WO2006011748A1 - Storage medium including metadata and re¬ production apparatus and method therefor - Google Patents
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- An aspect of the present invention relates to reproduction of audio- visual (AV) data recorded in a storage medium, and, more particularly to a storage medium including metadata, which provide an extended search function using a variety of search keywords on audio- visual data, and an apparatus and method of reproducing the storage medium.
- AV audio- visual
- Storage media such as DVDs may store audio- visual data including video data, audio data, and/or subtitles, all of which are compressed and encoded in accordance with standards such as Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG). Such storage media may further store additional information such as encoding attributes of the audio- visual data or reproduction procedures of the audio- visual data. Accordingly, motion pictures that are recorded in the storage media are reproduced sequentially in accordance with the reproduction information. In some cases, the audio- visual data may be reproduced through a jump in a unit of chapters. Disclosure of Invention
- the conventional storage may not be reproduced through a jump to a desired scene in accordance with a user's search conditions. That is, there does not exist an apparatus or a method of reproducing audio- visual data in accordance with the user's desired search conditions such as scene, characters, locations, background music, properties, etc.
- the present invention provides a storage medium including metadata, which provide an extended search function using a variety of search keywords on audio ⁇ visual data, and an apparatus for and a method of reproducing the storage medium.
- the metadata according to aspects of the present invention provide the search keywords which may be additionally defined by an author, in addition to the predefined search keywords.
- the conventional problem may be solved that the audio-visual data or the metadata in a storage medium once produced could not be edited or reused, so that iproviding an extended search function using a variety of keywords defined by an author at the time of reproduction is possibble.
- the audio-visual data or the metadata in a storage medium once produced could not be edited or reused, so that iproviding an extended search function using a variety of keywords defined by an author at the time of reproduction is possibble.
- providing an extended search function of searching out and displaying the information on contents in a unit of disks or in a unit of titles is also possible.
- FIGS. IA and IB show embodiments of metadata according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of metadata to which an author may add a search keyword according to the present invention
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which the structure of metadata shown in FIG. 2 is embodied in a text type
- FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of metadata to which an author may add a search keyword according to the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a structure of audio- visual data including metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a play list mark in the audio- visual data including the metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a structure of the metadata supporting multiple languages according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a reproduction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a reproduction method using the extended search function according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a structure of metadata on an entire disk according to another embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a structure of metadata on an entire disk according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating a structure and an example of author- defined metadata included in the metadata on the entire disk according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 13A and 13B are diagrams of nesting structure and an example of the author-defined metadata
- FIG. 14 shows an example of a reproduction apparatus providing disk information or title information using the extended search function according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing the disk information or the title information using the extended search function according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a recording and/or reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- An aspect of the present invention provides a storage medium including metadata, which provide an extended search function using a variety of search keywords on audio- visual data, and an apparatus for and a method of reproducing the storage medium.
- a storage medium including: audio- visual data; and metadata to provide an extended search function on the audio- visual data, wherein the metadata include a predefined search keyword and a search keyword which may be additionally defined by an author.
- the metadata may be embodied in a binary type, and the metadata may include additional text fields to ad ⁇ ditionally define the author-defined search keyword and a keyword value of the author- defined search keyword.
- the metadata may be embodied in a text-based markup language type, and the metadata may include additional elements or attributes for ad ⁇ ditionally defining the author-defined search keyword and a keyword value of the author-defined search keyword. Parameters irrelative to supporting multiple languages in the metadata may be included in a binary type in the audio- visual data, and parameters relative to supporting multiple languages may be embodied in an additional text-based file.
- a re ⁇ production apparatus comprising: a search unit to search a storage medium for a position of audio- visual data satisfying a predetermined search condition with reference to metadata, the storage medium including the audio- visual data and the metadata providing an extended search function on the audio- visual data; and a re ⁇ production unit to reproduce the audio- visual data from the searched-out position, wherein the metadata includes a predetermined search keyword and a search keyword which may be additionally defined by an author.
- the search unit may select the metadata corresponding to language information supporting subtitle, audio, and/or menu stored in a system parameter.
