information from the previous one.
- the synchronization timing information includes, together with the field timing, dependency information indicating a dependency with other synchronization timing information.
- the synchronization control unit 22 determines that the integrated synchronization execution program is the integrated synchronization execution program that can obtain the same result as the result of executing the plurality of synchronization execution programs.
- the synchronization timing information including the execution program identification information (field merged Jkg)
- synchronization timing information including timing designation information indicating the past time closest to the reproduction start time
- synchronization timing information after the synchronization timing information.
- the synchronization control signal is transmitted to the program execution unit 10 in the order of the timing specification information from the previous one.
- the disk reading unit 50 acquires an integrated synchronous execution program that can obtain the same result as the result of executing the plurality of synchronous execution programs.
- This integrated synchronous execution program is preferably recorded on the same optical disk 2 as the corresponding synchronous execution program.
- the synchronization timing information indicates the synchronization execution program to be executed together with the timing designation information. It contains the field actionjd (action specification information) and the integrated synchronization program identification information (field merged_flag) that indicates whether the synchronization program indicated by the field actionjd is an integrated synchronization program.
- FIGS. 12A and 12B are explanatory diagrams showing the data structure of the synchronization timing information.
- the synchronization timing information includes number_of_sync_info indicating the number of entries and zero or more syncjnfoOs as entries.
- the entry sync—infoO is composed of five fields: timing, target, action—id, independent—flag, and merged—flag.
- the field timing (timing specifying information), the field target, and the field actionjd (action specifying information) are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
- each syncjnfoO in the synchronization timing is arranged in the order of the value of the field timing! /.
- the field independent_flag is a flag indicating whether or not the processing and processing result of the syncjnfoO that includes this flag depend on the result of the processing corresponding to the field actionjd of all the syncjnfoOs up to immediately before. Is set to "0", otherwise it is set to "1".
- FIGS. 13A to 13D are explanatory diagrams showing setting examples of the field independent_flag.
- the result of processing corresponding to actionjd of syn info (2) depends on the processing result corresponding to actionjd of syncjnfo (l), so the independent_flag of sync_info (2) Is set to "0," (Fig. 13 (b)).
- the field merged_flag is a flag indicating whether or not all the processing results of the syncjnfoO up to immediately before the processing result of the syncjnfoO that includes this flag are reflected, and all the fields are reflected. Is set to "1” if done, otherwise "0" is set
- FIGS. 14A and 14B are explanatory diagrams showing a setting example of the field merged_flag.
- the process corresponding to actionjd of syncjnfo (l) draws graph status A
- the process corresponding to actionjd of sync_info (2) additionally draws graphics B
- the result of processing corresponding to actionjd of sync_info (3) is equal to the processing result corresponding to each actionjd of syncjnfo (l) and sync_info (2)! /, That is, graphics A and graphics B
- set "1" to merged_flag Fig. 14 (b)
- the process corresponding to action jd of sync jnfo (3) is called the integrated synchronous execution program.
- the field dependentjlag and the field merged_flag are used to reduce the graphics superimposed display processing when the reproduction of the intermediate data of the video data is started, as described later.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a program execution process by the program execution unit 10 of the video disc player 1 (FIG. 1).
- the program execution unit 10 registers an interrupt handler for handling an interrupt from the video playback unit 20 (S41).
- the program execution unit 10 issues an interrupt reproduction instruction to the video reproduction unit 20 and waits until the interruption reproduction is completed (S42).
- the reproduction start is instructed by specifying the elephant video data file (S43).
- the program execution unit 10 executes a process that does not require synchronization with video playback (S44).
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an interrupt reproduction process by the video reproduction unit 20.
- the video playback unit 20 also searches the entry p having the maximum timing value below the playback start time T for the synchronization timing information (S51).
- the value of independent_flag is set to "1" (depending on the result of the processing corresponding to the field actionjd of all the sync jnfoOs up to immediately before) or the value of mergedjkg is set to "1" (
- a search is made for entries of all the sync jnfo () processing results up to just before) (S52-S56). If there is an entry that satisfies the condition as a result of the search, interrupts are sequentially activated from the entry to the entry number P (S57-S59). Even if there is no entry that satisfies the condition, interrupts from the entry number 1 to the entry number p are activated in order (S57—S59).
- FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the synchronization timing information.
- the time required for displaying graphics can be further reduced. Also, by preparing a process in which the results of individual processes are integrated, the time required for displaying graphics can be further reduced.
- the synchronization control means may perform the following in accordance with the timing information having the timing designation information indicating the past from the specific time.
- the timing control information may be transmitted in the order of the timing designation information.
- a plurality of pieces of timing information exist to form a set of timing information, and the timing information includes dependency information indicating a dependency with other timing information in the set of timing information.
- the synchronization control means checks the dependency information before starting the reproduction of the content data at a specific time, and makes the past past the specific time without depending on other timing information. According to the timing information having the timing designation information that indicates the most future and points to the future, the synchronization control signal may be transmitted in the order of the timing designation information.
- the playback device there are a plurality of synchronous execution programs, and a synchronous executable program set is formed, and the synchronous executable program set is a result of processing of other plural synchronous executable program processes in the synchronous executable program set.
- a synchronous execution program that obtains the same result as (integrated synchronous execution program), and includes integrated synchronous execution program identification information that identifies whether the synchronous execution program specified by the action specification information is an integrated synchronous execution program.
- the synchronization control means checks the integrated synchronous execution program identification information before starting reproduction of the content data at a specific time, refers to the integrated synchronous execution program, and designates the timing designating information indicating the past and the most future after the specific time.
- the synchronization control signal is transmitted in order of the timing designation information according to the timing information having It may be configured so that:
- Embodiment 2 Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as those described in the first and second embodiments are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof will be omitted. Further, the terms defined in Embodiment 2 are used in the present embodiment in accordance with the definitions unless otherwise specified.
- the present embodiment is a modification of the first embodiment in consideration of so-called special reproduction such as high-speed reproduction. Therefore, since there are many portions common to the first embodiment, the following description focuses on portions different from the first embodiment.
- the synchronization control unit 22 monitors the state of the decoder 24, as well as the state of the decoder 24 and execution condition information (described later). The difference is that the synchronization control signal is transmitted based on the field condition O).
- the synchronization timing information includes execution condition information indicating the state of the decoder 24 when the synchronization execution program is to be executed.
- the synchronization control unit 22 constantly monitors the playback state of the decoder 24 (eg, during normal playback, during high-speed playback, during reverse playback, and during slow playback), and performs synchronization timing information according to the playback state. Switches whether to generate an interrupt for each entry in the table. Specifically, looking at fields normal, FF, FR, SF, and SR of each entry described later, for example, if the field normal force is “1”, an interrupt is generated during normal reproduction, and the field FF is set to “1”. If so, an interrupt is generated during high-speed playback.
- FIGS. 18A and 18B are explanatory diagrams showing the data structure of the synchronization timing information.
- the entry sync-infoO is composed of four fields: timing, target, action-id, and conditionO.
- the field timing, the field target, and the field action jd are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof will be omitted.
- each syncjnfoO in the synchronization timing is arranged in the order of the value of the field timing.
- the field conditionO (execution condition information) includes subfields normal, FF, FR, SF, and SR.
- the subfield “normal” indicates whether or not an interrupt relating to syncjnfoO including the subfield is generated during normal playback. Specifically, an interrupt is generated for "1" and no interrupt is generated for "2".
- subfields FF and FR indicate the presence or absence of an interrupt in the case of forward high-speed reproduction and reverse high-speed reproduction, respectively.
- the subfields SF and SR indicate the presence / absence of interruption in forward slow playback and reverse slow playback, respectively.
