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Playback device, integrated circuit, recording medium

US8593511B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 10, 2010
Grant dateNov 26, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/8227
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A playback device for playing back a graphics stream in accordance with a stream selection table recorded on the recording medium. A procedure means determines a playback type of a graphics corresponding to the current stream number, based on the playback capability indicated by the capability register. The playback of graphics streams falls into two types, one of which is a first playback type in which a monoscopic graphics stream is used and the other is a second playback type in which a pair of left-eye graphics stream and right-eye graphics stream is used to perform a stereoscopic playback. The capability register indicates whether or not a capability to perform the stereoscopic playback by using the pair of left-eye graphics stream and right-eye graphics stream is present in the graphics decoder.

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