- a re ⁇ production method comprising: searching a storage medium for a position of audio ⁇ visual data satisfying a predetermined search condition with reference to metadata, the storage medium including the audio- visual data and the metadata providing an extended search function on the audio- visual data; and reproducing the audio- visual data from the searched-out position, wherein the metadata includes a predetermined search keyword and a search keyword which may be additionally defined by an author.
- a storage medium including: audio- visual data; and metadata to provide an extended search function on the audio- visual data, wherein the metadata include a predefined search keyword and a search keyword which may be additionally defined by an author, and the metadata are included in information on an entire disk and/or title information.
- a re ⁇ production apparatus comprising: a search unit to search a storage medium for in ⁇ formation on an entire disk and/or title information satisfying a predetermined search condition with reference to metadata, the storage medium including the audio- visual data and the metadata providing an extended search function on the audio-visual data; and a display unit to display the information on the entire disk and/or title information, wherein the metadata includes a predetermined search keyword and a search keyword which may be additionally defined by an author.
- a re ⁇ production method comprising: searching a storage medium for information on an entire disk and/or title information satisfying a predetermined search condition with reference to metadata, the storage medium including the audio- visual data and the metadata providing an extended search function on the audio- visual data; and displaying the information on the entire disk and/or title information, wherein the metadata includes a predetermined search keyword and a search keyword which may be additionally defined by an author.
- FIGS. IA and IB show embodiments of metadata according to the present invention.
- FIG. IA shows text-based metadata
- FIG. IB shows binary-based metadata.
- text-based metadata 101 described in a markup language, etc. are divided in scene units 102 or chapters.
- the scene elements include specific elements 103 indicating characters, properties, locations, background music, etc., and the specific elements 103 may be used as search keywords for an extended search of audio- visual data.
- binary-based metadata 1 used in a programming language such as C, C++, etc. binary codes shown in FIG. IB may be included in a play list as a play sequence to reproduce a movie or in an audio- visual data stream.
- elements of the metadata which may be used as search keywords are preliminarily defined in a metadata type (metadatajype) 111.
- characters are defined as a type value of 1 O'
- properties are defined as a type value of T
- locations are defined as a type value of '2'
- background music is defined as a type value of '3' in advance.
- the type values corresponding to desired search keywords among the predefined metadata type values are allocated to the search points 111 in the audio ⁇ visual data stream.
- keyword values corresponding to the search keywords are allocated to respective description fields 112. For example, when a user intends to search out only those scenes in which the character 'Neo' appears in the movie 'The Matrix', '0' indicating a character in the metadata type 111 is allocated to the search points in which 'Neo' appears in the audio- visual data stream, and 'Neo' is specified as a description field 112 indicating the keyword value. As a result, a user may search out and reproduce only the scenes in which 'Neo' appears from the audio- visual data stream.
- FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of metadata to which an author may add a search keyword according to the present invention.
- a tree structure of a markup document 2 in which metadata is embodied is shown.
- Scene elements 202 are included as specific elements of the metadata elements 201
- keyword elements 203 are included as specific elements of the scene elements.
- Each keyword element 203 has a search keyword, which an author has an opportunity to additionally define, as a content of the corresponding element.
- a description element 204 having a keyword value corresponding to the author-defined search keyword as content thereof is included as a specific element of each keyword element 203.
- the keyword element 203 or the description element 204 may be embodied as an attribute instead of the specific element of the scene element 202.
- FIG. 3 shows an example in which the metadata structure shown in FIG. 2 is embodied in a text type.
- the markup document 2 in which the metadata according to the present invention is described includes a metadata element ⁇ metadata> 301, a scene element ⁇ scene> 302, keyword elements ⁇ keyword> 303, and a description element ⁇ description> 304.
- the metadata element includes the scene element ⁇ scene> 302 as a specific element.
- the scene element ⁇ scene> 302 includes the keyword elements ⁇ key word> 303 having a variety of author-defined search keywords as contents and the description elements ⁇ description> 304 having keyword values corresponding to the search keywords as specific elements.
- 'Character' may be defined as a content of element ⁇ key word> and 'Bruce Lee' may be defined as a content of element ⁇ description>, which is a keyword value corresponding to the search keyword 'Character'. Otherwise, locations and properties may be also defined as a new search keyword.