- the timing information includes the execution condition information indicating the state of the decoding unit on which the synchronous execution program is to be executed, and the synchronization control unit monitors the state of the decoding unit. And transmitting a synchronization control signal according to the state of the decoding means and the execution condition information.
- the interrupt processing can be selected according to the reproduction state, and the processing according to the reproduction state can be performed. For example, by displaying special graphics only in the case of fast-forwarding, the user can enjoy the content repeatedly, and the added value of the content can be improved.
- FIG. 19 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the video disc player according to the present embodiment.
- Video disc player! The / (reproducing device) is a device for reproducing AV data recorded on the optical disc 2. As shown in Figure 19, the video disc player! The / includes a user input unit 3, a video playback unit 20, a synthesizing unit 30, a disk reading unit 50, a program execution unit 70, an overall control unit (overall control unit, presentation unit) 80, and a switching unit (switching unit) 90. Configuration Has been.
- the disk reading unit 50 reads video data (content data), a program (synchronization execution program), synchronization timing information, and program management information from the optical disk 2 (content recording medium). Then, the disk reading unit 50 sends the program to the program execution unit 70, video data and synchronization timing information to be described later to the video playback unit 20, and sends the program management information to the overall control unit 80, respectively.
- the user input section 3 is a video disc player! / Is operated by the user, and corresponds to the buttons on the front panel of the remote controller or the device.
- the user input unit 3 generates operation information (user input operation information and playback control information) according to the user's operation, and sends it to the overall control unit 80.
- User operations include playback control operations (playback start, pause, etc.), menu operations (menu call and return from menu to content), and GUI operations (cursor up / down / left / right movement, determination, etc.).
- the overall control unit 80 is a video disc player! responsible for overall control of /. Specifically, it controls the program execution unit 70 and the switching unit 90 based on the program management information read by the disk reading unit 50. Further, the user input input from the user input unit 3 is transferred to the program execution unit 70 and the switching unit 90 based on the program management information.
- the program execution unit 70 executes a program. Specifically, the program executing unit 70 controls the video reproducing unit 20 via the disk reading unit 50 and the switching unit 90 by executing the program, and also controls the synthesizing unit 30 to execute the program. Send the bitmap data generated by the execution.
- the program executed by program execution unit 70 is not limited to a program that generates output data.
- the switching section 90 switches the transmission source of the playback control information to be sent to the video playback section 20. Specifically, the switching unit 90 converts the playback control information sent from the overall control unit 80 and the playback control information sent from the program execution unit 70 based on the control (playback control switching information) from the overall control unit 80. Switch and send to video playback unit 20.
- the video reproducing unit 20 decodes the video data sent from the disk reading unit 50 and sends uncompressed video data to the synthesizing unit 30. Further, it controls the program execution unit 70 based on the synchronization timing information sent from the disk reading unit 50.
- the synthesizing unit 30 synthesizes the bitmap data sent from the program executing unit 70 and the uncompressed video data sent from the video reproducing unit 20, and outputs a synthesized video.
- the output control unit 40 in the above embodiment is included, but this is for the sake of simplicity of description, and the video disc player! It is easy to incorporate the output control unit 40 into the system.
- FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the program execution unit 70.
- the program execution unit 70 executes a program according to the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control unit 22. Further, the program execution unit 70 executes the program specified by the field actionjd included in the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control unit 22. In particular, in the present embodiment, the program execution unit 70 executes a program for generating image data to be superimposed on a video image.
- the program execution unit 70 includes a memory 11, a CPU 12, a video reproduction control unit 13, an interrupt control unit 14, a user input control unit 15, an interface 16, and a disk read control unit 17. Be composed.
- the memory 11 stores a program input from the disk reading unit 50.
- the CPU 12 reads the program stored in the memory 11, and executes the program.
- the CPU 12 sends a command to the video reproduction control unit 13 or sends bitmap data to the synthesizing unit 30 according to the contents of the program.
- the video reproduction control unit 13 sends a control signal to the video reproduction unit 20 based on the executed program.
- Specific examples of the control signal include a signal for the purpose of reproduction control such as reproduction start / pause and a state acquisition such as a current reproduction time acquisition.
- the interrupt control unit 14 receives an external interrupt from the program execution unit 70 and sends it to the CPU 12.
- the CPU 12 activates an interrupt handler according to the interrupt received from the interrupt control unit 14.
- Various information given by the interrupt source is stored in a register (not shown) in the interrupt control unit 14.
- the user input control unit 15 receives the user input information transferred from the overall control unit 80 as an interrupt, and sends it to the CPU 12.
- the CPU 12 receives from the user input control unit 15 Invoke the interrupt handler in response to the interrupt. Note that various information given at the time of the interruption is stored in a register (not shown) in the user input control unit 15.
- the interface 16 is an interface between the overall control unit 80 and the program execution unit 70.
- the overall control unit 80 instructs the program execution unit 70 through the interface 16 to read the program and execute the program.
- the program execution unit 70 notifies the entire execution unit 80 of the end.
- the disk read control unit 17 controls the disk read unit 50 based on a command from the CPU 12.
- FIG. 21 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the overall control unit 80.
- the overall control unit 80 controls the overall control of the video disk player based on the program management information read by the disk reading unit 50 as described above.
- the overall control unit 80 includes a memory 81, a user input control unit 82, a CPU 83, a disk read control unit 84, a switching control unit 85, a video reproduction control unit 86, and a program execution control unit. Consists of 87.
- the memory 81 stores the program management information input from the disk reading unit 50.
- the CPU 83 reads the program management information stored in the memory 81, and sends the program management information to the user input control unit 82, the disk read control unit 84, the switching control unit 85, the video reproduction control unit 86, and the program execution control unit 87 based on the information. Send a command to it.
- the user input control unit 82 transfers the user input sent from the user input unit 3 to the program execution unit 70 and simultaneously sends the user input to the CPU 83.
- the CPU 83 interprets a user input based on the program management information and controls the program execution control unit 87 and the video reproduction control unit 86.
- the disk read control unit 84 controls the disk read unit 50 according to an instruction from the CPU 83.
- the switching control unit 85 controls the switching unit 90 according to an instruction from the CPU 83.
- the video reproduction control unit 86 sends a control signal to the video reproduction unit 20 according to an instruction from the CPU 86.
- the control signal As the control signal, the designation of the video data to be reproduced Start, start decoding, end decoding, move to previous / next chapter, start high-speed playback, etc.
- the program execution control unit 87 sends control information to the program execution unit 70 according to an instruction from the CPU 83.
- the program management information is a collection of various information necessary for the overall control unit 80 to control the execution of the program, and one is prepared for each program.
- All the program management information in the optical disc 2 is stored in the program management table shown in Fig. 22A.
- number_of_pmi indicates the number of program management information stored in the program management table.
- the first entry in the program management table means a program that is automatically executed when the optical disc 2 is inserted.
- FIG. 22 (b) is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of the program management information.
- the proghum tube 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ blue report is composed of program—file—name, playback—control—mode, is—video—specified, video—file—name, start—mode, and resume—flag.
- Menu consists of ilag.
- the field program_file_name (program specification information) is a field for specifying the file name of a file storing a program.
- the field playback_control_mode is a flag indicating whether the playback control operation of the user input is sent from the overall control unit 80 to the video playback unit 20, and is "0" if not sent, and "0" if sent. Set “1". As will be described later, this flag allows the content creator to select whether to prioritize the response to the reproduction control operation by the user or give priority to the degree of freedom of the program.
- the field is_video_specified specifies video data to be played simultaneously with the program. This flag indicates whether or not it is set. If not specified, set "0". If specified, set "1". When the value of this flag is "1", the field video_file_name and the field start_mode follow.
