Multi-scene recording medium for alternatingly and continuously recording program information items corresponding to different views of an event, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data therefrom

• US 5,742,731 A
• Filed: 08/08/1996
• Issued: 04/21/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimoda, Kenji, Hirayama, Koichi, Nakai, Masatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Faile, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOE, AUNG SOE
• Application Number:
  US08/689,360
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 386/124, 386/125, 386/92, 386/95, 386/107, 386/108, 386/46, 386/52, 386/64, 348/7, 348/13, 360/27
• US Class Current: 386/239
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/022 Control panels
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1217 on discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/1254 for mixed data, i.e. continuous and discontinuous data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/0037 with discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9205 the additional signal being at least another television signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9206 the additional signal being a character code signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9208 involving the use of subcodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9267 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/806 : with processing of the sound signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8063 : using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8087 : using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 : the additional signal being at least another television signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/877 : by assembling picture element blocks in an intermediate memory

Abstract

A multi-scene recording disk and a data reproducing apparatus, which enables a user to select and enjoy one of simultaneously proceeding scenes, and also enables a program editor to edit programs using a new concept and novel fashion. Related program movements, each consisting of program bars, are recorded on the disk 100. The data reproducing apparatus includes a data string processing section 203, a system control section 204, an operator panel 205, a video processing section 206, and audio processing sections 211 and 213. The sections 203 and 204 and the panel 205 select any one of the program movements and switch one movement to another, and select any one of the program bars of the movement selected and switch one bar to another. The information thus selected is supplied to the video processing section 206 and the audio processing sections 211 and 213.

Claims

1. A multi-scene recording medium comprising a disk having a management area and a data area, said data area recording various edited program information items representing a plurality of stories which branch from one another or which merge together, and

said management area recording multi-scene configuration information representing existence of said stories,

wherein at least two of said various edited program information items correspond to different views for an event,

and wherein said various edited program information items are alternatingly and continuously recorded on the disk.

2. The medium of claim 1, wherein said various edited program information items recorded in said data area include a video information item and a sub-picture information item, contents of the sub-picture information item being related to contents of the video information item but being different therefrom.

3. An apparatus for reproducing information from a disk having a management area and a data area,

said data area recording various edited program information items representing a plurality of stories which branch from one another or which merge together, and

said management area recording multi-scene configuration information representing existence of said stories,

wherein at least two of said various edited program information items correspond to different views for an event, and

wherein said various edited program information items are alternatingly and continuously recorded on the disk.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said various edited program information items recorded in said data area include a video information item and a sub-picture information item, contents of the sub-picture information item being related to contents of the video information item but being different therefrom.

5. A method for reproducing information from a disk having a management area and a data area,

said data area recording various edited program information items representing a plurality of stories which branch from one another or which merge together, and

said management area recording multi-scene configuration information representing existence of said stories,

wherein at least two of said various edited program information items correspond to different views for an event, and

wherein said various edited program information items are alternatingly and continuously recorded on the disk.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said various edited program information items recorded in said data area include a video information item and a sub-picture information item, contents of the sub-picture item being related to contents of the video information item but being different therefrom.