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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2009
Yuki Kaneko, Inagi, JP;
Shinji Kuno, Ome, JP;
Yuki Kaneko, Inagi, JP;
Shinji Kuno, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the invention, a video reproducing apparatus includes: a reading module configured to read out video information and caption information, the video information including control information; a video processing module configured to generate a display image to be displayed on a screen, the display image having an image corresponding to the control information; a caption processing module configured to generate a subpicture based on the caption information, the subpicture including a caption image for a caption and a mask image for masking the image corresponding to the control information when the subpicture is superimposed on the display image; a video synthesizing module configured to generate an overlapped display image by superimposing the subpicture; and a video signal outputting module configured to output the overlapped display image to a control signal extracting apparatus that extracts a control signal from the masked image corresponding to the control information.