- the search keywords are not defined in advance as shown in FIGS. IA and IB, but the search keywords as contents of the keyword elements may be additionally defined by an author. Ac ⁇ cordingly, the author may newly define and use a variety of search keywords without restriction and without conventional terms used at the time of producing a title.
- FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of metadata in which an author may add search keywords according to the present invention.
- the metadata according to the present embodiment includes two text-type fields such that an author may newly define and use not only a description field 404 indicating a keyword value but also a keyword field 403 to indicate a search keyword, similarly to the text-based metadata shown in FIG. 3. While only the predefined search keywords in the metadata type field are used in FIG. IB, a variety of search keywords may be added by an author using the keyword field 403 in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram to illustrate a structure of the audio- visual data including the metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a clip which acts as a recording unit of the audio- visual data
- a play list which acts as a unit of reproduction
- the above-mentioned play sequence is embodied as the play list.
- the clip as a recording unit of the audio- visual data includes a clip A/V stream 540 in which a video data stream, an audio data stream, and other data streams compressed and encoded are recorded and clip information 530 in which information on encoding attributes for the clip A/V stream 540 is recorded.
- the clip A/V stream 540 multiplexes the video data stream, the audio data stream, and other data streams, compresses and encodes the multiplexed data streams, and records the compressed and encoded data streams.
- Each packet is identified by a Packet Identification (PID) as a packet identifier.
- PID Packet Identification
- the play list 510 to indicate a play sequence which specifies a reproduction order of the audio- visual data as a unit of reproduction includes play items 120a to 120c. That is, the play list 510 includes a plurality of play items (in this case, play items 120a to 120c).
- the play list 510 further includes a play list mark 511 to indicate specific positions of the above-mentioned clip.
- the play list mark includes the metadata 512 to provide an extended search function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- An example in which the metadata 512 is included and recorded in the play list mark 511 of the play list 510 is shown in FIG. 5. While it is understood that the metadata 512 may be defined separately from the play list mark 511 of the play list 510, or may be recorded in a binary type or a text type in a space independent of the play list 510, for the convenience of explanation, the example where the metadata are included in the play list mark of the play list is described based on FIG. 5.
- the play items 120a to 120c include information such as 'name' and 'IN_time' and
- the play list mark 511 used to specify a specific position in the play list, has the following structure.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the structure of the play list mark in the audio ⁇ visual data including the metadata according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the play list mark 511 includes an inherent identifier in ⁇ formation (PlayListMark Identifier) field 610 to indicate the identifier of the play list mark, a mark type information (Type of Mark) field 620 to indicate the purpose of the play list mark, a keyword (Keyword) field 630 and a description (Description) field 640 to be effective only when the mark type is a metadata mark, an inherent identifier information (Reference to Playitem Identifier) field 650 to indicate the identifier of the play item corresponding to the mark, and a mark time stamp (Mark Time Stamp) field 660 to indicate time information, including time points of the play item at which the play list mark is positioned.
- the metadata enables an author to newly define a search keyword using the keyword field 630 and to designate a keyword value corresponding to the search keyword using the description field 640. Accordingly, the author may newly add a variety of search keywords.
- the play list mark 511 including the metadata is included in a binary type in the play list as shown in FIG. 5, the play list mark is included in 'In- Mux' type in the audio-visual data stream. Accordingly, binding the metadata to the audio- visual data stream is relatively easy and providing the extended search function using a variety of keywords that are defined by an author at the time of reproduction thereof is possible.
- the play list mark 511 included in a binary type in the play list 510 may additionally provide support for multiple languages. That is, the reproduction apparatus to reproduce data recorded on the storage medium, according to the present invention, loads all the play lists on a memory, then extracts search keywords, which may be selected from the metadata information by a user by using an application having a programming function recorded in the storage medium or a specific module in the reproduction apparatus, and displays the extracted search keywords on a display unit. At this time, the search keywords are displayed in a specific language recorded in the keywords and descriptions when first preparing the metadata. That is, the play list mark 511 included in a binary type in the play list has a disadvantage of not supporting multiple languages.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a structure of the metadata to support multiple languages according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the reproduction apparatus may obtain the metadata, the time of ap ⁇ plication, and information on the predefined keywords using the play list included in the main audio- visual data stream.
