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Disk selection control device for multidisk player

  • US 5,633,842 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1995
  • Issued: 05/27/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for selecting playback of one of a plurality of disks stored in a multidisk player, the method comprising the steps of:

  • reading from a recorded information lead-in area of each of said plurality of disks loaded in said multidisk player indexing information, said indexing information including identification of a disk type;

    determining a disk holding position of each of said plurality of disks in said multidisk player and generating for each respective one of said plurality of disks a disk holding position information indicative of the holding position of each respective one of said plurality of disks;

    storing the disk holding position information and the indexing information associated each other for said respective one of said plurality of disks at an internal memory of a system controller;

    determining each of the plurality of disks as either a memory disk or a music disk based on the identification of a disk type in association with the disk holding position information;

    storing disk content identifying information for identifying the contents of each of said plurality of disks at the internal memory of the system controller if each of said plurality of disks is determined as a memory disk in the above determining step, said disk content identifying information being stored in association with the disk holding position information based on a correlation between the disk content identifying information and the indexing information for the corresponding disks, respectively;

    receiving, in response to user input, a disk selection command including a selected disk content information for selecting a particular one of said plurality of disks having a content corresponding to said selected disk content information;

    determining a particular one of said stored disk content identifying information corresponding to said selected disk content information; and

    determining the disk holding position information associated with said particular one of said stored disk content identifying information for selecting for playback the disk held at the corresponding disk holding position.

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