U.S. patent application number 10/143505 was filed with the patent office on 2002-12-12 for recording medium containing moving picture data and additional information thereof and reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium.
This patent application is currently assigned to LG Electronics Inc.. Invention is credited to Cho, Jang Hui, Kim, Byung Jin, Kim, Mi Hyun, Park, Sung Wan, Seo, Kang Soo, Yoo, Jea Yong.
Application Number | 20020186485 10/143505 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 19709410 |
Filed Date | 2002-12-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020186485 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Cho, Jang Hui ; et
al. |
December 12, 2002 |
Recording medium containing moving picture data and additional
information thereof and reproducing method and apparatus of the
recording medium
Abstract
The present invention relates to a recording medium containing
moving picture data and additional information thereof and to
reproducing method and apparatus of the recording medium. The
present recording medium has script files including additional
information about moving picture data, e.g., scene descriptive text
and introduction of characters, etc. In addition, information
linking each script file with a section of moving picture data to
be presented with contents of the script file is included in a link
data file or is contained in a filename of the script file. In
reproduction of the recording medium, a script file linked with
presently reproduced moving picture data section is determined and
searched for based on the link data file or every filename of the
script files, and contents of the found script file are presented
together with the presently reproduced moving picture data.
Furthermore, previously presented additional information is removed
depending on data or filename of the found script file.
Inventors: |
Cho, Jang Hui; (Seoul,
KR) ; Yoo, Jea Yong; (Seoul, KR) ; Park, Sung
Wan; (Suwon-si, KR) ; Kim, Mi Hyun; (Seoul,
KR) ; Seo, Kang Soo; (Kyunggi-do, KR) ; Kim,
Byung Jin; (Kyunggi-do, KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
LEE & HONG
221 N. Figueroa Street, 11th Floor
Los Angeles
CA
90012
US
|
Assignee: |
LG Electronics Inc.
|
Family ID: |
19709410 |
Appl. No.: |
10/143505 |
Filed: |
May 10, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
360/1 ; 360/15;
360/55; 386/241; 386/326; 386/353; 386/E9.036; G9B/27.019;
G9B/27.043 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04N 5/85 20130101; G11B
27/105 20130101; G11B 27/322 20130101; G11B 2220/2562 20130101;
H04N 9/8205 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
360/1 ; 360/15;
360/55; 386/1; 386/46 |
International
Class: |
G11B 005/00; H04N
009/00; H04N 011/00; G11B 005/86; H04N 005/91; H04N 007/00; G11B
005/02 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 12, 2001 |
KR |
2001-26028 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A recording medium, comprising: moving picture data; and
additional information, written in the form of file, related with
said moving picture data, wherein at least one among the additional
information files includes information indicating that there is no
additional information about a related section of moving picture
data.
2. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein said at least one file
contains null data to indicate that there is no additional
information about a related section of moving picture data.
3. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein said at least one file
includes, in filename thereof, a special code indicating that there
is no additional information about a related section of moving
picture data.
4. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein link information
linking said additional information files with said moving picture
data is written in the same area where said additional information
is written.
5. The recording medium of claim 4, wherein said link information
links a recording address of an additional information file with an
address of a start video object unit of moving picture data section
to be presented together with contents of the additional
information file.
6. The recording medium of claim 4, wherein said link information
links a filename of an additional information file with an address
of a start video object unit of moving picture data section to be
presented together with contents of the additional information
file.
7. The recording medium of claim 4, wherein said link information
file is associated one-to-one with program chain information which
specifies a program section of the moving picture data and has
reproduction-controlling information for the program section.
8. The recording medium of claim 7, wherein said program chain
information includes a flag indicative of whether there is
additional information associated with the program section or
not.
9. The recording medium of claim 8, wherein said flag is 1-bit long
and is allocated in a program chain content field of said program
chain information.
10. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein said additional
information file is named with an address of a start video object
unit of a section of moving picture data to be presented together
with contents of said additional information file.
