Patent ID: 8346058
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A replay apparatus, comprising: a reading unit to read a predetermined replay data which is constituted by at least a video data and a text data for a subtitle which corresponds to the video data, the video data and the text data being recorded in a recording medium; a display control unit to display a video which is based on the video data and a letter string which is based on the text data in a predetermined display apparatus, the video data and the text data constituting the predetermined replay data read by the reading unit; a storage unit to store a predetermined display limited letter string; and a judging unit to judge whether the predetermined display limited letter string stored in the storage unit exists in the letter string which is based on the text data constituting the predetermined replay data read by the reading unit or not, wherein when the judging unit judges that the predetermined display limited letter string stored in the storage unit exists in the letter string which is based on the text data constituting the predetermined replay data read by the reading unit, the display control unit carries out a predetermined process to the judged display limited letter string in order not to display the judged display limited letter string in the predetermined display apparatus, the display control unit skips the predetermined replay data of a predetermined time period including at least a portion which is constituted by a text data of the judged display limited letter string among the predetermined replay data read by the reading unit as the predetermined process, and a predetermined weighting is carried out to the predetermined display limited letter string stored in the storage unit and the display control unit adjusts a length of the predetermined time period to skip according to the weighting of the judged display limited letter string or the display control unit counts frequency of being judged that the display limited letter string exists by the judging unit within a certain period of time and adjusts a length of the predetermined time period to skip according to the counted frequency within the certain period of time.