IP Library Granted Patent US 7,792,416
Granted Patent B2
US 7,792,416 · App. 10/464,547 · Granted Sep 7, 2010

Encoding apparatus of audio signal, audio disc and disc reproducing apparatus

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,792,416
App. No.
10/464,547
Granted
Sep 7, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

DVD-video data and DVD-audio data are recorded in a DVD-Avd disc. The DVD-audio data is composed of an audio manager having an audio manager information, an audio manager menu, a first audio title set including first audio data and a second audio title set including second audio data. The first audio data of the first audio title set is connected with audio contents included in the DVD-video data, and a real time information (RTI) pack or a still picture (SPCT) pack is included in the second audio title set. Therefore, the audio contents of the DVD-video data and the audio data of the DVD-audio data are managed by the audio manager information, and text information indicated by real time information or a still picture is displayed while reproducing the audio data. Also, DVD-video data recorded in a DVD-video disc, which is normally reproduced by using a reproducing apparatus dedicated to the DVD-video disc, can be reproduced by using a reproducing apparatus for the DVD-Avd disc.

Claims (17)

1. An audio disc having a data structure comprising:

a video title set (VTS<1>) including video objects (VOBS) and audio data of the video objects;

a first managing area (VMG) including information (VMGI) for managing the video title set (VTS<1>);

a first audio title set (ATS<1>) including reference information for access to the audio data of the video objects (VOBS) in the video title set (VTS<1>);

a second audio title set (ATS<2>) including both audio data (ACBS) having a multi-channel audio signal and audio information (ATSI) for managing the second audio title set (ATS<2>), wherein the audio information (ATSI) has both down-mix mode information (D-M) for assigning whether or not to inhibit down-mix stereo output from the multi-channel audio signal and a down-mix coefficient (ATS-DM-COEFT); and

a second managing area (AMG) including information (AMGI) for managing the first and second audio title sets and the video title set (VTS<1>) and managing the video objects (VOBS) and the audio data of the video objects in the video title set (VTS<1>).

2. An audio disc reproducing apparatus for reproducing data recorded in an audio disc, the audio disc having a data structure comprising:

a video title set (VTS<1>) including video objects (VOBS) and audio data of the video objects;

a first managing area (VMG) including information (VMGI) for managing the video title set (VTS<1>);

a first audio title set (ATS<1>) including reference information for access to the audio data of the video objects (VOBS) in the video title set (VTS<1>);

a second audio title set (ATS<2>) including both audio data (ACBS) having a multi-channel audio signal and audio information (ATSI) for managing the second audio title set (ATS<2>), wherein the audio information (ATSI) has both down-mix mode information (D-M) for assigning whether or not to inhibit down-mix stereo output from the multi-channel audio signal and a down-mix coefficient (ATS-DM-COEFT); and

a second managing area (AMG) including information (AMGI) for managing the first and second audio title sets and the video title set (VTS<1>) and managing the video objects (VOBS) and the audio data of the video objects in the video title set (VTS<1>),

wherein the audio disc reproducing apparatus comprises:

reproducing means for reproducing audio data of the first audio title set (ATS<1>), the audio data existing in the video title set (VTS<1>), the video objects (VOBS) existing in the video title set (VTS<1>), and the audio data (ACBS) of the second audio title set (ATS<2>) by using the information of the second managing area (AMG);

decoding means for decoding the down-mix mode information for assigning whether or not to inhibit down-mix stereo output from the multi-channel audio signal;

down-mixing permitting means for permitting down-mix stereo output from the multi-channel audio signal when the decoded down-mix mode information is not inhibiting down-mix stereo output from the multi-channel audio signal; and

down-mixing means for down-mixing stereo output from the multi-channel audio signal by using the down-mix coefficient (ATS-DM-COEFT) when the down-mix mode information (D-M) permits down-mixed stereo output.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 17, 2015
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 037751/0006 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2015
From: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
To: RAKUTEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 035978/0054 →