# US 10,313,741 B2 · Reproducing device, reproducing method, program, and transmitting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,741 B2 - Document ID: US10313741B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/715,854 - Filed: 2017-09-26 - Published: 2018-01-18 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2013-04-03 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Kouichi Uchimura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313741B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/4355: {involving reformatting operations of additional data, e.g. HTML pages on a television screen (optimising the visualization of content for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/9577; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/066; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764)} - H04N 5/44504: {Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits} - H04N 7/0882: {for the transmission of character code signals, e.g. for teletext (circuits for the digital non-picture data signal H04N7/035)} - H04N 7/0885: {for the transmission of subtitles} - H04N 21/4318: {by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region (image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00)} - H04N 21/4858: {for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows} - H04N 21/4884: {for displaying subtitles} - H04N 21/64322: {IP} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A transmitting apparatus including circuitry configured to generate caption data corresponding to content data and having elements defined in Extensible Markup Language (XML), and output the content data and the generated caption data to a reproducing device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmitting apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to: receive caption data corresponding to content data, the caption data being in an extended Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Timed Text (SMPTE-TT) format defining a caption display mode indicating one of a pop-on mode, a roll-up mode, and a paint-on mode; receive a user selection of a different caption display mode indicating another one of the pop-on mode, the roll-up mode, and the paint-on mode; generate caption information by overwriting the caption display mode of the received caption data based on the received user selection of the different caption display mode; and output the content data and the generated caption information to a reproducing device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a non-volatile memory, wherein the received user selection of the different caption display mode is stored in the non-volatile memory as an initial user setting before the caption data is received. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to superimpose the generated caption information on the content data; and output the superimposed generated caption information on the content data to the reproducing device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive an updated user selection of the different caption display mode during outputting the superimposed generated caption information on the content to the reproducing device; generate updated caption information by overwriting the caption display mode of the received caption data based on the received updated user selection of the different caption display mode; and output the content data and the generated updated caption information to the reproducing device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive an updated user selection of the different caption display mode during outputting the content data and the generated caption information to the reproducing device; generate updated caption information by overwriting the caption display mode of the received caption data based on the received updated user selection of the different caption display mode; and output the content data and the generated updated caption information to the reproducing device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a user setting to specify a drawing rate when the roll-up mode or the paint-on mode is the user selection of the different caption display mode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive a user setting of a caption character edge type indicating one of a right drop shadow edge, a raised edge, a depressed edge, and a uniform edge. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to separate the received caption data in time series to generate intermediate synchronic documents corresponding to each display timing of the received caption data, and the circuitry generates the caption information by overwriting elements of the intermediate synchronic documents based on the received user selection of the different caption display mode. ### Claim 9 A transmitting method comprising: receiving caption data corresponding to content data, the caption data being in an extended Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Timed Text (SMPTE-TT) format defining a caption display mode indicating one of a pop-on mode, a roll-up mode, and a paint-on mode; receiving a user selection of a different caption display mode indicating another one of the pop-on mode, the roll-up mode, and the paint-on mode; generating caption information by overwriting the caption display mode of the received caption data based on the received user selection of the different caption display mode; and outputting the content data and the generated caption information to a reproducing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The transmitting method according to claim 9, further comprising storing the received user selection of the different caption display mode in non-volatile memory as an initial user setting before the caption data is received. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The transmitting method according to claim 10, further comprising superimposing the generated caption information on the content data; and outputting the superimposed generated caption information on the content data to the reproducing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The transmitting method according to claim 11, further comprising receiving an updated user selection of the different caption display mode during outputting the superimposed generated caption information on the content to the reproducing device; generating updated caption information by overwriting the caption display mode of the received caption data based on the received updated user selection of the different caption display mode; and outputting the content data and the generated updated caption information to the reproducing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The transmitting method according to claim 9, further comprising receiving an updated user selection of the different caption display mode during outputting the content data and the generated caption information to the reproducing device; generating updated caption information by overwriting the caption display mode of the received caption data based on the received updated user selection of the different caption display mode; and outputting the content data and the generated updated caption information to the reproducing device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The transmitting method according to claim 9, further comprising receiving a user setting to specify a drawing rate when the roll-up mode or the paint-on mode is the user selection of the different caption display mode. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The transmitting method according to claim 9, further comprising receiving a user setting of a caption character edge type indicating one of a right drop shadow edge, a raised edge, a depressed edge, and a uniform edge. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The transmitting method according to claim 9, further comprising separating the received caption data in time series to generate intermediate synchronic documents corresponding to each display timing of the received caption data, wherein the generating the caption information includes overwriting elements of the intermediate synchronic documents based on the received user selection of the different caption display mode.