- the field video_file_name (content data specification information) is a field for specifying the file name of a video data file to be played back simultaneously with the program. As described above, this field exists only when the field is_video_specified is '1'. As described later, by referring to this field, the video data and the synchronization timing information can be read from the optical disk 2 before the program is executed. And the time until the start of the reproduction of the video data can be shortened.
- the field start—mode (reproduction start instruction necessity information) is used to start the display of the video data specified by the field video—file—name by using an instruction in the program specified by the field program_file_name, or This flag indicates whether or not to do so. In the former case, specify "0". In the latter case, specify "1". Field as described above
- This field is present only when is_video_specified is "1". As will be described later, by referring to this field, it is possible to determine whether or not it is necessary to wait for synchronization with the program when starting the reproduction of the video data. The time can be further reduced.
- the field menu jkg is a flag indicating whether the program specified by the program management information including this field is "menu content”.
- Menu content is content that is executed when a user-user call operation is performed. Specify "1" for menu content, otherwise specify "0".
- the field resume_flag (resume availability information) is a flag indicating whether or not the program specified by the program management information including this field is to be resumed.
- "Resume” is a function that resumes the playback of the content that was paused when the user power was read during the playback of the content, and resumed when the user performed a return operation from the menu. Specify "1" if the content is to be resumed, otherwise specify "0". The reason why such a flag is required is described below.
- Content is programmed and synchronized with video playback And those that do not (eg, the video is played as part of a game program). The former can be resumed easily, but the latter is difficult to resume
- this flag indicates that the overall control unit 80 can easily distinguish the two, and that the resume function is not possible, that the content should not be resumed, or that the user cannot resume the content. Exists to make it possible.
- FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a data arrangement on the optical disc 2.
- the optical disc 2 includes a management information area 61 and a video data area (content data storage area) 62.
- the management information area 61 includes a program management information storage area 61C in which a program management table is stored, a program storage area (synchronous program storage area) 61A in which a program is stored, and a synchronization storage area in which synchronization timing information is stored. It consists of a timing information storage area 61B.
- the video data area 62 stores video data.
- the individual program management tables, synchronization timing information, programs, and video data are managed as files.
- the program management information is stored in the front program management information storage area 61C in the form of a program management table. It is possible to shorten the seek time required for reading the management information.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing an overall flow of a reproduction process by the overall control unit 80.
- the program management table is read out from the program management information storage area 61 C on the optical disc 2, stored in the memory 81 (S 62), and the first one in the program management table stored in the memory 81 is read out. Select the program management information as “current program management information”.
- the setting of the switching unit 90 is performed (S63). Specifically, if the field playback_control_mode in the current program management information is “1”, the switching unit 90 is set to transfer the playback control information from the overall control unit 80 to the video playback unit 20, If “0”, it is set so that only the playback control information from the program execution unit 70 is transferred to the video playback unit 20.
- the field is_video_specified in the current program management information is checked (S64). If “1”, the field is_video_specified is transmitted to the video reproduction unit 20 via the video reproduction control unit 13 to specify the video file specified by the field video_file_name.
- a read and decode start instruction is issued (S65). Furthermore, the behavior when the display preparation is completed is set. Specifically, if the field startjnode is "0”, the display is not displayed until an instruction from the program is issued, and if it is "1", it is displayed when the preparation is completed regardless of the instruction of the program power. Set to start.
- step S67 the process waits for the end of the execution of the program (S67).
- program execution completion is notified from the program execution unit 70
- the menu content is set to the current program management information, and the process jumps to step S63.
- this search can be realized by searching for program management information in which the field menu_flag in the program management table in the memory 81 is "1".
- a menu call command is sent from the user input unit 3 to the overall control unit 80.
- the overall control unit 80 checks the field resume_flag of the program management information corresponding to the content being reproduced (S71), and if the value is “0”, notifies the user of a warning that resuming cannot be performed (S76). ), And issues a playback stop command to the video playback unit 20 (S77).
- step S71 if the value of the resume_flag field is A stop command is issued to the unit 20 (S72). Moreover, issues a command to store the current value of the clock 23 of the video reproducing section 20 (FIG. 4) in the register (resuming register. Not shown) (S73) 0 Furthermore, “Resume target program management the current program management information Set to “Information” (S74).
- the overall control unit 80 issues a stop instruction to the program execution unit 70 (S75).
- the overall control unit 80 sets the menu content in the current program management information, and executes the menu content in the same manner as in steps S63 to S66 in Fig. 24.
- the overall control unit 80 sets the program management information set in the resume target program management information to the current program management information. (S81).
- the finger view the program Run field P Rogram_file_name in the current program management information (S82).
- the value stored in the resume register is set to T, and the video reproducing unit 20 is instructed to execute the interrupt reproduction process described in FIG. 16 in the second embodiment (S83). Further, it instructs the video playback unit 20 to start the value playback of the resume register (S84). As a result, the resume processing can be realized.
- the overall control unit 80 instructs the video reproduction unit 20 to discard the value of the resume register. Issue and release the setting of resume target program management information.
- the above processing can be performed by combining the device configuration and the data configuration for reproducing the video data at an arbitrary position described in the second embodiment.
- Selecting the content plays the video, and the user can control the playback and An example of setting the program management information of the content having a configuration in which the program synchronized with the data reproduction is executed is shown below.
- the playback_control_mode is set to "1" to increase the response to the playback control operation
- the is_video_specified is set to "1” because the user knows in advance which video data is to be played, and Since there is a program that synchronizes with the video playback and it is necessary to start the video playback after the program starts running, "0" is set to startjnode.
- the overall control unit 80 instructs the video playback unit 20 to start video playback and the program execution unit 70 to start program execution. .
- the video playback unit 20 starts reading and decoding the video data, and at time T13, the video display preparation becomes possible.
- the program execution unit 70 reads the program in parallel, prepares for execution of the program, and starts executing the program.
- the program execution unit 70 issues a video reproduction start command to the video reproduction unit 20 at time T14 when the execution of the program reaches the point where video reproduction starts.
- the video playback unit 20 causes the program execution unit 70 to generate an interrupt to end the video playback.
- the interrupt handler in the program performs program termination processing, and notifies the overall control unit 80 of the end of program execution.
- video data reproduction preparation can be made in video reproduction section 20 in parallel with program execution preparation in program execution section 70, and the time until the start of video reproduction can be obtained. Can be shortened as compared with the related art.
- startjnode is set to "1" because it is not necessary to wait for program execution preparation for video playback. By doing so, the waiting time between times T13 and T14 can be eliminated, and the start of video playback can be further accelerated.
- the user reproduction control operation "reproduce next chapter" at time T15 is also sent directly from overall control unit 80 to video reproduction unit 20 without passing through program execution unit 60. Therefore, the response to the user operation with little overhead due to the program execution is improved.
- the following is an example of setting the program management information for a content that is mainly a program like a game and video playback is only a part of the content.
- the playback_control_mode is set to "0". Also, since the video data to be played varies depending on the state of the program, it is not possible to determine in advance which video data to play. — Specify one site to be specified.
- the video_file_name in the program management information has a data structure in which only one can be specified, but a plurality may be specified.
- the video playback unit 20 can start reading out the next video data and start 'decode' playback at the same time when the playback of certain video data ends.
- an additional effect that the time of the joint between the video data can be reduced can be obtained.
- the overall control unit 80 issues a playback preparation start instruction to the video playback unit 20 at the same time as a program start start instruction to the program execution unit 80. .
- the video playback unit 20 is not used. Therefore, by starting preparation for video playback of the next content during playback of the immediately preceding content, the waiting time until the start of video playback can be further reduced.
