The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Hiroshi Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyasu Furuse, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Gonno, Kanagawa, JP;
Akifumi Mishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyasu Furuse, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Gonno, Kanagawa, JP;
Akifumi Mishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For generation of a subtitle in a digital movie screening system, it is essential to reduce the burden of processing the subtitle when screening a movie. There is provided a subtitle generating apparatus destined for use in a digital movie screening system, the subtitle generating apparatus, which includes a storage unit having a movie subtitle file stored therein, a controller to generate an internal file on the basis of the subtitle file, and a subtitle processor to decode the internal file for generating a subtitle and combine the subtitle and a movie picture with each other, the subtitle file consisting of a main file in which there are described information identifying a file of text data representing characters to be displayed as a subtitle of a movie and a file of image data representing the content of an image displayed as the movie subtitle along with control data for displaying the subtitle, one or more font files including font data on the text data, and one or more image files including the image data, the internal file being an integration of the main, font and image files, made by combining the described content of the main file with the substantive data of the font and image files, and the controller generating the internal file from the subtitle file prior to displaying the movie.