MENU GENERATOR DEVICE AND MENU GENERATING METHOD FOR COMPLEMENTING VIDEO/AUDIO SIGNALS WITH MENU INFORMATION

摘要

In a menu generator device ( 1 ) for complementing video/audio signals (VA) with menu information (MI), which audio/video signals (VA) may possibly be divided into a plurality of sequences, there are provided a read-in stage ( 2 ) for reading in the video/audio signals (VA), an analyzing stage ( 3 ) for generating video/audio identifying information (VAID) from the video/audio signals (VA) read in, a communications stage ( 4 ) for transmitting the video/audio identifying information (VA-ID) to a remote menu data server ( 20 ) and for receiving, from the menu data server, menu data (MD) assignable to the video/audio identifying information (VA-ID) transmitted, and a menu generator stage ( 5 ) for generating menu information (MI) from the menu data (MD) and for emitting the menu information 10 (MI) for connection with the video/audio signals (VA).