- a flag indicating whether or not the program specified by program_file_name in the program management information performs video playback so that the overall control unit 80 can easily determine whether each program performs video playback. You can add.
- the video playback unit 20 when the file name of a video data file is specified by video_file_name in the program management information, the video playback unit 20 is instructed to read the video data file and start decoding.
- the disc reading unit 50 may be instructed to read a video data file.
- the video data can be read from the optical disk 2 in parallel with the preparation for executing the program, so that the start of the video reproduction can be hastened.
- the interpretation and transmission of various information in the program management information may be performed by other functional blocks performed by the overall control unit 80, for example, the program execution unit 70.
- the program execution unit 70 interprets the program management information immediately before the execution of the program a by another program b.
- the same function can be realized by sending. That is, the essence of the present invention resides in that the program management information is stored separately from the corresponding program.
- the program can be extended so that only one section of video data is reproduced from the entire section of one piece of video data.
- What is necessary is just to add a field indicating the start and end time of video data playback to the program management information. This makes it possible to reproduce various subsections of one piece of video data.
- the present embodiment it is unnecessary if only the content centered on power video provided with the switching control unit 85 and the switching unit 90 is handled. Even in this case, it is possible to execute the program in synchronization with the video reproduction, and to eliminate the overhead for the reproduction control operation by the program, thereby improving the response to the user's reproduction control operation. Needless to say, the effect is obtained.
- video playback unit 20 when video playback reaches the end of video data, video playback unit 20 generates an interrupt for video playback end to program execution unit 70.
- the end of video reproduction may be directly notified to the overall control unit 80.
- the procedure at the end is that the overall control unit 80 issues a program execution end command to the program execution unit 70 in response to the end of video playback. In this way, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the interrupt handler in the program has a problem and the program does not end even when an interrupt for terminating the video playback is received, and the program can be reliably terminated. can get.
- whether to notify the program execution unit 70 of the end of video reproduction from the video reproduction unit 20 or the general control unit 80 may be switched depending on whether the content is video-centric or program-centric.
- Embodiments 1, 2, 3, and 4 are used in the present embodiment in accordance with the definitions unless otherwise specified.
- FIG. 28 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a video disc player 1 # according to the present embodiment.
- the video disc player 1 (reproducing device) is a device for reproducing AV data recorded on the optical disc 2 (content recording medium).
- the video disk player 1 ⁇ includes a user input unit 3, a video reproduction unit 20, a synthesizing unit 30, a disk reading unit 50, a program execution unit 70, and an overall control unit 8 ( ing.
- the overall control unit 8 controls the overall control of the video disk player 1 ". Specifically, the overall control unit 8 () controls the program execution unit 70 based on the program management information read by the disk reading unit 50. Also, it transfers the user input input from the user input unit 3 to the program execution unit 70. Also, based on the information transmitted from the video reproduction unit 20 using an interrupt, the video data of the currently executing program is reproduced. Verify that is authorized by the video data rights holder.
- the program execution unit 70 executes a program. Specifically, the program execution unit 70 controls the disc reading unit 50 and the video reproduction unit 20 by executing the program, and also controls the synthesizing unit 30 to execute the bitmap generated by executing the program. Send data.
- the program executed by program execution unit 70 is not limited to a program that generates output data.
- the video reproducing unit 20 decodes the video data (content data) sent from the disk reading unit 50, and sends uncompressed video data to the synthesizing unit 30. In addition, it controls the program execution unit 70 based on the synchronization timing information sent from the disk reading unit 50. Further, information for verifying whether or not the video data reproduction of the currently executing program is permitted by the right holder of the video data is transmitted to the overall control unit 8 () using the interrupt of the video data.
- the disk reading unit 50, the synthesizing unit 30, and the user input unit 3 are the same as those in the fourth embodiment, and thus description thereof will be omitted.
- FIG. 29 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the overall control unit 80 '.
- the overall control unit 8 controls the overall control of the video disk player 1g based on the program management information read by the disk reading unit 50 as described above.
- the overall control unit 8 (the memory 81, the user input control unit 82, the CPU 83, the disk read control unit 84, the verification unit 88, the interrupt control unit 89, and the program execution control unit 87 Be composed.
- the memory 81 stores the program management information input from the disk reading unit 50.
- the CPU 83 reads the program management information stored in the memory 81, and issues a command to the user input control unit 82, the disk read control unit 84, the verification unit 88, the interrupt control unit 89, and the program execution control unit 87 based on the information. Send.
- the user input control unit 82 transfers the user input sent from the user input unit 3 to the program execution unit 70 and simultaneously sends the user input to the CPU 83.
- the CPU 83 interprets a user input based on the program management information and controls the program execution control unit 87.
- the disk read control unit 84 controls the disk read unit 50 according to an instruction from the CPU 83.
- the interrupt control unit 89 handles an interrupt from the video reproduction unit 20. At the time of interruption, whether or not the video data reproduction of the currently executing program set in the register (not shown) of the interruption control unit 89 by the video reproduction unit 20 is permitted by the right holder of the video data Get information to verify. Specifically, a video data file name for specifying video data in the optical disc 2 and public key data associated with the video data are obtained.
- the verification unit (verification means) 88 performs the reproduction of the video data of the currently executing program on the basis of the video data file name, the public key data, and the certificate data in the program management information. Verify that the rights have been granted by the rights holder. The verification method will be described later.
- public key data associated with the video data is extracted from the video data card.
- the extracted public key data is notified to the overall control unit 80 'by an interrupt together with the file name of the video data to be reproduced.
- the program management information is a collection of various information necessary for the overall control unit 80 'to control the execution of a program, and one is prepared for each program. All the program management information in the optical disk 2 is stored in the program management table shown in FIG.
- FIG. 30A is an explanatory diagram showing the data structure of the program management information. As shown in Fig. 30 (a), this is composed of the following: Froghum tube 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ Blue Book ii, program—file—name, number—of—video—info, videojnfoO.
- the field program_file_name (program specification information) is a field for specifying the file name of a file storing a program.
- the field number_of_videojnfo is a field that specifies the number of fields videojnfoO described later.
- the field videojnfoO is a data block that stores information on video data used by the program for the program management information that includes this field, and is composed of two fields, video_file_name and certificate, shown in Fig. 30 (b). You.
- a field video_file_name (content data specification information) is a field for storing a file name of video data.
- a field certificate (permission information) is a field for storing certificate data indicating that reproduction of the video file specified by the field video_file_name in videojnfoO included in this field is permitted.
- the right holder of the video data creates a pair of a public key (verification information) and a secret key using a public key cryptosystem.
- the ability to use RSA for public key encryption is not limited to this.
- the program creator performs hashing on the program and submits the hash value to the video data rights holder.
- the video data right holder encrypts the above-mentioned hash value with the above-mentioned secret key, and passes the encrypted result to the program creator as a certificate.
- This certificate is stored in the certificate field of the video jnfoO data block described above and recorded on the optical disc 2.
- the public key is multiplexed with the target video data at a predetermined interval, and is recorded on the optical disc 2.
- a public key is separated from video data.
- the certificate corresponding to the video data is extracted from the program management information and decrypted with the above-mentioned public key.
- the result of this decryption is compared with a program that has been subjected to hash processing. Due to the characteristics of public key cryptography, if it is not encrypted with the corresponding secret key, it cannot be decrypted correctly. Therefore, if they match, it can be determined that the program is permitted to use the video data, and if they do not match, the program illegally uses the video data.
- the pickup does not move when the public key is read, so that the waiting time required for reading the public key before video reproduction is reduced. Response time until playback starts can be shortened.
- FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the reproduction process by the overall control unit 8 ( The
- the program management table is read from the program management information storage area 61 C (FIG. 23) on the optical disk 2 and stored in the memory 81 (S 92).
- an execution instruction of the program file specified by the field program_file_name is issued to the program execution unit 70 through the program execution control unit 87 (S93).
- the hash value of the program file specified by program_file_name is calculated and stored in the memory 81 for the later-described verification processing.
- step S94 the process waits for the execution of the program to end (S94).
- an interrupt indicating the completion of program execution arrives from the program execution unit 70, the menu content is set in the current program management information, and the process jumps to step S93.
- the verification process is, as described above, a process in which the currently executing program is used by the right holder of the video data to be reproduced. This is a process to check whether permission has been obtained.
- FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing the flow of the verification process by the overall control unit 80 '.
- the following processing is realized as an interrupt processing started by the video playback unit 20.
- the CPU 83 obtains the file name of the video data to be reproduced set in the register (not shown) of the interrupt processing unit 89 by the video reproduction unit 20, and the public key separated from the video data card ( S 101).
- the CPU 83 also searches the corresponding videojnfoO entry for the program management information stored in the memory 81 using the video data file name as a key (S102). And
- the certificate contained therein is sent to the verification unit 88. At this time, if the corresponding videojnfoO entry does not exist (NO in S103), the CPU 83 determines that the video playback is not permitted and ends the program execution (S106). ) o
- the CPU 83 extracts the certificate from the videojnfoO entry corresponding to the video data file name from the memory 81. Next, the hash value of the program being executed and the public key calculated in advance are retrieved from the memory 81, sent to the verification unit 88 together with the certificate, and the verification unit 88 is instructed to start verification (S104).
- the verification unit 88 performs verification according to the procedure shown in FIG. 31 (b). That is, the value obtained by decrypting the certificate with the public key is compared with the hash value. If they do not match, the CPU 83 is notified of the mismatch. Then, when the mismatch is notified from the verification unit 88, the CPU 83 determines that the video playback is not permitted (NO in S105), and ends the program execution (S106). On the other hand, when a match is notified from the verification unit 88, the CPU 83 determines that the video reproduction is permitted (YES in S105), and continues the program execution.
- the public key encryption method is used, but even if only the video_file_name is used without using the public key encryption method, the right holder of the video data can easily check for unauthorized use. it can. The reason will be described below.
- the video playback unit 20 starts reading the video data and also starts verifying the power.
- the video_file_name declares the use of! /, Na! /, And the video data.
- the reading itself may be prohibited.
- the file is directly accessed from the program execution unit 70 and the video playback unit 20.
- the file system unit is provided between the program execution unit 70 and the video playback unit 20 and the disk reading unit 50. May be provided, and access to the file may be performed via the file system unit. In this case, you can declare the use in video_file_name! /, Na! /, And you cannot refer to the video data as a file! / ⁇ .
- the program reproduces the entire section of one piece of video data. However, it is easy to extend the reproduction of only one section of video data. In this case, the fields representing the start and end times of the playback of the video data may be added to videojnfoO.
- the reproduction of all video data is verified using a public key and a certificate.
- verification should be performed only on what the video data right holder considers necessary. It is easy to extend to.
- the public key data is multiplexed only with the video data that needs to be verified, and if the public key data is multiplexed! / It is configured to notify the control unit 80 '.
- the overall control unit 80 ' is configured to check the presence or absence of a public key between steps S102 and S103 in FIG. 33, and to terminate the verification process if there is no public key. This makes it possible to verify only what the rights holder of the video data considers necessary. Therefore, it is possible to omit the verification using a public key and a certificate for those that do not need to be verified, so that additional effects such as an improvement in processing speed and a reduction in power consumption can be obtained.
- the video data itself must be encrypted, but may be encrypted to prevent unauthorized copying! At this time, by separating the key for encrypting the video data and the key for encryption for verifying the reproduction permission, even if one of them is illegally decrypted, the other can be prevented from being affected.
- the public key (public key a) is stored in the video data management information
- another public key (public key b) is multiplexed in the video data
- the video data management information corresponds to the public key b.
- the hash value of the video data management information encrypted with the secret key to be added is added to the video data management information as verification data. As a result, it can be verified at the time of reproduction that the video data management information is not illegal! As a result, it can be assured that the public key a included therein is also valid.
- the program and the video data are stored on the same read-only recording medium.
- the present invention is also applicable to the present invention.
- a video disc player It is assumed that a recording medium such as a hard disk and a network connection function are added to /, an additional program for the optical disk 2 is downloaded through the network connection function, and stored on the hard disk. At this time, the server power on the network may also download an unauthorized program. In addition, a legitimate program on the hard disk may be tampered with. On the other hand, by using the present invention, it is possible to prevent such unauthorized programs from reproducing the video data on the optical disk 2 without permission.
- the overall control unit 8 (is provided, but the overall control unit is not provided as in Embodiment 1.
- the program execution unit performs verification. Will do.
- the hash value of the program is encrypted, but it goes without saying that the hash value is not limited to this as long as there is a guarantee that different programs are associated with different values.
- the value ALWAYS is defined in the field timing without specifying the interrupt timing.
- each subfield in the field conditionO is interpreted as an interrupt generation condition. For example, when the subfield normal is "1", it means that the synchronization control unit 22 generates an interrupt corresponding to syncjnfoO including the subfield when the other reproduction state power also changes to normal reproduction.
- the synchronization control unit 22 checks the syncjnfoO whose field timing value is ALWAYS when the reproduction state changes, and generates an interrupt according to the value of the field conditionO. [0303] By doing so, it is possible to perform processing in accordance with a change in the reproduction state. For example, by displaying special graphics only at the moment of fast forward, the user can enjoy the content repeatedly, and the added value of the content can be improved.
- the processing is changed according to the transition destination of the reproduction state, but the processing may be changed according to the transition source of the reproduction state. Also, the processing may be changed according to the combination of the transition source and the transition destination! / ⁇ .
- the video data is directly referred to by the program and the program management information.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- video data management information including various kinds of information (attribute information, random access information, and the like) related to video data, and playlist information indicating the reproduction order of the video data, it is powerful.
- the video data, the synchronization timing information, and the program may be recorded on another recording medium such as a hard disk recorded on an optical disk. Also, it may exist on another recording medium via a network. Also, each data may exist on another recording medium! /.
- the program and the synchronization timing information are managed in different files, but may be managed in the same file.
- the synchronization timing information is sent to the video playback unit of the program execution unit. This has the additional effect of reducing overhead by reducing the number of files to read.
- the program execution unit is assumed to execute a general-purpose program.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the effects of the present invention can be obtained even with a single-function processing unit such as a still image slide show playback.
- the program execution unit is a web browser, and the program is HTML (HyperText
- the process executed by the program (synchronous execution program) or the interrupt handler is not limited to any one that executes in synchronization with a specific time axis that outputs an image. Needless to say, it's good. However, this excludes those that control the output of images and sounds generated by the program execution unit using the output control unit. For example, reading and writing data in a recording medium, accessing a network, or incrementing a variable in a program may be used.
- the program execution unit sets the timing of bitmap generation using a unique clock, and even if only the output control unit is controlled, control can be performed on a frame-by-frame basis. Conversely, even when no output control unit is provided and only interrupts to the program are used, the effect of eliminating the overhead of polling processing can be obtained.
- the output control unit is only limited to switching the display buffer memory, and the present invention is not limited to this.
- the force synthesis unit that controls the program execution unit and the output control unit may be the control target.
- the type of control may include switching the order of display planes.
- FIG. 34 shows another configuration example of the video disc player 1.
- the output control unit switches the image generated by the program execution unit.
