Patent ID: 6847777
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video player comprising: playback means for playing back a video recording medium; control means for controlling the playback means in response to external input, as well as externally outputting a video signal played back by the playback means; and operation means for inputting setting data input by a user to said control means, as well as externally displaying setting data output from the control means, wherein said control means comprises: a current time and date output unit for outputting current time and date; a date of birth storage unit for storing a date of birth of each viewer input through said operation means; a viewer's age calculation unit for calculating an age of each viewer based on a date of birth stored in said date of birth storage unit and current time and date output by said current time and date output unit; and a parental lock control unit for determining allowance/non-allowance of playback by said playback means based on parental lock information stored in advance in said video recording medium and an age calculated by said viewer's age calculation unit.