Information storage medium, information reproduction device, information reproduction method

1. An information reproduction apparatus for reproducing an information storage medium which records a video object unit comprising sub-picture packs,

the sub picture packs comprising a first sub-picture unit for a standard definition content and a second sub-picture unit for a high-definition content,

the first sub-picture unit comprising a first sub-picture unit header of four bytes, pixel data, and a sub-picture display control sequence table,

the second sub-picture unit comprising a second sub-picture unit header of ten bytes, pixel data, and a sub-picture display control sequence table,

the first sub-picture unit header comprising size information of the first sub-picture unit of two bytes and a sub-picture display control sequence table start address of two bytes,

the second sub-picture unit header comprising a pre-header of two bytes and a post-header of eight bytes,

the post-header comprising size information of the second sub-picture unit of four bytes and a sub-picture display control sequence table start address of four bytes,

the pre-header of two bytes being 0, and

the size information of the first sub-picture unit of two bytes being other than 0,

the apparatus comprising:

means for reading data of a first two bytes of the first sub-picture unit and data of the first two bytes of the second sub-picture unit;

means for determining whether the data of the first two bytes is 0 or other than 0; and

means for reproducing the second sub-picture unit by processing four bytes succeeding to the pre-header as the size information of the second sub-picture unit and further succeeding four bytes as a sub-picture display control sequence table start address when the determining means determines that the data of the first two byte is 0, and for reproducing the first sub-picture unit by processing the data of the first two bytes as the size information of the first sub-picture unit and further succeeding two bytes as the sub-picture display control sequence table start address when the determining means determines that the data of the first two byte is other than 0.

2. The information reproduction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a sub-picture display control sequence table in the second sub-picture unit comprises a control command for a standard definition content and a control command for a high definition content.

3. An information reproduction method for reproducing an information storage medium which records a video object unit comprising sub-picture packs,

the sub picture packs comprising a first sub-picture unit for a standard definition content and a second sub-picture unit for a high-definition content,

the first sub-picture unit comprising a first sub-picture unit header of four bytes, pixel data, and a sub-picture display control sequence table,

the second sub-picture unit comprising a second sub-picture unit header often bytes, pixel data, and a sub-picture display control sequence table,

the first sub-picture unit header comprising size information of the first sub-picture unit of two bytes and a sub-picture display control sequence table start address of two bytes,

the second sub-picture unit header comprising a pre-header of two bytes and a post-header of eight bytes,

the post-header comprising size information of the second sub-picture unit of four bytes and a sub-picture display control sequence table start address of four bytes,

the pre-header of two bytes being 0, and

the size information of the first sub-picture unit of two bytes being other than 0,

the method comprising steps of:

reading data of a first two bytes of the first sub-picture unit and data of the first two bytes of the second sub-picture unit;

determining whether the data of the first two bytes is 0 or other than 0; and

reproducing the second sub-picture unit by processing four bytes succeeding to the pre-header as the size information of the second sub-picture unit and further succeeding four bytes as a sub-picture display control sequence table start address when the determining means determines that the data of the first two byte is 0, and reproducing the first sub-picture unit by processing the data of the first two bytes as the size information of the first sub-picture unit and further succeeding two bytes as the sub-picture display control sequence table start address when the determining means determines that the data of the first two byte is other than 0.

4. The information reproduction method according to claim 3 , wherein a sub-picture display control sequence table in the second sub-picture unit comprises a control command for a standard definition content and a control command for a high definition content.