Picture reproducing apparatus and method, recording medium, and picture reproducing program
| Title: | Picture reproducing apparatus and method, recording medium, and picture reproducing program |
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| Patent Number: | 8,244,099 |
| Publication Date: | August 14, 2012 |
| Appl. No: | 11/660462 |
| Application Filed: | June 29, 2005 |
| Abstract: | To facilitate implementing a user operation control in a picture reproducing apparatus for reproducing contents recorded on a disk or the like. A picture reproducing apparatus selects and reproduces a plurality of prerecorded picture streams in the disk. A reproduction control unit is configured to reproduce the picture streams in either of two reproduction modes, i.e., a normal mode for accepting particular key inputs pertaining to picture reproduction and a menu mode for not accepting the particular key inputs. The mode in which the picture streams are reproduced may be written by contents creators in a script file which is recorded on the disk. |
| Inventors: | Kakumu, Tatsuya (Tokyo, JP); Fujinami, Yasushi (Tokyo, JP); Hamada, Toshiya (Saitama, JP); Ohshima, Takenori (Tokyo, JP); Ihara, Koji (Chiba, JP); Ueda, Akihiko (Kanagawa, JP); Utsumi, Shusuke (Tokyo, JP) |
| Assignees: | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo, JP), Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
| Claim: | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing a plurality of picture streams so that the picture streams are reproduced on a reproducing apparatus and a script program which describes contents of control on reproduction of the picture streams by the reproducing apparatus, wherein the script program: associates each of the plurality of picture streams in advance with either a normal mode for accepting particular key inputs pertaining to picture reproduction, including play, stop, fast-forward and rewind of the picture streams, or a menu mode for not accepting the particular key inputs without describing the control for each event corresponding to the particular key inputs, the normal mode being a mode to be selected when reproducing main contents and the menu mode being a mode to be selected when reproducing menu contents on the display; and includes a command for making the reproducing apparatus read information on the mode associated with the picture streams and reproduce the picture streams in the normal mode or the menu mode in accordance with the information when the recording medium is operated in the reproducing apparatus, and a command for displaying the menu contents using at least one of the picture streams; wherein the script program associates the at least one of the picture streams used in the menu contents with the menu mode so that the reproducing apparatus is operable to ignore the particular key inputs by the user then reproducing menu contents on the display. |
| Claim: | 2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the script program further includes a command for instructing the reproducing apparatus to save information pertaining to a picture stream under reproduction as a reproduction status into the recording medium or the reproducing apparatus when shifting from the normal mode to the menu mode or shifting from the normal mode to a stopped state in response to a user's key input while the recording medium is operated in the reproducing apparatus. |
| Claim: | 3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2 , wherein the script program further includes a command for instructing the reproducing apparatus to read the reproduction status saved in the recording medium or the reproducing apparatus and reproduce the picture stream in accordance with the information when shifting from the menu mode to the normal mode or shifting from the stopped state to the normal mode in response to a user's key input while the recording medium is operated in the reproducing apparatus. |
| Claim: | 4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2 , wherein the script program further includes a command for instructing the reproducing apparatus not to save the reproduction status when shifting between modes. |
| Claim: | 5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2 , wherein the script program instructs to save a time of the picture stream under reproduction as the reproduction status. |
| Claim: | 6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5 , wherein the script program further includes a command for instructing to save a time different from the time of shifting between modes as the reproduction status. |
| Claim: | 7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5 , wherein the script program further includes a command for instructing the reproducing apparatus to reproduce the picture stream from before the time saved as the reproduction status when shifting from the menu mode to the normal mode or shifting from the stopped state to the normal mode in response to a user's key input. |
| Claim: | 8. A method for controlling reproduction of a plurality of picture streams recorded on a recording medium, comprising: recording a script program in advance on the same medium as the picture streams are recorded, the script program describing contents of control on the reproduction of the picture streams by a reproducing apparatus; associating each of the plurality of picture streams in the recording medium in advance with either a normal mode for accepting particular key inputs pertaining to picture reproduction, including play, stop, fast-forward and rewind of the picture streams, or a menu mode for not accepting the particular key inputs without describing the control for each event corresponding to the particular key inputs, the normal mode being a mode to be selected when reproducing main contents on a display and the menu mode being a mode to be selected when reproducing menu contents on the display; and making the reproducing apparatus read information on the mode associated with the picture streams and reproduce the picture streams in the normal mode or the menu mode in accordance with the information when the recording medium is operated in the reproducing apparatus, wherein the script program associates the picture streams used in the menu contents with the menu mode so that the reproducing apparatus is operable to ignore the particular key inputs by the user when reproducing menu contents on the display. |
| Claim: | 9. A program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for making a reproducing apparatus execute contents of control on reproduction of a plurality of picture streams stored in the computer-readable storage medium, wherein: the plurality of picture streams are associated in advance with either a normal mode for accepting particular key inputs pertaining to picture reproduction, including play, stop, fast-forward and rewind of the picture streams, or a menu mode for not accepting the particular key inputs without describing the control for each event corresponding to the particular key inputs, the normal mode being a mode to be selected when reproducing main contents on a display and the menu mode being a mode to be selected when reproducing menu contents on the display; and the program makes the reproducing apparatus read information on the mode associated with the picture streams and reproduce the picture streams in the normal mode or the menu mode in accordance with the information when the recording medium is operated in the reproducing apparatus, wherein the script program associates the picture streams used in the menu contents with the menu mode so that the reproducing apparatus is operable to ignore the particular key inputs by the user when reproducing menu contents on the display. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 386/248 |
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| Primary Examiner: | El Hady, Nabil |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP Frommer, William S. Levy, Paul A. |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.08244099 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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