Recording medium, playback device, system lsi, playback method, glasses, and display device for 3D images

Abstract

A recording medium in which a left-view video stream and a right-view video stream are recorded in an interleaved transport stream file. The interleaved transport stream file is identified by a combination of (i) an equivalent identification number being equivalent with the file reference information and (ii) a file extension indicating that video streams are stored in the interleaved manner, the equivalent identification number. Among Extents that constitute the interleaved transport stream file, Extents constituting the left-view or right-view video stream are identified as a normal-format transport stream file by a combination of (i) the equivalent identification number being equivalent with the file reference information and (ii) a file extension indicating that video streams are stored in a normal manner.

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[0001]This application is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 566,989, filed Sep. 25, 2009, which claims benefit to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 101,316, filed Sep. 30, 2008BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002](1) Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a technology of recording 3D and 2D images.[0004](2) Description of the Related Art[0005]The 2D images, also called planar images, are represented by pixels on an X-Y plane that is applied to the display screen of the display device.[0006]In contrast, the 3D images have a depth in the Z-axis direction in addition to the pixels on the X-Y plane applied to the screen of the display device. The 3D images are presented to the viewers (users) by simultaneously playing back the left-view and right-view images to be viewed respectively by the left and right eyes so that a stereoscopic effect can be produced. The users would see, among the pixels constituting the 3D image, pixels having positive Z-axis c...

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[0018]In the present invention, the transport stream file in the interleave format is identified by a combination of (i) an identification number that is equivalent with the file reference information and (ii) an extension indicating that it is a transport stream file in the interleave format. With this structure, when the output mode of the playback device is in the stereoscopic playback mode, it is possible to read out Extents constituting a transport stream file in the interleave format by identifying it from the file reference information included in the playlist information and an extension indicating that it is a transport stream file in the interleave format, and to playback the read-out Extents. With this structure, 2D playback devices cannot read out Extents constituting a transport stream file in the interleave format. This prevents the 2D playback devices from suffering from an erroneous operation or an unstable operation due to the change of the ATS value unique to the transport stream file in the interleave format, namely the repetitive, irregular change of the ATS value of increase and decrease.

[0019]Also, it is possible to preliminarily describe a predetermined piece of file reference information in the playlist information so as to read out and play back, in the 3D playback, a stream file in the interleave format having (i) a file name that is the same as the predetermined piece of file reference information and (ii) an extension indicating that it is a transport stream file in the interleave format, and in the 2D playback, a transport stream file having (i) a file name that is the same as the predetermined piece of file reference information and (ii) an extension indicating that it is normal-format transport stream file. This eliminates the need for creating respectively the 3D playlist information and the 2D playlist information, thus reducing the trouble of authoring.

[0020]It is also possible to access the Extents constituting the base-view video stream among Extents constituting transport stream files in the interleave format, by using (i) the file reference information included in the playlist information and (ii) an extension indicating that it is a normal-format transport stream file. It is thus possible to realize both the stereoscopic playback in the 3D playback device and the planar-view playback in the 2D playback device even if transport stream files for the planar view are not recorded separately from the transport stream files in the interleave format. This makes it possible to provide users with one BD-ROM in which a 3D movie work has been recorded. Since there is no need to record transport stream files for the planar view separately from the transport stream files in the interleave format, there is no need to sell a package containing both a recording medium with a 3D image and a recording medium with a 2D image, or sell them separately as different articles for sale. This does not increase the cost of distribution, nor increase the cost for inventory management in the retail and wholesale stores, and the movie industry can deal with 3D movie works in the same manner as existing 2D movie works.

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