INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PLURALITY OF TITLES, REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080166101A1
• Filed: 03/25/2008
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Moon, Seong-Jin, JUNG, Kil-soo
• Granted Patent: US 9,142,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An information storage medium on which a plurality of titles are recorded, and a reproducing apparatus and method thereof. The information storage medium includes a plurality of titles which are reproduced as motion pictures and a plurality of units of attribute information that correspond to the titles and indicate whether a user can control a title to be reproduced. Therefore, efficient navigation can be ensured and the titles can be reproduced as a manufacturer of the information storage medium has planned.

Claims

1. An information storage medium, comprising:

at least one title which is reproduced as a motion picture; and

at least one title information, which corresponds to the at least one title,

wherein the title information comprises title number display type information indicating whether a title number of the corresponding title is displayed on a display device.

2. The information storage medium of claim 1, wherein the title is displayed when a value of the title number display type information is “

0”

, and the title is not displayed when the value of the title number display type information is “

1”

.

3. A reproducing apparatus, comprising:

a reader which reads data comprising at least one title to be reproduced as a motion picture and at least one title information that corresponds to the at least one title from an information storage medium; and

a decoder which decodes the title information and reproduces the at least one title based on the title information,

wherein the title information comprises title number display type information indicating whether a title number of the corresponding title is displayed on a display device.

4. The reproducing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the title is displayed when a value of the title number display type information is “

0”

, and the title is not displayed when the value of the title number display type information is “

1”

.