Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Yoichiro Yamagata

Kazuhiko Taira

Hideki Mimura

Hideo Ando

Yasufumi Tsumagari

Toshimitsu Kaneko

Hideaki Sato

Yasuhiro Ishibashi

Haruhiko Toyama

Toshinari Takahashi

Seiichi Nakamura

Tooru Kamibayashi

Takero Kobayashi

Eita Shuto

Teiichi Ichikawa

Yumiko Taga

Minoru Ohta

An information reproduction method comprises setting an imaginary access unit in a video object in which a still picture is recorded; and managing reproduction by use of the imaginary access unit.

Information storage medium, information reproduction device, information reproduction method

A content reproduction apparatus including reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data item stored in recording medium storing first server identifier and content data item including destination identifier, reads first server identifier from recording medium, to store first server identifier in table, certifies first server corresponding to first sever identifier, receives first server policy from first server being certified, first server policy including second server identifier redirecting to second server, to store second server identifier in table, certifies second server, acquires destination identifier while reproduction unit reproduces content data item, determines whether destination identifier being acquired is equal to first identifier stored in table, and accesses to second server, when at least destination identifier is equal to first identifier and second server is certified.

Content reproduction apparatus, and content reproduction method

There are provided a first image information output unit which overlaps first sub-picture information having high resolution HD onto main image information having high resolution HD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format, and a second image information output unit which overlaps second sub-picture information having low resolution SD onto information into which the main image information having high resolution HD has been converted to have the low resolution SD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format.

Information playback apparatus and information playback method

An information storage medium records a video object unit comprising a sub-picture pack comprising sub-picture units, each of the sub-picture units comprising a sub-picture unit header, pixel data, and a sub-picture display control sequence table, and the sub-picture unit header comprising a pre-header and a post header.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoichiro Yamagata