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Reproducing method and apparatus, for a video signal having copy control information
Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1998-09-04
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Granted: 2002-08-13
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Expires: 2018-09-04
Abstract
Abstract Electronic watermark information obtained by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal in a video signal and a copy generation management signal (CGMS signal) inserted into an area out of a scan region of the video signal are recorded into a recording medium. A reproducing apparatus comprises an electronic watermark information detecting circuit, a CGMS signal detecting circuit, a control circuit to which detected electronic watermark information and CGMS signal are supplied, and a video signal processing circuit controlled by an output of the control circuit. When the electronic watermark information and the CGMS signal have a rational relation, the video signal processing circuit is controlled to output the video signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroyuki Kimura
- 👤 Takao Arai
- 👤 Toshifumi Takeuchi
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2026-11-09 17:18
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; G06T1/0028; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/00007; G11B20/00086; G11B20/00731; G11B20/00746; G11B20/00753; G11B20/00768; G11B20/00884; G11B20/10; G11B20/10527; H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/913; G11B2020/10537; H04N2005/91307; H04N2005/91328; H04N2005/91335
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 41
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A method of reproducing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information which copy control information is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and a CGMS signal having copy control information inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of the video signal, the method comprising the steps of: detecting said electronic watermark information; detecting said CGMS signal; and stopping outputting of said video signal when the copy control information obtained from said electronic watermark information and the copy control information obtained from said CGMS signal lacks a rational relation to each other.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
128 words
A method of reproducing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information which copy control information is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and a CGMS signal having copy control information inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of the video signal, the method comprising the steps of: detecting said electronic watermark information; detecting said CGMS signal; and stopping outputting of said video signal when the copy control information obtained from said electronic watermark information and the copy control information obtained from said CGMS signal lacks a rational relation to each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 1 , wherein each of said electronic watermark signal and said CGMS signal has either copy inhibition information or copy-once permission information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of outputting and displaying said video signal by the copy-once permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information and the copy inhibition information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 2 , further comprising a step of outputting and displaying said video signal by copy inhibition information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy inhibition information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 1 , wherein when said CGMS signal is not reproduced, outputting of said video signal is stopped.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
148 words
A method of reproducing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing, from a disk, electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information in which information of either copy inhibition or copy-once permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and the CGMS signal which is inserted into a region output of a scan region of the video signal and has information of either copy inhibition or copy-once permission in order to control outputting said video signal, comprising the steps of: detecting said electronic watermark information; detecting said CGMS signal; discriminating the kind of said disk; and stopping outputting of said video signal when the copy control information obtained from said electronic watermark information and the copy control information obtained from said CGMS signal lacks a rational relation to each other.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
148 words
A method of reproducing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing, from a disk, electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information in which information of either copy inhibition or copy-once permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and the CGMS signal which is inserted into a region output of a scan region of the video signal and has information of either copy inhibition or copy-once permission in order to control outputting said video signal, comprising the steps of: detecting said electronic watermark information; detecting said CGMS signal; discriminating the kind of said disk; and stopping outputting of said video signal when the copy control information obtained from said electronic watermark information and the copy control information obtained from said CGMS signal lacks a rational relation to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method according to claim 6 , further comprising a step of outputting said video signal when said disk is a read only disk, said electronic watermark information is a signal of copy-once-permission, and said CGMS signal is a signal of record-once-permission.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 6 , further comprising a step of stopping the outputting of said video signal when said disk is a recordable disk, said electronic watermark information is a signal of copy-once-permission, and said CGMS signal is a signal of record-once-permission.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
162 words
A method of reproducing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing, from a recording medium, electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information in which information of either copy inhibition or copy-once permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and the CGMS signal which is inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal and has information of either copy inhibition or copy-once-permission in order to control outputting of said video signal, the method comprising the steps of: detecting copy control information embedded in said electronic watermark information; detecting the copy control information from said CGMS signal; discriminating whether the copy information embedded in said electronic watermark information and that in the CGMS signal has a rational relation to each other or not; and permitting recording of said video signal only when the relation is rational to each other.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
162 words
A method of reproducing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing, from a recording medium, electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information in which information of either copy inhibition or copy-once permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and the CGMS signal which is inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal and has information of either copy inhibition or copy-once-permission in order to control outputting of said video signal, the method comprising the steps of: detecting copy control information embedded in said electronic watermark information; detecting the copy control information from said CGMS signal; discriminating whether the copy information embedded in said electronic watermark information and that in the CGMS signal has a rational relation to each other or not; and permitting recording of said video signal only when the relation is rational to each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
47 words
A reproduction method according to claim 9 , wherein the step for discriminating said rational relation discriminates the relation as rational from a state where copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy-once-permission information obtained from said CGMS signal is rewritten to copy inhibition information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method according to claim 9 , wherein the step of discriminating said rational relation discriminates the relation as rational from a state where copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information is rewritten to copy inhibition information and copy-once-permission information obtained from said CGMS signal is rewritten to copy inhibition information.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
