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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorWiebe De Haan
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Video information intended to be reproduced on a television screen (1) often includes additional information such as graphics information (3) or subtitles (4) in addition to the main information such as film images (2). This additional information is transmitted separately, so that the user may choose whether the additional information is to be displayed or not. In the disclosed method the transmitted video signal comprises information relating to the duration (25) for which the additional information is to remain on the display. With this method the additional information can be displayed exactly for the duration of the desired time. When a video disc or tape is used for transferring video information, this is advantageous in trick modes, such as Fast Forward.
Method of transmitting video information intended to be reproduced on a display via an information signal that represents the video information, the video information comprising basic information and overlay information related to the basic information, characterized in that the overlay information comprises time information which is indicative of a period of time during which the overlay information is to be displayed.
Information carrier on which an information signal is recorded which signal represents video information intended to be reproduced on a display, which video information comprises basic information and overlay information related to the basic information, characterized in that the overlay information comprises time information which is indicative of a period of time during which the overlay formation is to be displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.