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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
May. 24, 2005
Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ida, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimitsu Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Mita, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Masukura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Takeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Taguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenzo Isogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ida, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimitsu Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Ohmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Mita, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Masukura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Takeshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Taguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenzo Isogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reproducing metadata provides a data structure in which metadata whose preferential reproduction is desired can be selected and reproduced. The metadata relevant to a moving image includes a stream data structure including one or more access units each being a data unit which can be independently processed, and each of the access units includes first data to specify an effective period defined with respect to a time axis of the moving image, object area data describing a spatio-temporal region in the moving image, second data including one of or both of data to specify a display method relevant to the spatio-temporal region and data to specify a processing to be performed when the spatio-temporal region is specified, and third data to specify, in a case where one or more access units exist on a same screen in the moving image at a time of reproduction of the metadata, reproduction priority of each of the access units.