- the metadata By defining only the author-defined keywords and the descriptions thereof in the text-based metadata file, reducing the size of the metadata file is possible.
- the keywords and the descriptions thereof exist in a particular file other than the main audio- visual data stream, supporting multiple languages is also possible.
- the metadata mark providing the extended search function is defined as a kind of mark type 710 in the play list mark 511.
- a keyword descriptor (Keyword Descriptor) field 720 being effective only when the mark type is a metadata mark, is also defined in the play list mark 511.
- the keyword descriptor field 720 has a predetermined number of bits.
- the keyword descriptor field 720 is divided into a flag region to indicate an existence of a specific keyword defined in advance and a flag region to indicate existence of a predetermined keyword which may be additionally defined by an author.
- the keyword descriptor field 720 consists of N+M bits, where the N bits, corresponding to the former flag region 721, indicate the existence of N predefined search keywords and the M bits, corresponding to the latter flag region 722, indicate the existence of M author-defined search keywords.
- a search keyword of the corresponding bit exists, a value 'Ib' is allocated.
- a search keyword of the corresponding bit does not exist, a value 'Ob' is allocated.
- the text-based metadata file 713 exists separately from the above-mentioned play list mark 511 so as to support multiple languages. 1 1 is desirable that the text-based metadata file 713 includes language information to indicate supported languages as attribute information ('lang' in the figure) so as to support multiple languages. Specifically, it is desirable that the same language code as is designated in a reproduction apparatus status register to store language information on any one of a subtitle, audio data, and a menu of the reproduction apparatus is used for the language information.
- the text-based metadata file 713 is in ⁇ dependent of the above-mentioned play list mark 511, it is desirable that the text-based metadata file 713 includes identifiers of the storage medium ('disc_id' in the figure) and/or title identifier information ('title_id' in the figure) for the binding to the main audio- visual data stream.
- the metadata file 713 shown at the lower end of FIG. 7 includes elements ⁇ author_defined> 722 and 723 for the search keywords which may be defined by the author.
- the search keywords, newly defined by the author, are used as contents of the elements.
- the first element 722 for the author-defined search keyword is a search keyword corresponding to the first bit having the value of 'Ib' in the author- defined flag of the above-mentioned keyword descriptor 721.
- the element ⁇ author_defined> 722 which is first defined in the metadata file 713 indicates the corresponding search keyword.
- An element ⁇ marker> 724 having the keyword value corresponding to the search keyword as a content is also included.
- An element ⁇ param> 725 having the keyword values of a plurality of search keywords applied at the corresponding mark time point as a content may be further included as a specific element.
- the keyword values may be expressed in an attribute type, instead of the element ⁇ param>.
- the keyword descriptor 720 included in the play list mark of FIG. 7 has 8 bits and the value thereof is OlOOl 100'.
- the sixth, third, and second bits may have the value of 'Ib', the sixth bit may indicate 'character' as a predefined search keyword, and the elements ⁇ author_defined> of the third and second bits may indicate 'property' and 'location' in the additional metadata file 713, re ⁇ spectively.
- the keyword values corresponding to the search keywords are 'Bruce', 'Gun', and 'LA' as defined by the elements ⁇ param> 725.
- the elements ⁇ author_defined> may indicate ' DD ' and ' DDDD ', respectively, and the elements ⁇ param> 725 may indicate ' DDD ', ' D ', and ' DDDDDD ', respectively, in Korean. Accordingly, providing the extended search function supporting multiple languages correspondingly to the language required by a user is possible.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a reproduction apparatus according to the present invention.
- the reproduction apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a read unit 820, a search unit 840, and a reproduction unit 850.
- the read unit 820 reads out the audio- visual data and the metadata from the storage medium.
- the audio- visual data and the metadata read out by the read unit 820 may be temporarily stored in a buffer unit (not shown) in the read unit 820 and then transmitted to the reproduction unit 850.
- the search unit 840 searches the storage medium for the position of the audio ⁇ visual data satisfying a predetermined search condition externally input with reference to the metadata.
