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Multi-scene recording medium and apparatus for reproducing data therefrom

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  • US 5,732,185 A
  • Filed: 08/08/1996
  • Issued: 03/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for reproducing information from a multi-scene recording medium including a disk having a management area and a data area, said data area recording a first program information item, a second program information item following said first program information item, a third program information item following said second program information item, and a fourth program information item for replacing said second program information item, said second and fourth program information items representing different views of a same event, said management area recording multi-scene configuration information indicating that said second and fourth program information items are linked to each other, data units of said second program information item and data units of said fourth program information item being alternatingly and continuously recorded on said recording medium, said apparatus comprising:

  • pickup means for generating signals based on information recorded on said disk;

    demodulating means for generating multi-scene configuration data by demodulating signals generated by said pickup means, said multi-scene configuration data being based on said multi-scene configuration information recorded in said management area of said disk;

    management data storage means for storing said multi-scene configuration data generated by said demodulation means; and

    control means for automatically defining an order in which said program information items are to be reproduced from said disk based on said multi-scene configuration data and in accordance with a prescribed program link data if data representing a reproducing order for said program information items is not input when said second program information item begins being reproduced, wherewhen production is to be switched from a source program information item which is one of the second and fourth program information items to a destination program information item which is the other of the second and fourth program information items during reproduction of the source program information item, reproduction of the destination program information item starts from a head position of a data unit of the destination program information item, andthe switch between the source and the destination program information items is such that reproduction of the destination program information starts at the head position that does not correspond to a position last reproduced in the source program information item.

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