11. A method of reproducing a recording medium, comprising the
steps of: (a) reproducing moving picture data written on the
recording medium; (b) obtaining an address of presently reproduced
section of moving picture data, choosing a file, specified to have
additional information about moving picture data, associated with
the obtained address, and searching for the chosen file;
(c)determining, based on data contained in or filename of the found
file, whether or not the presently reproduced section has related
additional information; and (d) removing previously presented
additional information, if any, based on the determination
result.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said step (c) determines that
the presently reproduced section has no related additional
information if a filename of the found file includes a special code
indicating that there is no additional information about a related
section of moving picture data.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein said step (c) determines that
the presently reproduced section has no related additional
information if the found file includes only null data.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein said step (b) chooses a file
associated with the obtained address using link information linking
an address of data with a recording address of a file having
additional information about moving picture data.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein said step (b) chooses the file
associated with the obtained address using link information linking
an address of data with a filename of file having additional
information about moving picture data.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein said step (b) chooses a file
named with an address equal to or closest to and smaller than the
obtained address.
17. An apparatus of reproducing a recording medium, comprising: a
data pickup reading moving picture data and files containing
additional information about the moving picture data from the
recording medium; a data processor decoding the moving picture data
read by said data pickup; and a controller obtaining an address of
the moving picture data decoded by said data processor, choosing a
file, specified to have additional information about the moving
picture data, associated with the obtained address, and
determining, based on data contained in or filename of the chosen
file, whether or not the moving picture data decoded by the data
processor has related additional information.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said controller controls
said data processor to remove previously presented additional
information, if any, when it is determined that the moving picture
data decoded by the data processor has no related additional
information.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a recording medium on which
moving picture data have been recorded together with script files
including additional information related with the moving picture
data.
[0003] The present invention further relates to a method of linking
script files with moving picture data and relates to method and
apparatus of reproducing the moving picture data along with script
files thereof.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] An optical disk such as DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) being
able to store digital data is widely used in these days. A DVD can
store not only audio data but also moving picture data of long
time. A DVD has two recording partitions, one for storing digital
data stream such as moving picture data, and the other for storing
navigation data which are used to control reproduction of the
stored digital data stream.
[0006] Thus, when a DVD having digital data stream thereon is
placed into a conventional DVD player, the player reads out the
reproduction-controlling data written in the navigation data
partition first and stores them in a memory equipped therein.
Afterwards, the DVD player can select or search for an arbitrary
section of moving picture data using the reproduction-controlling
data in the memory and playback it.
[0007] A DVD may include additional information about moving
picture data recorded thereon. Namely, a DVD may include scene
descriptive texts and introduction of characters, etc. besides
video and audio data. Such additional information may be informed
to a viewer who wants more information about moving pictures being
presented.
[0008] However, how to link such additional information with moving
picture data and how to reproduce it along with moving picture data
are not yet decided.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0009] It is an object of the present invention to provide a method
of linking additional information with each section of moving
picture data and of storing the additional information.
[0010] It is another object of the present invention to provide
method and apparatus of reproducing a recording medium including
the additional information as well as moving picture data
thereon.
[0011] A recording medium in accordance with the present invention
is characterized in that it has data comprising: moving picture
data; and additional information, written in the form of file,
related with said moving picture data, wherein at least one among
the additional information files includes information indicating
that there is no additional information about a related section of
moving picture data.
[0012] A method of reproducing a recording medium containing moving
picture data and additional information thereof in accordance with
the present invention is characterized in that it comprises the
steps of: reproducing moving picture data written on the recording
medium; obtaining an address of presently reproduced section of
moving picture data, choosing a file, specified to have additional
information about moving picture data, associated with the obtained
address, and searching for the chosen file; determining, based on
data contained in or filename of the found file, whether or not the
presently reproduced section has related additional information;
and removing previously presented additional information, if any,
based on the determination result.
[0013] An apparatus of reproducing a recording medium containing
moving picture data and additional information thereof in
accordance with the present invention is characterized in that it
comprises: a data pickup reading moving picture data and files
containing additional information about the moving picture data
from the recording medium; a data processor decoding the moving
picture data read by said data pickup; and a controller obtaining
an address of the moving picture data decoded by said data
processor, choosing a file, specified to have additional
information about the moving picture data, associated with the
obtained address, and determining, based on data contained in or
filename of the chosen file, whether or not the moving picture data
decoded by the data processor has related additional
information.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a
further understandings of the invention, illustrate the preferred
embodiments of the invention, and together with the description,
serve to explain the principles of the present invention.