- the output control unit can be applied to any case where the output of an image or audio is controlled according to the synchronization timing information.
- Figure 34 is an example.
- the video playback unit 20 receives data obtained by multiplexing video data and bitmap data, and outputs uncompressed video data and bitmap data. Therefore, the video playback unit 20 has two decoders: a decoder that generates uncompressed video data and a decoder (output generation means) that generates bitmap data (second output data). Operates on the generated common clock.
- the output control unit 40 controls the output of the bitmap data output from the video reproduction unit 20. .
- the synchronization timing information also passes the program power to the video playback unit 20. According to this configuration, the output of the bitmap data can be controlled with the accuracy of the video frame.
- the power using two display buffer memories is not limited thereto. Even when one or three or more display buffer memories are used, the effects of the present invention can be obtained.
- the control based on the synchronization timing information is performed by the video playback unit, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the effects of the present invention can be obtained as long as the components use the same clock as the video playback unit.
- the value of merged_flag in syn infoO that specifies an integrated synchronous execution program that can obtain the same result as the result of executing a plurality of synchronous execution programs is set to "1".
- the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the present invention can be applied to, for example, specifying a program for displaying a warning when a middle part of a video is reproduced or a program for displaying graphics different from that for a case where the first part is reproduced.
- the data acquisition means acquires an in-progress playback synchronization execution program that is executed only when the playback is started from the middle of the content data.
- the designation information indicating the synchronization execution program to be executed
- identification of the halfway playback synchronization execution program indicating whether or not the synchronization execution program indicated by the action designation information is a halfway playback synchronization execution program.
- the synchronization control means includes the intermediate playback synchronization execution program identification information indicating that the playback data is an intermediate playback synchronization execution program.
- the synchronization control is performed in the order in which the timing designation information is earlier. It may be configured to transmit a signal.
- the midway reproduction synchronization execution program may be recorded on the same optical disk as the other synchronization execution programs.
- the playback device of the present invention in the playback device including the first output generation unit and the second output generation unit, based on the clock of the first output generation unit according to the synchronization timing information. And a means for controlling the output of the second output generation unit.
- the synchronization timing information may be separated from information for generating an output from the first output generation unit.
- the synchronization timing information may include a time on the time axis of the first output generation unit, and may include at least one of a control target and a control content. Good.
- the first output generation unit may be a video playback unit
- the second output generation unit may be a program execution unit
- the playback method of the playback device of the present invention is a playback method of a playback device comprising a first output generation unit and a second output generation unit, wherein the synchronization timing information and the first output generation unit And a step of issuing a control signal according to the comparison result.
- the recording medium of the present invention is a recording medium on which information for generating an output of the first output generation unit and information for generating an output from the second output generation unit are recorded. Then, the synchronization timing information may be recorded, and the synchronization timing information may be for controlling the output of the second output generation unit based on the clock of the first output generation unit.
- the timing information may be recorded near information for generating an output of the second output generation unit.
- each block of the video disc players 1, 1 ', 1 may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.
- the video disk players 1, 1 ', and V are composed of a CPU (central processing unit) that executes the instructions of a control program that implements each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the above programs, It is equipped with a RAM (random access memory) for expanding the ti program, and a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the above programs and various data.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a computer to execute a program code (executable program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the video disc players 1, 1 ', V, which is software for realizing the above-described functions.
- a recording medium recorded in a readable manner is supplied to the video disc player 1, 1 ', 1 ", and the computer (or CPU or MPU) is recorded on the recording medium to read and execute a program code. This is also achievable.
- Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk Z hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROMZMOZM D / DVD / CD-R. Disk system, IC card (including memory card)
- a card system such as a Z optical card or a semiconductor memory system such as a mask ROMZEPROMZEEPROMZ flash ROM can be used.
- the video disc players 1, 1 ', 1 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network.
- the communication network is not particularly limited. Instead, for example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network and the like can be used.
- the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even if the transmission medium is wired such as IEEE1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc. (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, etc.
- the present invention is also applicable to the above program code. De is embodied by electronic transmission, computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave It can also be realized in the form of a signal.
- the playback device includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring content data and synchronization timing information, a clock generation unit for generating a clock signal, and a playback output of the content data according to the clock signal.
- Decoding means for converting the data into reproduction data for synchronization
- a synchronization control means for transmitting a synchronization control signal to the synchronization processing means at a timing designated by the timing specification information included in the synchronization timing information according to the clock signal
- a synchronization processing means for performing processing in accordance with the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means.
- a control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device including a data acquisition unit, a decoding unit, and a synchronization processing unit, wherein the data acquisition unit includes: A data acquisition step for acquiring synchronization timing information, and the decoding means converts the content data into playback data for playback output in accordance with the clock signal, and includes the synchronization data in the synchronization timing information in accordance with the clock signal.
- a synchronization control signal that defines the timing at which processing is performed can be supplied to the synchronization processing means in synchronization with the content data reproduction processing performed by the decoding means.
- the “processing” performed by the synchronization processing means includes, for example, data output control and program execution.
- access to the network, reading and writing of recording media, and the like are included in the category.
- the data acquisition means further acquires a synchronization execution program
- the synchronization processing means receives the synchronization execution program from the synchronization control means.
- the synchronization control signal for defining the timing of executing the synchronization execution program and generating output data to the synchronization processing means. (Trigger) can be supplied.
- the reproducing apparatus can efficiently execute a program that is executed in synchronization with reproduction of AV data or the like.
- the playback device includes output generation means for generating second output data which is an output other than the playback data, and wherein the synchronization processing means includes an output unit for outputting the second output data.
- Output control means for controlling the output according to the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means may be provided.
- the output of the second output data is further controlled.
- the “second output data” generated by the output generation means includes, for example, graphics data generated by executing a program, and data obtained by decoding bitmap data multiplexed with video data.
- audio information output for example, audio data generated by executing a program, and data obtained by decoding audio data multiplexed with video data are also included in the category.
- the synchronization processing means may generate output data by executing a synchronization execution program, and generate the output data in accordance with the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means. May be output.
- the synchronization processing means generates output data by executing the synchronization execution program according to the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means, and generates the output data.
- the output may be configured.
- the graphics display by the synchronous execution program in synchronization with the reproduction processing of the content data performed by the decoding means is further facilitated and efficiently performed.
- the synchronization processing means includes an output control means for controlling output of output data output by the synchronization execution program in accordance with a synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means. It may be configured with:
- the playback device includes a data acquisition unit that acquires content data, a synchronization execution program, and synchronization timing information; a clock generation unit that generates a clock signal; Decoding means for converting the data into reproduction data for reproduction output; synchronization control means for transmitting a synchronization control signal to the synchronization processing means at a timing designated by the timing designation information included in the synchronization timing information in accordance with the clock signal;
- a configuration may be provided that includes: a synchronization processing unit that generates output data by executing the synchronization execution program and outputs the output data in accordance with a synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control unit.
- the control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device provided with a decoding unit and a synchronization processing unit, and includes a data acquisition step for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and synchronization timing information.
- the decoding means converts the content data into playback data for playback output in accordance with the clock signal, and performs the synchronization processing at the timing specified by the timing designation information included in the synchronization timing information in accordance with the clock signal.
- a program execution output step for output. It may be.
- a synchronization control signal that specifies the timing for outputting the execution result (output data) of the synchronization execution program to the synchronization processing unit in synchronization with the content data reproduction processing performed by the decoding unit. (Trigger) can be supplied.
- the reproducing apparatus can efficiently execute a program that is executed in synchronization with reproduction of AV data or the like.
- the playback device includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and synchronization timing information, a clock generation unit for generating a clock signal, and the content data in accordance with the clock signal.
