Patent ID: 8638861

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus, comprising: an input section from which at least content data and graphics data having defined reproducing time for being displayed in an overlapping relationship with a main image to be formed from the content data are inputted; an operation input section configured to accept a user operation which indicates that an image should be displayed or should not be displayed based on the graphics data; a first storage section into which the graphics data inputted from said input section is stored; a second storage section into which the graphics data read out from said first storage section is stored; an output section configured to form an output image based on the graphics data; and a control section configured to read out the graphics data stored in said first storage section at the reproducing time and output the graphics data and to store the graphics data into said second storage section and abandon the graphics data from said first storage section, said control section controlling said first storage section to be cleared when the graphics data of a first unit composed of a plurality of graphics data having a predetermined definition is inputted from said input section, said control section outputting the graphics data stored in said second storage section to said output section in response to the user operation which indicates that an image based on the graphics data should be displayed to said operation input section, such that the graphics data is displayed to overlap the main image, wherein the graphics data includes a first segment in which shape information is placed, said second storage section storing at least the first segment.