[0015] FIG. 1 schematically shows a recording medium such as a DVD
including script files containing additional information about
moving picture data;
[0016] FIGS. 2 and 3 show structures of Video Manager Information
(VMGI) and Video Title Set Information (VTSI), respectively,
recorded in a navigation data zone of the recording medium of FIG.
1;
[0017] FIG. 4 shows hierarchically-structured digital data stream
recorded on a recording medium;
[0018] FIG. 5 shows a part of program chain information including
4-byte-long PGC Content field a `Script Flag` is allocated in;
[0019] FIG. 6 shows the first embodiment of a method linking script
files with moving picture data according to the present
invention;
[0020] FIG. 7 shows the second embodiment of a method linking
script files with moving picture data according to the present
invention;
[0021] FIG. 8 shows the third embodiment of a method linking script
files with moving picture data according to the present
invention;
[0022] FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a method specifying that a
moving picture data section has no related additional
information;
[0023] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an apparatus reproducing a
recording medium including script files as well as moving picture
data in accordance with the present invention;
[0024] FIG. 11 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method
reproducing a recording medium including script files as well as
moving picture data in accordance with the present invention;
[0025] FIG. 12 shows an example of screen displaying both a scene
by moving picture data and scene descriptive text by a script file;
and
[0026] FIG. 13 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a method
reproducing a recording medium including script files as well as
moving picture data in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0027] In order that the invention may be fully understood, a
preferred embodiment thereof will now be described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
[0028] Embodiments of a method linking additional information with
moving picture data in accordance with the present invention are
described first.
[0029] FIG. 1 schematically shows a recording medium such as a DVD
including script files containing additional information about
moving picture data. The DVD of FIG. 1 is composed of three
recording partitions, the first `Data Zone (DZ)` for storing
digital data stream such as moving picture data, the second
`Navigation Data Zone (NDZ)` for storing navigation data used to
control reproduction of the stored digital data stream in the DZ,
and the third `Script File Zone (SFZ)` for storing script files
having additional and/or detailed information about moving picture
data.
[0030] In the SFZ, at least one link data file, which links script
files with corresponding sections of moving picture data, may be
included.
[0031] The additional information in the script file may be written
in the conventional HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) format, and a
single script file is linked with at least one a
predetermined-sized VOBU (Video OBject Unit) which is defined in
the general DVD recording standard.
[0032] In addition, the link data file may be created for each PGCI
(ProGram Chain Information) which is also defined in the general
DVD recording standard, and it is composed of link entries where
each entry consists of a script file identifier and an address of
VOBUs associated with a script file.
[0033] FIG. 2 shows the structure of Video Manager Information
(VMGI) recorded in the NDZ. The VMGI includes Video Manager Menu
VOBU Address Map `VMGM_VOBU_ADMAP` in which 4-byte-long start
addresses of Video Manager Menu VOBUs `VMGM_VOBU_Ads` are
written.
[0034] FIG. 3 shows the structure of Video Title Set Information
(VTSI) recorded in the NDZ. The VTSI includes Video Title Set Video
Object Unit Address Map `VTS_VOBU_ADMAP` in which 4-byte-long start
addresses of Video Title Set VOBUs `VTS_VOBU_Ads` are written.
[0035] FIG. 4 shows hierarchically-structured digital data stream
recorded on a DVD. According to the hierarchical structure depicted
in FIG. 4, single PGCI which has been written in the PGCI table
included in the VMGI and/or VTSI is associated with at least one
VOB (Video OBject), called program section or program chain, where
a single VOB is composed of many VOBUs containing actual data.
[0036] In the PGCI, 4-byte-long PGC Content field is included as
shown in FIG. 5. The PGC Content field consists of the following
sub-fields: 8-bit-long `Number of Cells`, 7-bit-long `Number of
Programs`, 1-bit `Script Flag`, and 16-bit-long `Reserved`.
[0037] The 1-bit `Script Flag` indicates whether or not script
files are linked with an associated program chain. If the `Script
Flag` is set it means that there are linked script files, and if
reset it means that there are not.
[0038] If there are linked script files, information for linking
each script file with a corresponding section of moving picture
data belonging to a program chain is stored in a link data
file.