- Decoding means for converting the data into reproduction data for reproduction output;
- synchronization control means for transmitting a synchronization control signal to the synchronization processing means at a timing designated by the timing designation information included in the synchronization timing information in accordance with the clock signal;
- the synchronization execution program may be executed in accordance with a synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means to generate output data, and may include a synchronization processing means for outputting the output data.
- control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device provided with a decoding unit and a synchronization processing unit, and includes a data acquisition step for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and synchronization timing information.
- the decoding means converts the content data into playback data for playback output in accordance with the clock signal, and performs the synchronization processing at the timing specified by the timing designation information included in the synchronization timing information in accordance with the clock signal.
- a program execution output step for performing Good is a control method for a playback device provided with a decoding unit and a synchronization processing unit, and includes a data acquisition step for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and synchronization timing information.
- the decoding means converts the content
- the synchronization control signal (synchronization control signal (synchronization control signal) defining the timing for executing the synchronization execution program and generating the output data to the synchronization processing means. Trigger) can be supplied.
- the reproducing apparatus can efficiently execute a program that is executed in synchronization with reproduction of AV data or the like.
- the data acquisition means may be reading means for reading out content data, a synchronization execution program, and synchronization timing information from a content recording medium, or communication means for acquiring the content data via a network.
- You may. That is, the supply of the content data, the synchronization execution program, and the synchronization timing information to the playback device can be performed in various modes.
- the content data, the synchronization execution program, and the content recording medium in which all of the synchronization timing information are recorded may be read.
- the content data, the synchronization execution program, and the synchronization timing information may be obtained via a network, and may be reproduced in combination with other data read from the content recording medium. More Alternatively, part or all of the synchronization execution program (same for content data and synchronization timing information) recorded on the content recording medium may be replaced with the synchronization execution program acquired via the network and reproduced. .
- a program in addition to a program for generating image data (still image, animation) to be superimposed on a video image, a program for outputting only sound such as sound effect or narration can be used.
- the synchronization processing means includes a program execution means for generating output data by executing the synchronization execution program according to the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means. It may be a configuration.
- a synchronization execution program can be executed in accordance with a synchronization control signal based on a clock signal used for reproducing content data. Therefore, it becomes possible to generate the output data of the synchronous execution program in synchronization with the reproduction of the content data.
- the synchronization processing means includes output control means for outputting output data generated by the program execution means in accordance with a synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means. It may be a configuration.
- output data generated by the synchronization execution program can be output according to the synchronization control signal based on the clock signal used for reproducing the content data.
- the output of the synchronous execution program in synchronization with the reproduction of the content data.
- the synchronization timing information includes action specification information together with the timing specification information
- the synchronization control means sends the program execution means at the timing specified by the timing specification information.
- the action designation information corresponding to the timing designation information is included in the synchronization control signal
- the program executing means includes the action designation information included in the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means. It may be configured to execute the synchronous execution program specified in.
- the synchronous execution program to be executed can be controlled not only by the timing at which the program execution means performs processing but also by the synchronization control means. Therefore, the program execution means A plurality of synchronous execution programs (commands) can be executed while switching.
- the synchronization control means when the playback device according to the present invention starts playback from the middle of the content data, the synchronization control means includes timing designation information indicating a time earlier than the playback start time.
- the synchronization timing information a configuration may be employed in which the synchronization control signal is transmitted in order from the timing specification information which is earlier.
- the synchronization timing information includes, together with the timing designation information, dependency information indicating a dependency relationship with other synchronization timing information, and starts playing back the intermediate data of the content data.
- the synchronization control means includes a synchronization timing information including a timing designation information indicating a past time closest to the reproduction start time among the synchronization timing information including the dependence information indicating that the synchronization control information does not depend on other synchronization timing information.
- the configuration may be such that the synchronization control signal is transmitted in the order in which the timing specification information is earlier.
- the data acquisition means acquires an integrated synchronous execution program that can obtain the same result as the result of executing the plurality of synchronous execution programs.
- the information includes, together with the timing designation information, action designation information indicating a synchronous execution program to be executed, and an integrated synchronization execution program indicating whether or not the synchronous execution program indicated by the action designation information is an integrated synchronization execution program.
- the synchronization control means starts the reproduction in the synchronization timing information including the integrated synchronization execution program identification information indicating the integrated synchronization execution program.
- Synchronization timing information including timing specification information indicating the past time closest to the
- the synchronization timing information The configuration may be such that the synchronization control signal is transmitted in the order of the timing designation information in accordance with the synchronization timing information including the timing designation information indicating a later time.
- the data obtaining means obtains an intermediate playback synchronization execution program that is executed only when playback is started from the middle of the content data.
- the information includes, together with the timing designation information, action designation information indicating a synchronous execution program to be executed, and intermediate playback synchronization indicating whether or not the synchronization execution program indicated by the action designation information is a halfway playback synchronization execution program.
- the synchronization control means includes an execution program identification information including the execution program identification information.
- the timing specification information indicating the past time closest to the playback start time is According to the synchronization timing information and the synchronization timing information including the timing designation information indicating the time later than the synchronization timing information, the synchronization control signal is transmitted in order from the timing designation information which is earlier. Good.
- an interrupt process can be further selected according to the reproduction start time, and a process according to the reproduction state can be performed. For example, by displaying special graphics only when playback is started from a certain time, the user can enjoy the content repeatedly, and the added value of the content can be improved.
- the synchronization timing information includes execution condition information indicating a state of the decoding means when the synchronization execution program is to be executed;
- execution condition information indicating a state of the decoding means when the synchronization execution program is to be executed;
- a configuration may be adopted in which the state of the decoding means is monitored and the synchronization control signal is transmitted based on the state and the execution condition information.
- the decoding means reproduces the video data as content data and outputs a video image
- the program executing means executes the video as the synchronous execution program. It may be configured to execute a program for generating image data to be superimposed on an image.
- the image data generated by the program executing means may be a still image or an animation.
- the playback device comprises: data acquisition means for acquiring content data and a synchronization execution program; program execution means for executing the synchronization execution program; and clock generation means for generating a clock signal.
- Decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output in accordance with the clock signal; synchronization control means for transmitting a synchronization control signal to the program execution means at a predetermined timing in accordance with the clock signal; Input means for receiving the reproduction control operation of the above and converting the reproduction control information into reproduction control information, wherein the decoding means is controlled by the reproduction control information from the input means, and the program execution means receives at least the synchronization control information received from the synchronization control means.
- the configuration may be such that a synchronous execution program is executed according to a synchronous control signal.
- a control method of a playback device is a control method of a playback device including a data acquisition unit, a program execution unit, a clock generation unit, a decoding unit, a synchronization control unit, and an input unit, A data acquisition step of acquiring the content data and the synchronization execution program by the data acquisition means; a program execution step of executing the synchronization execution program by the program execution means; A clock generating step for generating a signal, a decoding step for converting the content data into reproduction data for reproduction output in accordance with the clock signal by the decoding means, and a A synchronous control signal is transmitted to the program executing means at a predetermined timing according to the signal.
- control step similar said input means, an input step of converting the reproduction control information accepted the reproduction control operation of the external force
- the decoding means operates in accordance with the playback control information from the input means
- the program execution means executes the synchronization in accordance with at least the synchronization control signal received from the synchronization control means.
- the way to run the program may be.
- the synchronous execution program can be executed in synchronization with the reproduction of the content data, and the content can be reproduced by the external reproduction control operation (user operation) without passing through the synchronous execution program. Can control. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the overhead caused by the synchronous execution program and increase the response to the reproduction control operation by the user.
