Disc changer and player that reads and stores program data of all discs prior to reproduction and method of reproducing music on the same

• US 5,446,714 A
• Filed: 07/15/1993
• Issued: 08/29/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Taniai, Yukio, Yoshio, Junichi, Moriichi, Munetoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Young, W. R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Thang V.
• Application Number:
  US08/091,881
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 369/47, 369/48, 369/32, 369/33, 369/36, 369/30, 369/50, 369/54, 369/58, 369/49, 358/342, 358/343, 358/341, 84/609, 84/601, 84/602, 84/603
• US Class Current: 369/47.21
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/363 using optical disks, e.g. CD, CD-ROM, to store accompaniment information in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/00 Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function ; Driving both disc and head
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/255 CD-I, i.e. CD-interactive
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2587 Laser Discs; Optical disc using analog recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/65 wherein solid state memory is used for storing indexing information or metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• 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: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9208 involving the use of subcodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/93 Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof

Abstract

The disc player accommodates a plurality of CD-I discs, to each of which program data required to reproduce information on the disc is recorded at a predetermined area thereof. The disc player has a disc changer to selectively supply each CD-I disc to a reproducing unit. The method of reproducing information of the disc player includes the steps of: reading the program data from the CD-I disc, and writing the read program data into a memory, with respect to all of the CD-I discs accommodated in the disc changer; and performing a reproduction operation with reference to the program data written in the memory at the time of the reproduction operation of the information on the CD-I disc.

Claims

1. A method of reproducing information of a disc player accommodating a plurality of first format discs, each of said first format discs storing program information by a first format, and accommodating at least one second format disc, said second format disc storing program information name data of each of the first format discs by a second format different from the first format, and reproducing the program information, said method comprising the steps of:

reading the program information name data from the second format disc and storing the program information name data into a memory;

selecting one of the first format discs to be reproduced; and

displaying the program information name data corresponding to a selected first format disc before reproducing the program information of the selected first format disc.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said disc player comprises a music accompaniment playing apparatus, and a title of music to be reproduced is displayed in the displaying step.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said first format disc comprises a CD-G, and said second format disc comprises a CD-I.

4. A disc player comprising:

a plurality of first format discs, each of said first format discs storing program information by a first format;

at least one second format disc, said second format disc storing program information name data of each of the first format discs by a second format different from the first format;

a reproducing unit for selecting one of the first format discs and reproducing the program information of a selected first format disc;

a memory for storing the program information name data;

a displaying means for displaying a program information name; and

a controlling means for reading the program information name data from the second format disc, a means for storing said information name data to said memory, and a means for transferring the program information name data corresponding to the selected first format disc to said displaying means before said reproducing unit reproduces the program information of the selected first format disc.

5. A disc player according to claim 4, wherein said second format disc comprises a disc having a data area for storing the program information name data on an inner circumferential side of an area corresponding to a first program area of said first format disc.

6. A disc player according to claim 4, further comprising a disc changer for accommodating said first and second format discs and selectively supplying one of the first and second format discs to said reproducing unit.

7. A disc player according to claim 4, further comprising:

an LD player for reproducing video data from an LD disc; and

a superimposer for superimposing the program information name data onto the video data, said displaying means displaying the superimposed data.