[0039] FIG. 6 shows an example of the structure of a link data
file. There may be several link data files, as shown in FIG. 6, to
match one file with one program chain when a plurality of program
chains exist on a DVD. Therefore, a link data file may have a
filename indicative of an associated PGCI to distinguish what link
data file is associated with what PGCI. For example, the first link
data file associated with the PGCI `PGCI #1` of the first program
section is named to `PGC.sub.--1.lk`, and, in the same manner, the
second link data file associated with the PGCI `PGCI #2` of the
second program section is named to `PGC.sub.--2.lk` where the
extension `lk` implies link data file.
[0040] In the example of a link data file depicted in FIG. 6, each
link entry written in the link data file consists of an address of
a VOBU with which contents of a linked script file are to be
presented and a recording address of the linked script file. For
example, if it is supposed that an address of a VOBU with which
contents of a linked script file are to be presented is `10000` and
a recording address of the linked script file is `001001h`, a
corresponding link entry has data of `10000/001001h` where the
symbol `/` is a delimiter. Other symbol such as a space may be used
instead of `/`.
[0041] FIG. 7 shows another example of the structure of a link data
file. In the example of FIG. 7, each link data file is associated
with a corresponding program chain through a unique filename the
same as the above example. Namely, a link data file is named to
`PGC.sub.--1.lk` for the first PGCI, and to `PGC.sub.--2.lk` for
the second PGCI. Each link entry consists of an address of a VOBU
with which contents of a linked script file are to be presented and
a filename of the linked script file. For example, if it is
supposed that an address of a VOBU with which contents of a linked
script file are to be presented is `10000` and a filename of the
linked script file is `xxxx0.sc`, a corresponding link entry has
data of `10000/xxxx0.sc` where the symbol `/` is a delimiter.
[0042] When a DVD including the above-explained script files and at
least one link data file thereon is placed into a DVD player being
able to the DVD and a program chain to reproduce is selected at the
same time from a user, the DVD player checks the 1-bit `Script
Flag` written in the PGC Content field `PGC_CNT` in PGCI of the
selected program chain, first. If the `Script Flag` is 1, the DVD
player considers that script files associated with the selected
program chain have been written in the SFZ, reads a data link file
associated with the selected program chain from the SFZ, and stores
the read data link file in a memory. In these successive
operations, all script files in the SFZ may be read out and then
stored in the memory along with the link data file.
[0043] Afterwards, the selected program chain is reproduced. If
script display mode is activated, the DVD player examines all link
entries in the link data file, stored in the memory, associated
with the program chain being presented in order to search for an
address which is equal to a start address of a VOBU being
reproduced. If the same address is found in the link entries, the
DVD player obtains a recording address or a filename of a script
file combined with the found address through a delimiter `/`, and
decodes data contained in the identified script file by the
obtained recording address or filename while reading the script
file from the memory or the DVD. Through these operations, a viewer
is able to view additional information related with the presented
moving pictures at the same time while watching the moving
pictures.
[0044] In the above embodiment, an additional link data file is
necessary to link script files with moving picture data. However,
script files can be linked directly with moving picture data
without the above-explained link data file.
[0045] FIG. 8 is another embodiment of a method linking script
files with moving picture data in accordance with the present
invention. In the embodiment of FIG. 8, every script file has
filename including an address of a VOBU to be presented along with
the script file. For example, if it is supposed that a script file
is to be presented with the fifth VOBU `VOBU #5` of which start
address is `10000`, the script file includes a string of `10000.sc`
in its filename where the `sc`, means script file. In other words,
a start address of a VOBU to be presented with additional
information included in a script file must be used as a filename
(extension excluded) of the script file, as shown in FIG. 8.
[0046] Therefore, a DVD player reads all script files written in
the SFZ of a DVD and knows each start address of a VOBU to be
presented with a script file based on each filename before starting
reproduction. Afterwards, if there is a filename matched with an
address of a VOBU being presented now, the DVD player reads data in
a script file having the matched filename and decodes out them.
Through these operations, a viewer can view additional information
related with the presented moving pictures at the same time while
watching the moving pictures.
[0047] Entire script files may be retrieved from a DVD and then
stored in a memory at an initial disk loading process when a DVD is
placed. Otherwise, linked script files are retrieved from a DVD and
then decoded sequentially when a viewer activates script display
mode. If a memory has enough storage capacity, it is preferable to
respond to user's script display request after storing all script
files in the memory.