- the "predetermined timing" at which the synchronization control means transmits the synchronization control signal to the program execution means includes, for example, the end of reproduction of the content data and the timing specified by the synchronization timing information. .
- the playback device comprises: data acquisition means for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information; and decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output.
- Program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program.
- the program management information further includes program designation information and content data designation information for respectively specifying content data and a synchronous execution program to be simultaneously reproduced and output.
- Data acquisition may be configured to include the overall control means for instructing to the data acquisition means.
- a control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device including a decoding unit, a program execution unit, and a data acquisition unit, wherein the data acquisition unit includes A data acquisition step for acquiring a program and program management information; a decoding step for converting the content data into reproduction data for reproduction output by a decoding means; and a program execution step for executing the synchronous execution program by a program execution means.
- the program management information includes At the same time, the program execution information includes the program designation information and the content data designation information for respectively specifying the content data and the synchronization execution program to be reproduced and output, and executes the synchronization execution program specified by the program designation information to the program execution means.
- the synchronous execution program is not limited to a program that generates output data.
- the program management information includes playback start instruction necessary / unnecessary information indicating whether or not an instruction from the synchronous execution program is required to start playback of the content data.
- the decoding means when the reproduction start instruction necessity information indicates that a synchronous execution program power instruction is required, does not start reproducing the content data until there is a synchronous execution program power instruction. Well! / ,.
- the playback device comprises: data acquisition means for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information; and decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output.
- Program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program, input means for receiving an external reproduction control operation and converting it into reproduction control information, reproduction control information from the input means, and reproduction control information from the program execution means And a switching means for switching between these based on the reproduction control switching information included in the program management information and sending the switching to the decoding means.
- the playback device comprises: data acquisition means for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information; and decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output.
- Program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program; and further, overall control means for suspending reproduction of the content data and the reproduction output of the synchronous execution program and resuming reproduction from the paused position.
- the playback device comprises: data acquisition means for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information; and decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output.
- a program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program; further, the program management information is capable of a resume function of resuming reproduction of the paused portion after temporarily stopping the reproduction output of the content data and the synchronous execution program.
- the user temporarily suspends the content that cannot be resumed.
- a warning message or the like can be presented to the user before the operation is performed. Therefore, confusion of the user can be reduced.
- Examples of the operation instruction include an instruction to call a menu by the user and an instruction to return from the menu, and the above configuration is particularly suitable for these.
- Examples of the presentation by the presentation means include lighting of a lamp, an alarm sound, and display of a message on a display screen.
- the synchronous execution program is not limited to a program that generates output data.
- the playback device comprises: data acquisition means for acquiring content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information; decoding means for converting the content data into playback data for playback output; Program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program, and the program management information further includes at least content data designation information for designating content data to be reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program.
- the synchronous execution program is configured to include a verification means for verifying whether or not the content data is specified by the content data specification information. ,.
- a control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device including a decoding unit, a program execution unit, a data acquisition unit, and a verification unit.
- a program execution step of executing a synchronous execution program, and the program management information further includes at least content data designation information for designating content data to be reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronization execution program;
- the synchronous execution program decodes the decoding means. Konten' data indicating the soil, even in the configuration that includes a verification step of verifying whether or not the content data specified by the content data specifying information,.
- the content data component that the synchronous execution program tried to reproduce was It is possible to verify whether the content data is specified by the tend data specification information. Therefore, it is possible to verify whether or not the reproduction capability of the content data of the currently executed synchronous execution program is permitted by the right holder of the content data. Therefore, it is possible to detect a reproduction operation by a program that is not permitted to reproduce, and to prevent content data from being reproduced without permission.
- the synchronous execution program is not limited to a program for generating output data for reproduction output.
- the right holder of the content data can be synchronized.
- the right holder of the content data can check for unauthorized use of the content data only by confirming the static information of the content data designation information outside the synchronous execution program without executing the execution program.
- the playback device includes a data acquisition unit that acquires content data, a synchronization execution program, program management information, and verification information, and converts the content data into playback data for playback output.
- Decoding means, and program execution means for executing the synchronous execution program, and the program management information further includes at least permission information for permitting use of content data to be reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program.
- the synchronization execution program includes verification means for verifying, using the verification information, the permission information of the content data instructing decoding to the decoding means. .
- a control method for a playback device is a control method for a playback device including a decoding unit, a program execution unit, a data acquisition unit, and a verification unit.
- the program management information further includes at least permission information for permitting use of the content data which is reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program.
- the above verification The step may include a verification step of verifying, using the verification information, the permission information of the content data in which the synchronous execution program instructs the decoding means to decode.
- the verification information is a public key
- the permission information encrypts information unique to the synchronization execution program using a secret key corresponding to the public key. It is preferable that the verification means decodes the permission information with the verification information and performs verification based on the obtained result.
- the “information unique to the synchronous execution program” for example, a hash value obtained by performing a hash process on the code of the synchronous execution program or the code of the synchronous execution program can be used.
- the program execution means may stop the execution of the synchronization execution program if the permission information does not confirm that the permission information is appropriate as a result of the verification by the verification means. It may be a configuration to do.
- the reproducing apparatus may be realized by a computer.
- the reproducing apparatus is configured to operate the computer as each of the above means, particularly, the above-mentioned synchronization control means and the above-mentioned synchronization processing means.
- a control program of a reproducing apparatus for realizing the apparatus by a computer and a computer-readable recording medium recording the control program are also included in the scope of the present invention.
- the content recording medium according to the present invention can be supplied to the above-described playback device. Further, at least one of the content data, the synchronization execution program, and the synchronization timing information may be recorded therein.
- the content data and the synchronization timing information are recorded so that the content data can be supplied to the playback device, and the synchronization timing information is separated from the content data. It may have a configuration.
- a synchronization execution program and synchronization timing information are recorded so that the synchronization execution program can be supplied to the playback device, and the synchronization timing information is stored near the synchronization execution program. It may be a configuration recorded in.
- a synchronization execution program and synchronization timing information are recorded so that the content recording medium can be supplied to the above-described playback device, and the synchronization timing information is the same as the synchronization execution program. It may be a configuration stored in a file
- the content recording medium according to the present invention has a configuration in which at least one of content data, a synchronization execution program, and program management information is recorded so that the content recording medium can be supplied to the above-described playback device. You can.
- the content recording medium includes at least content data, program management information, and verification information so that the content can be supplied to the above-described playback device.
- the program management information includes at least permission information for permitting use of content data that is reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program, and the verification information is included in the content data. You can.
- the content recording medium according to the present invention may have a configuration in which the verification information is multiplexed at predetermined intervals in the content data.
- a synchronization execution program may be recorded on the content recording medium along with the content data, the program management information, and the verification information.
- the verification information may have a different configuration depending on the section of the content data.
- the data structure according to the present invention includes a content data storage area for storing content data to be played back by the playback device, and a synchronous execution performed by the playback device in synchronization with the playback of the content data.
- Synchronous execution program storage area for storing a program, and synchronous timing information for storing synchronous timing information specifying the timing at which the synchronous execution program is executed based on a clock signal for reproducing the content data by the playback device.
- the configuration may include a storage area.
- the data structure according to the present invention includes a content data storage area for storing content data to be played back by the playback device, and a synchronous execution performed in synchronization with the playback of the content data by the playback device.
- the program management information includes at least permission information for permitting use of content data to be reproduced and output simultaneously with the synchronous execution program.
- the verification information may include verification information for verifying the permission information.
- the playback device of the present invention can efficiently execute a program that is executed in synchronization with the playback of AV data or the like. Therefore, a video that superimposes a graphic output generated by a computer program during playback of video data is displayed. It can be suitably used for players and the like.
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