148 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information in which copy control information is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and the CGMS signal having copy control information inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of the video signal, the apparatus comprising: a circuit for processing said video signal reproduced from said recording medium; an electronic watermark detecting circuit; a CGMS signal detecting circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; and an output control circuit for controlling said video signal processing circuit and stopping outputting of said video signal when said electronic watermark information and said CGMS signal lack a rational relation to each other.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
148 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal including said electronic watermark information in which copy control information is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and the CGMS signal having copy control information inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of the video signal, the apparatus comprising: a circuit for processing said video signal reproduced from said recording medium; an electronic watermark detecting circuit; a CGMS signal detecting circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; and an output control circuit for controlling said video signal processing circuit and stopping outputting of said video signal when said electronic watermark information and said CGMS signal lack a rational relation to each other.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
197 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal which includes said electronic watermark information in which information of copy inhibition or copy-once-permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal an the CGMS signal which is inserted in a region out of a scan region of the video signal and has information of either copy inhibition or copy-once-permission in order to control outputting of the video signal, the apparatus comprising: a video signal processing circuit for processing said video signal read from said recording medium; an electronic watermark information detecting circuit for detecting said electronic watermark information; a CGMS signal detecting circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; and an output control circuit for receiving said electronic watermark information from said electronic watermark information detecting circuit and said CGMS signal from said CGMS signal detecting circuit and on/off controlling the outputting of the video signal of said video signal processing circuit according to whether said electronic watermark information and said CGMS signal have a rational relation to each other or not.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
197 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal which includes said electronic watermark information in which information of copy inhibition or copy-once-permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal an the CGMS signal which is inserted in a region out of a scan region of the video signal and has information of either copy inhibition or copy-once-permission in order to control outputting of the video signal, the apparatus comprising: a video signal processing circuit for processing said video signal read from said recording medium; an electronic watermark information detecting circuit for detecting said electronic watermark information; a CGMS signal detecting circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; and an output control circuit for receiving said electronic watermark information from said electronic watermark information detecting circuit and said CGMS signal from said CGMS signal detecting circuit and on/off controlling the outputting of the video signal of said video signal processing circuit according to whether said electronic watermark information and said CGMS signal have a rational relation to each other or not.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein said output control circuit controls said video signal processing circuit so as to output a video signal by copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy inhibition information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
44 words
An apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein said output control circuit controls said video signal processing circuit so as to output said video signal by copy inhibition information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy inhibition information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein said output control circuit controls said video signal processing circuit so as not to output said video signal when said CGMS signal is not detected.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein when said recording medium is a recordable medium, said output control circuit controls said video signal processing circuit so as not to output said video signal by copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy-once-permission information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein when said recording medium is a read only medium, said output control circuit controls said video signal processing circuit so as to output said video signal by copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy-once-permission information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
165 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal which includes said electronic watermark information in which copy control information is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and said CGMS signal having copy control information inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of said video signal, comprising: a circuit for processing said video signal reproduced from said recording medium; an electronic watermark information detecting circuit for detecting said electronic watermark information; a CGMS signal detecting circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; an output control circuit for controlling said video signal processing circuit and stopping outputting of said video signal when said detected electronic watermark information and said detected CGMS signal lack a rational relation to each other; and a circuit for discriminating the kind of a disk.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
165 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal which includes said electronic watermark information in which copy control information is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and said CGMS signal having copy control information inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of said video signal, comprising: a circuit for processing said video signal reproduced from said recording medium; an electronic watermark information detecting circuit for detecting said electronic watermark information; a CGMS signal detecting circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; an output control circuit for controlling said video signal processing circuit and stopping outputting of said video signal when said detected electronic watermark information and said detected CGMS signal lack a rational relation to each other; and a circuit for discriminating the kind of a disk.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
60 words
An apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein when an output of said disk kind discriminating circuit is a signal indicative of a recordable disk, said output control circuit controls said video signal processing circuit so as not to output said video signal by copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy-once-permission information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
60 words
An apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein when an output of said disk kind discriminating circuit is a signal indicative of a read only disk, said output control circuit controls said video signal processing circuit so as to output said video signal by copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information and copy-once-permission information obtained from said CGMS signal.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