[0048] An arbitrary section of moving picture data, namely several
VOBUs may have no additional information although moving picture
data have additional information overall. For such a section, a
script file of which filename includes a start address of the
section is still created, however, the script file has only null
data. FIG. 9 shows this method schematically.
[0049] In the example of FIG. 9 illustrating a case that an
arbitrary section of moving picture data is not supplied with
additional information, a section from the L-th VOBU `VOBU #L` to
the (m-1)-th `VOBU #m-1` has no additional information, so that a
script file of which filename is `30000`, same with the address of
the L-th VOBU, has null data of fixed size.
[0050] Therefore, when the L-th VOBU is encountered while
reproducing the moving picture data, the DVD player reads contents
written in the script file `30000.sc` and it deletes
previously-outputted contents of the script file `21000.sc` in a
viewing screen because the contents of the file `30000.sc` are all
null. As a result, while a section of moving picture data not
supplied with additional information is being reproduced, previous
additional information not related with current section disappears
in a screen.
[0051] Instead of writing null data in a script file, a special
code, e.g., `-` is added to the filename of a script file to
indicate that a linked section has no additional information. For
example, in the example of FIG. 9, the script file of which
filename is same with the address of the L-th VOBU `VOBU #L` is
named to `-30000.sc`. Therefore, if a script file of which filename
includes the code `-` is linked with current VOBU, a
previously-presented script file is removed in a screen immediately
without reading data in the script file.
[0052] An embodiment of method and apparatus of reproducing a
recording medium including script files linked with moving picture
data as explained above is now described in detail.
[0053] FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an apparatus reproducing a
recording medium including script files as well as moving picture
data in accordance with the present invention. The reproducing
apparatus of FIG. 10 comprises an optical pickup 11 detecting
signals recorded on a DVD 10 on which script files are also
written; a reproduction processing unit 12 processing the detected
signals by the pickup 11 to restore them to video, audio, and/or
text data; a spindle motor 17 rotating the DVD 10; a sled motor 16
moving the pickup 11 inward and outward on the DVD 10; a servo unit
15 conducting servo operations for the spindle motor 17, the sled
motor 16, and an objective lens of the pickup 11; a controlling
unit 13 controlling all elements to reproduce the DVD 10; and a
memory 14 for temporarily storing data produced while reproducing
the DVD 10 and script files.
[0054] The reproduction processing unit 12 may be composed of a
digital signal processor (DSP) 12a restoring the detected RF
signals to digital data after converting the RF signals to binary
signals, a decoder 12b decoding compressed digital data restored by
the digital signal processor 12a, and the like. The controlling
unit 13 may be composed of a file system 13a searching for and
reading a link data file or a script file stored in the memory 14
or recorded on the DVD 10, a microprocessor 13b controlling
reproduction of recorded data and script files in connection with
the file system 13a, and so on. A reproduction operation, conducted
under the control of the controlling unit 13, of both moving
picture data and related additional information in script files is
performed as follows.
[0055] FIG. 11 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method
reproducing a recording medium including script files as well as
moving picture data in accordance with the present invention.
[0056] The procedures depicted in FIG. 11 are on the assumption
that the DVD 10 includes a link data file in the SFZ as the
embodiments of FIGS. 7 and 8. When the DVD 10 is placed exactly
(S10), the controlling unit 13 reads navigation data for
controlling reproduction of the DVD 10 from the NDZ and stores them
in the memory 14, first (S11). There are the VMGI and the VTSI
containing PGCI in the navigation data stored in the memory 14.
[0057] Because there may be several program chains on the DVD 10,
the controlling unit 13 waits until a program chain is chosen to be
reproduced by a user. If a program chain is selected, the
controlling unit 13 checks 1-bit `Script Flag` allocated in the PGC
Content field `PGC_CNT` written in PGCI associated with the chosen
program chain (S12). If the value of `Script Flag` is 0, the
controlling unit 13 knows that there is no additional information
associated with the chosen program chain, and conducts a general
DVD reproducing operation (S13).
[0058] If the values of `Script Flag` is 1, the controlling unit 13
considers that there is at least one stored script file, linked
with the selected program chain, in the SFZ of the DVD 10, and it
searches the SFZ of the DVD 10 for a link data file having filename
associated with the PGCI of the chosen program chain. If found, the
controlling unit 13 determines that the chosen program chain has
linked script files, otherwise, it determines that the chosen
program chain does not.
