Patent ID: 7715693
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for controlling an event represented by at least one of a sound, an image, or a motion of an object in accordance with a playback operation of playback data, the apparatus comprising: playback processing means for performing playback processing on the playback data; acquisition means for acquiring playback section information for specifying a target playback section of the playback data, the playback section information being provided in association with the playback data; end time point specifying means for specifying an end time point of the event in relation to the playback data based on the playback section information acquired by the acquisition means; time period specifying means for specifying a time period from a start to an end of the event; start time point specifying means for specifying a start time point of the event based on the end time point specified by the end time point specifying means and the time period from the start to the end of the event specified by the time period specifying means; and control means for controlling the event to be started at the start time point of the event specified by the start time point specifying means and to be ended at the end time point of the event in synchronization with the target playback section by monitoring a playback status of the playback data, wherein the event is generated during reproduction of the playback data.