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Reproduction device, optical disc, recording medium, program, and reproduction method

US7639923B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by
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13Claims
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Filing dateSep 24, 2003
Grant dateDec 29, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2005/91328
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A playback apparatus not only plays back an AV stream recorded on a BD-ROM but also downloads an update kit from a WWW server (500) and writes it on a local HD (12). The AV stream stored in the local HD (12) includes an audio stream for an additional language. A control unit (16) reads the AV stream recorded on the BD-ROM and the AV stream recorded in the local HD (12) in units of access units. An audio decoder (6) obtains a necessary audio frame from the access units read from the BD-ROM and the local HD (12) and plays it back. A video decoder (4) obtains video data from the access unit read from the BD-ROM and plays it back.

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