[0059] If it is determined that there is additional information
related with the program chain, the controlling unit 13 reads out
the found data link file from the SFZ (S14) and stores it in the
memory 14. Specially, if storage of the memory 14 is large enough
to store many script files, the controlling unit 13 analyzes all
link entries of the stored link data file, reads every script file
identified by address or filename written in each link entry, and
stores the read script files in the memory 14, before starting to
reproduce moving picture data belonging to the chosen program chain
(S15).
[0060] Afterwards, the controlling unit 13 conducts reproducing
operation of the selected program chain (S16). If current
reproducing mode is script display one or if script display mode is
requested from a user during reproduction of moving picture data
(S17), the controlling unit 13 receives an address of a VOBU being
reproduced now from the reproduction processing unit 12 or knows
the address from the already-stored VTSI in the memory 14 (S18),
and it searches the link data file stored in the memory 14 for a
link entry of which VOBU address member is equal to the received or
known address (S19) If the link entry is not found, the controlling
unit 13 searches for a link entry of which VOBU address member is
closest to and smaller than the received or known address (S19). If
a link entry is found from the former or the latter search
operation, the controlling unit 13 identifies a recording address
or a filename of a script file from the other member, delimited by
`/`, of the found link entry, and searches the DVD 10 or the memory
14 for a script file identified by the address or filename through
the file system 13a (S20).
[0061] If an associated script file is found, its contents are
transmitted to the reproduction processing unit 12 which decodes
the received contents in accordance with compressing way of the
contents, if compressed, and outputs them along with video and
audio data decoded from reproduced moving picture data (S21). Owing
to this dual decoding and outputting operation, a scene by moving
picture data and scene descriptive text by a script file are
displayed together in a single screen as shown in FIG. 12.
[0062] In the meantime, if the found script file contains null data
or has a special code such as `-` indicative of no linked
additional information in its filename as explained referring to
FIG. 9, the controlling unit 13 supplies the reproduction
processing unit 12 with a signal indicative of no information to
command the reproduction processing unit 12 to blank a present
script window. Consequently, continuous display of previous script
file is prevented.
[0063] FIG. 13 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a method
reproducing a recording medium including script files as well as
moving picture data in accordance with the present invention.
[0064] The procedures depicted in FIG. 13 are on the assumption
that the DVD 10 includes no link data file as the embodiment of
FIG. 9.
[0065] The procedures of the embodiment of FIG. 13 are totally same
with those of FIG. 11 except the following distinctive steps. In
the embodiment of FIG. 13, if it is determined that a selected
program chain has additional information (S32), the address range
of the selected program chain composed of at least one VOB is
detected first and script files named with address belonging to the
detected address range are all read from the SFZ of the DVD 10 into
the memory 14 (S34).
[0066] Afterwards, if in script display mode, the controlling unit
13 receives an address of a VOBU being currently reproduced from
the reproduction processing unit 12 or knows the address from the
already-stored VTSI in the memory 14 (S38), and it searches the
memory 14 for a script file named with the received or known
address or with an address closest to and smaller than the received
or known address (S39). If found, the controlling unit 13 transmits
contents of the found script file to the reproduction processing
unit 12 to be presented with reproduced moving pictures in a
screen.
[0067] If the found script file contains only null data or has a
special code indicative of no linked additional information in its
filename, the controlling unit 13 supplies the reproduction
processing unit 12 with a signal indicative of no information to
blank a present script window as the former embodiment.
[0068] As shown in FIG. 12, the moving pictures and its related
additional information may be displayed together through a
conventional Web browser used for surfing Internet. In case of
using Web browser, the script window for additional information can
be scrolled to a previous or a next scene descriptive information
by commands or clicks from a viewer. In addition, the descriptive
data written in a script file may be made out in the form of
hyper-text in order that a viewer might obtain with ease more
detailed information related with a part of text, e.g., a word or a
phrase by simply clicking it.
[0069] The above-explained method of linking additional information
with each section of moving picture data and method and apparatus
of reproducing a recording medium including the additional
information as well as moving picture data make it possible for a
viewer to obtain with ease additional and/or detailed information
related to moving picture data reproduced from a recording medium
such as a DVD.
[0070] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various
modifications and variations can be made in the present invention
without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus,
it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications
and variations of this invention provided they come within the
scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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