- the storage medium includes a plurality of metadata used as a search reference of the audio- visual data.
- the search unit 840 receives the metadata from the read unit 820, compares information on the search keywords included in the metadata with the predetermined search condition externally input, and then transmits position information of the audio ⁇ visual data included in a play list mark corresponding to the search condition or an ad ⁇ ditionally-defined mark to the reproduction unit 850.
- the reproduction unit 850 reproduces the corresponding part of the audio- visual data on the basis of the position information of the audio- visual data searched out by the search unit 840.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the reproduction method using the extended search function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a predetermined search condition is first input (operation 920).
- the audio- visual data and the metadata are read out from the storage medium and a position of the audio- visual data satisfying the pre ⁇ determined search condition is searched out with reference to the metadata (operation 922).
- the audio- visual data are reproduced from the searched-out position (operation 924).
- the input search condition and the search keyword information of the metadata are compared with each other to search out a play list mark corresponding to the search condition or an additionally-defined mark, and the corresponding position of the audio- visual data is searched out with reference to the position information included in the searched-out play list mark or the additionally-defined mark.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of metadata on the entire disk according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the metadata for an entire disk according to the present invention includes disk information 1010 used in common with information on the disk or all the titles of the disk and title information 1020 relative to the titles recorded on the disk.
- the title information 1020 and the disk information 1010 further include metadata 1012 and 1022 which may provide the extended search function and be defined by an author. Accordingly, as shown in FIGS. IA and 9, providing extended metadata to provide the extended search function on contents stored in the titles or the disk, as well as the metadata to provide the extended search function on the audio- visual data itself, is possible.
- the disk information 1010 may include metadata relative to production of the disk, metadata relative to resources of the disk, and metadata 1012 defined by the author of the disk.
- the metadata relative to the production of the disk may include disk name, content list, copyright, release information, etc.
- the metadata relative to resources of the disk may include thumbnail or URL addresses of relevant information.
- the 1020 may include metadata relative to production of contents, metadata relative to pre ⁇ sentation of the contents, metadata relative to classification of the contents, metadata relative to resources of the contents, and metadata 1022 defined by the author of the contents.
- the metadata relative to production of the contents may include title name, title type, information on organizations involved in production and release of the title, etc.
- the metadata relative to presentation of the contents may include aspect ratio, subtitles, run time, information on support for audio, etc.
- the metadata relative to clas ⁇ sification of the contents may include credit, promotion information, content type, review, etc.
- the credit is information on persons relative to production of the titles and may include information on actor, director, producer, music producer, scenario writer, etc.
- the promotion information is associated with genre, language, parental guide, etc.
- the metadata relative to resources of the contents may include synopsis, information on prize, and information on URL addresses of relevant data.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example where the metadata for an entire disk is applied according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the metadata 1000 for an entire disk are stored in a unit of disks or in a unit of volumes in a storage unit such as a hard disk of a reproduction apparatus, when the disk is inserted into and loaded in the reproduction apparatus. Accordingly, even when the disk is removed from the reproduction apparatus, a specific disk or a specific title may be searched out using the metadata 1000 (also referred to as a disk library) stored in a unit of disks or in a unit of volumes in the storage unit.
- the metadata 1000 also referred to as a disk library
- the specific disk or the specific title may be searched out using the metadata 1012 and 1022 ad ⁇ ditionally defined by the author as well as disk information or title information defined in advance as shown in detail in FIG. 10. That is, while the extended search shown in FIGS. IA to 9 is restricted to the audio- visual data of a title, the extended search shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is enlarged to the entire disk. In addition, while it is an important purpose of the former to search out the position of the audio- visual data satisfying the search condition and to reproduce the audio- visual data from the searched-out position, it is an important purpose of the latter to display the contents satisfying the search condition in a type of disk information or title information.
- FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating a structure of author-defined metadata included in the metadata for the entire disk and an example thereof according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the author-defined metadata 'authordef 1012A may be used.
- the author intends to add information on a supporting actress
- the supporting actress is input to Element name of 'authordef
- another 'authordef is defined as a specific element of the 'authordef
- the name of the supporting actress is input to Element 'name' of the newly defined 'authordef.
