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Information record medium, apparatus for recording the same and apparatus for reproducing the same enabling easy access to information

US6108486A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 1997
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/877
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information record medium (1: DVD) has a record track (1a) to be reproduced by an information reproducing apparatus (S2). The information reproducing apparatus is provided with a read device (80), reproduces audio information while relatively moving the read device along the record track recorded with at least the audio information by a predetermined unit of audio frame and by a unit of frame group (GOF) consisting of consecutive audio frames in a predetermined number. A plurality of audio packets (43, 202) are arranged along the record track, in each of which audio information pieces (207) constructing the audio information sampled by a predetermined sampling frequency and audio control information (204, 205, 206) for controlling a reproduction and an access of the audio information pieces are respectively recorded.

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