IP Library Granted Patent US 8,068,722
Granted Patent B2
US 8,068,722 · App. 11/575,194 · Granted Nov 29, 2011

Information storage medium, TS packet judgement apparatus, and data reproduction apparatus

Assignees: Panasonic Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
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Patent No.
US 8,068,722
App. No.
11/575,194
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an information storage medium in which a stream including basic data and extension data for next generation is stored, so as to allow a decoder capable of decoding only basic data to process such a stream including basic data and extension data. Such information storage medium is an information storage medium on which an audio stream including a plurality of TS packets is stored, wherein each of the TS packets includes one of (a) a first packet including basic data, and (b) a second packet including extension data related to the basic data, the basic data is data capable of being decoded into complete sound without requiring the extension data, and the extension data is data intended for improving the quality of audio generated from the basic data, and a header of each of the TS packets includes an identifier indicating whether the TS packet includes the first packet or the second packet.

Claims (21)

1. A non-transitory information storage medium on which an audio stream including a plurality of TS packets is stored,

wherein each of the TS packets includes one of a first packet including basic data, and a second packet including extension data related to the basic data,

the basic data is data capable of being decoded into complete sound without requiring the extension data, and the extension data is data intended for improving the quality of audio generated from the basic data, and

a header of each of the TS packets includes an identifier indicating whether the TS packet includes the first packet including basic data or the second packet including extension data, the identifier being included in a transport_priority field located at a specified position in the header.

2. The information storage medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the extension data is data which is not included in the basic data and whose sampling rate is higher than a sampling rate of the basic data.

3. A TS packet judgment apparatus, comprising:

an obtainer operable to obtain the identifier of each of the TS packets stored on the information storage medium according to claim 1 ; and

a determiner operable to judge, using the identifier, whether the TS packet includes the first packet or the second packet.

4. A data reproduction apparatus, comprising:

the TS packet judgment apparatus according to claim 3 ;

a discarder operable to discard a TS packet, included in the audio stream, which includes the second packet; and

a decoder operable to decode only the first packet.

5. A data reproduction method, comprising:

obtaining the identifier of each of the TS packets stored on the information storage medium according to claim 1 ;

determining, using the obtained identifier, whether the TS packet includes the first packet or the second packet; and

decoding only a TS packet, included in the audio stream, which includes the first packet.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a program that causes a computer to execute:

obtaining the identifier of each of the TS packets stored on the information storage medium according to claim 1 ;

determining, using the obtained identifier, whether the TS packet includes the first packet or the second packet; and

decoding only a TS packet, included in the audio stream, which includes the first packet.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021850/0264 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2007
From: YAHATA, HIROSHI; OKADA, TOMOYUKI; LIU, SAM; BEGED-DOV, GABE B.
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.; HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L.P.
Reel/Frame 019377/0658 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60616214 · Oct 7, 2004
Related Publication 20090010614A1 · Jan 8, 2009