- the disk information element includes the author-defined element ⁇ authordef>, which includes Element ⁇ name> specifying the element name.
- the element ⁇ authordef> includes another element ⁇ authordef> as a specific element in which ⁇ name> may be defined.
- 'supporting_actress' may be specified in the element ⁇ name> of the generic element ⁇ authordef>
- 'Actress 1' may be specified in the element ⁇ name> of the specific element ⁇ authordef>.
- FIGS. 13A and 13B are diagrams illustrating a nesting structure of author-defined metadata and an example thereof.
- an element 'supporting actress name' is defined as a specific element of an element 'supporting actress'
- an element 'profile (cast works)' is defined as a specific element of the element 'supporting actress name'.
- providing hierarchical metadata using the author-defined elements ⁇ authordef> and ⁇ name> is possible. That is, by adding the author-defined information using the metadata 'authordef , classifying and displaying more detailed information through the nesting of the element 'authordef is possible.
- FIG. 14 shows an example of a reproduction apparatus providing disk information or title information using the extended search function according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the re ⁇ production apparatus allows a search unit 1420 to search a metadata storage unit for metadata in accordance with an input search condition through a user interface unit 1430 and to output the results of the search through a display unit 1440.
- the multimedia data reproduction apparatus comprises the metadata storage unit 1410, the search unit 1420, the user interface unit 1430, and the display unit 1440.
- the metadata storage unit 1410 receives metadata from a storage medium such as a disk or a network and stores the received metadata.
- the metadata relative to the storage medium are not deleted but remains in the metadata storage unit 1410, even when the storage medium is ejected.
- the user inputs search conditions for the metadata to the user interface unit 1430. That is, keywords for disk name, actor, actress, director, etc., are input using a remote controller or other devices.
- the search unit 1420 searches the metadata and outputs the metadata corresponding to the user's search condition to the display unit 1440.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing disk information or title information using the extended search function according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- a predetermined search condition is input (operation 1510).
- Metadata are read out from a disk library stored in the metadata storage unit 1410 such as a hard disk and disk information or title information satisfying the search condition is searched out with reference to the read-out metadata (operation 1512).
- the searched- out disk information or title information is displayed on the display unit (operation 1514).
- the disk information or title information corresponding to the search condition may be provided to the user.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a recording and/or reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the recording and/or reproducing apparatus for use with a user interface unit and a display unit to provide disk information and/or title information using an extended search function includes a recording/reading unit 1601, a controller 1602, and an optical disk 1610 onto which and from which data is recorded/reproduced by the recording/reading unit 1601 according to the control of the controller 1602.
- the controller 1602 includes the metadata storage unit 1410 and the search unit 1420, as shown in FIG. 14.
- the controller 1602 is able to store metadata associated with the disk information and is further able to search in the stored metadata in accordance with an input search condition through the user interface unit 1430 of FIG. 14. Further, the controller 1602 outputs the results of the search through the display unit 1440 as set forth in relation to the discussion above and to FIG 14. It is understood, that the user interface includes but is not limited to keyboards, mousse, voice command receptors, or combinations thereof. Similarly, the display unit may be a monitor, a TV screen, or the like.
- a storage medium including metadata, which provide an extended search function using a variety of search keywords on audio- visual data, and reproduction apparatus and method of reproducing the storage medium.
- the metadata according to aspects of the present invention provide the search keywords which may be additionally defined by an author, in addition to the predefined search keywords.
- the conventional problem may be solved that the audio-visual data or the metadata in a storage medium once produced could not be edited or reused, so that iproviding an extended search function using a variety of keywords defined by an author at the time of reproduction is possibble.
- the extended search method may be embodied as computer programs. Codes and code segments con ⁇ stituting the programs may be easily construed by programmers skilled in the art.
- the programs may be stored in a computer readable recording medium and read by a computer, thereby embodying the extended search method. Examples of the computer readable recording medium include magnetic re cording media, optical recording media, and carrier waves. Of course, other types of computer readable recording media are possible.
- the present invention applies to a storage medium including metadata, which provide an extended search function using a variety of search keywords on audio ⁇ visual data, and to reproduction apparatus and method of reproducing the storage medium.
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