Accessing control for optical recording device capable of performing time search
US6091674A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/877
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The record information (42, 43, 44) and the access information (51: DSI) are recorded on a record track (1a) of an information record medium (1: DVD) such that the record information and the access information are divided into a plurality of first data groups (30: VOBU), each of which is a unit able to be accessed by an information reproducing apparatus (S2) and each of which comprises the record information and the access information, and are divided into a plurality of second data groups (20: CELL), each of which is a unit able to be logically divided in the reproduction and each of which comprises a series of the first data groups arranged along the record track among the first data groups. Management information (PGCI) are collectively recorded at one portion of the record track, and comprises: a plurality of time unit address informations (200) each indicating an address of respective one of the first data groups to which the record information in every predetermined time unit belongs; and discontinuity information (201) indicating whether or not two addresses, which are indicated to be apart from each other by one time unit by the time unit address informations, belong to a s…
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