216 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal which includes said electronic watermark information in which information of either copy inhibition or copy-once-permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and said CGMS signal which is inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of the video signal, the apparatus comprising: a processing circuit for processing said video signal read from said recording medium; a circuit for detecting said electronic watermark information; a circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; a circuit for updating the generation of said detected CGMS signal; and a rewriting and controlling circuit to which outputs of said electronic watermark information detecting circuit, said copy generation updating circuit, and said video signal processing circuit are supplied, rewrites the copy generation, and controls outputting of said video signal, wherein outputting of said video signal is allowed when said electronic watermark signal and said CGMS signal have a rational relation to each other, and outputting of said video signal is prohibited when said electronic watermark signal and said CGMS signal lack a rational ration to each other.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
216 words
An apparatus for processing a video signal having copy control information for reproducing from a recording medium electronic watermark information and a Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) signal from a video signal which includes said electronic watermark information in which information of either copy inhibition or copy-once-permission is embedded by changing a luminance value of a luminance signal and said CGMS signal which is inserted into a region out of a scan region of the video signal in order to control outputting of the video signal, the apparatus comprising: a processing circuit for processing said video signal read from said recording medium; a circuit for detecting said electronic watermark information; a circuit for detecting said CGMS signal; a circuit for updating the generation of said detected CGMS signal; and a rewriting and controlling circuit to which outputs of said electronic watermark information detecting circuit, said copy generation updating circuit, and said video signal processing circuit are supplied, rewrites the copy generation, and controls outputting of said video signal, wherein outputting of said video signal is allowed when said electronic watermark signal and said CGMS signal have a rational relation to each other, and outputting of said video signal is prohibited when said electronic watermark signal and said CGMS signal lack a rational ration to each other.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
59 words
An apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein said rewriting and controlling circuit allows said video signal to be outputted from said rewriting and controlling circuit by copy-once-permission information derived from said electronic watermark information and copy-once-permission information derived from said CGMS signal and allows the copy-once-permission information of said CGMS signal to be rewritten to copy inhibition information.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
72 words
An apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein said rewriting and controlling circuit allows said video signal to be outputted from said rewriting and controlling circuit by copy-once-permission information derived from said electronic watermark information and copy-once-permission information derived from said CGMS signal and allows the copy-once-permission information obtained from said electronic watermark information to be rewritten to copy inhibition and the copy-once-permission information of said CGMS signal to copy inhibition information.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
91 words
A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: means for comparing a signal generated by a bit generating means directly detected when a video signal is reproduced with a detected signal from electronic watermark information embedded in said video signal and outputting the video signal only when the signals have a rational relation to each other in order to process said video signal having copy control information formed by said bit generating means for copy control; and means for embedding a control signal as electronic watermark information generated by said bit generating means.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
91 words
A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: means for comparing a signal generated by a bit generating means directly detected when a video signal is reproduced with a detected signal from electronic watermark information embedded in said video signal and outputting the video signal only when the signals have a rational relation to each other in order to process said video signal having copy control information formed by said bit generating means for copy control; and means for embedding a control signal as electronic watermark information generated by said bit generating means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
63 words
An apparatus according to claim 25 , further comprising: means for detecting said electronic watermark information and changing the signal generated by said bit generating means only when the directly detected signal generated by said bit generating means shows copy-once-permission; and means for simultaneously recording said changed signal, said inputted electronic watermark recording signal and an image signal and inhibiting recording after that.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
48 words
An apparatus according to claim 26 , wherein only when the signal generated by said bit generating means shows copy-once-permission, the signal is rewritten to a signal of recording inhibition, and the rewritten signal is simultaneously recorded with said inputted electronic watermark recording signal and said video signal.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
99 words
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing a video signal from a disk on which a video signal in which electronic watermark information is recorded and bit generating means for copy control are written, comprising: electronic watermark information detecting means; means for detecting a signal recorded by the bit generating means; disk discriminating means for discriminating said disk; and means for reproducing said video signal written in said disk when said disk is discriminated as read only disk by said disk discriminating means and said electronic watermark information and the information generated by said bit generating means coincide with each other.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
99 words
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing a video signal from a disk on which a video signal in which electronic watermark information is recorded and bit generating means for copy control are written, comprising: electronic watermark information detecting means; means for detecting a signal recorded by the bit generating means; disk discriminating means for discriminating said disk; and means for reproducing said video signal written in said disk when said disk is discriminated as read only disk by said disk discriminating means and said electronic watermark information and the information generated by said bit generating means coincide with each other.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
106 words
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing a video signal from a disk on which a video signal in which electronic watermark information is recorded and bit generating means for copy control are written, comprising: electronic watermark information detecting means; means for detecting a signal recorded by the bit generating means; disk discriminating means for discriminating said disk; and means for reproducing said video signal when said disk is discriminated as a recordable and reproducible disk by said disk discriminating means, said electronic watermark information and said bit generating means coincide with each other, and copy-once-permission of the signal generated by said bit generating means is correctly changed.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
106 words
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing a video signal from a disk on which a video signal in which electronic watermark information is recorded and bit generating means for copy control are written, comprising: electronic watermark information detecting means; means for detecting a signal recorded by the bit generating means; disk discriminating means for discriminating said disk; and means for reproducing said video signal when said disk is discriminated as a recordable and reproducible disk by said disk discriminating means, said electronic watermark information and said bit generating means coincide with each other, and copy-once-permission of the signal generated by said bit generating means is correctly changed.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus according to claim 29 , further comprising means for performing reproduction only when said disk is recordable and reproducible, said electronic watermark information is one generation copy permitted information, and information of said bit generating means is copy inhibition.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 29 , wherein said bit generating means is multiplexed on said video signal.
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