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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2005
Taisuke Tsurui, Niihama, JP;
Takami Uemura, Niihama, JP;
Toshihisa Ohiro, Saijo, JP;
Yoichi Hida, Saijo, JP;
Taisuke Tsurui, Niihama, JP;
Takami Uemura, Niihama, JP;
Toshihisa Ohiro, Saijo, JP;
Yoichi Hida, Saijo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a video/audio playback apparatus and a video/audio playback method in which on receiving an instruction for switching video operation from the video operation switching circuit, a data reading circuit reads a video/audio stream for playing an audio and a video/audio stream for playing a video from a recording medium, and an audio playback circuit reproduces an audio stream separated from the video/audio stream for playing the audio on the basis of time management information embedded in the audio stream and a predetermined reference time, and a video playback circuit reproduces a video stream separated from the video/audio stream for playing the video on the basis of a reference time different from the reference time, and thereby the video can freely played with the audio being normally played.