Information storage medium containing subtitles and processing apparatus therefor

A non-transitory information storage medium usable by a reproducing apparatus, the non-transitory information storage medium comprising:

• audio-visual (AV) data;
• first text subtitle data;
• first style information corresponding to the first text subtitle data and designating an output form of the first text subtitle data;
• second text subtitle data;
• and
• second style information corresponding to the second text subtitle data and designating an output form of the second text subtitle data;
• wherein the first style information comprises:
• location information specifying a first region of a screen in which the first text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus;
• and
• information specifying a position within the first region of the screen at which the first text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus;
• wherein the information specifying the position within the first region of the screen comprises coordinates of a text reference position of the first text subtitle data within the first region of the screen;
• the second style information comprises:
• location information specifying a second region of the screen in which the second text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus;
• and
• information specifying a position within the second region of the screen at which the second text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducing apparatus;
• wherein the information specifying the position within the second region of the screen comprises coordinates of a text reference position of the second text subtitle data within the second region of the screen;
• and
• the reproducing apparatus outputs the first text subtitle data and the second text subtitle data at different locations on the screen simultaneously using the first style information and the second style information when the non-transitory information storage medium is used by the reproducing apparatus.

A reproducing apparatus usable with an information storage medium, the information storage medium comprising audio-visual (AV) data, the reproducing apparatus comprising:

• a reader to read, from the information storage medium:
• first text subtitle data;
• first style information corresponding to the first text subtitle data and designating an output form of the first text subtitle data;
• second text subtitle data;
• and
• second style information corresponding to the second text subtitle data and designating an output form of the second text subtitle data;
• and
• a reproducer to:
• decode the first style information and the second style information;
• and
• output the first text subtitle data and the second text subtitle data at different locations on a screen simultaneously using the decoded first style information and the decoded second style information;
• wherein the first style information comprises:
• location information specifying a first region of the screen in which the first text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducer;
• and
• information specifying a position within the first region of the screen at which the first text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducer;
• wherein the information specifying the position within the first region of the screen comprises coordinates of a text reference position of the first text subtitle data within the first region of the screen;
• and
• the second style information comprises:
• location information specifying a second region of the screen in which the second text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducer;
• and
• information specifying a position within the second region of the screen at which the second text subtitle data is to be output by the reproducer;
• wherein the information specifying the position within the second region of the screen comprises coordinates of a text reference position of the second text subtitle data within the second region of the screen.