Optical disc for storing moving pictures with text information and apparatus using the disc

• US 7,221,854 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2004
• Issued: 05/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Ito, Yuji, Ando, Hideo, Kikuchi, Shinichi, Taira, Kazuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Boccio; Vincent F.
• Application Number:
  US10/895,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20050002651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 386/95, 386/96, 386125-126
• US Class Current: 386/243
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2575 DVD-RAMs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3027 used signal is digitally coded
• 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: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8085 with processing of the sound signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8233 the additional signal being a character code signal

Abstract

When moving pictures are recorded onto an optical disc, not only is text data recorded, but also video-recording start date and time, video-recording end date and time, and source name or channel number serving as primary text data are recorded in alphanumeric characters program by program or cell by cell, a program or a cell being used as a unit of video-recording. Other text data is recorded together with language code. Since the primary text data used to select video data is expressed in alphanumeric characters, a program or cell to be reproduced can be selected, regardless of language, and the text information in the same language as that of the apparatus can be searched for.

Claims

1. A method for recording information on an information storage medium which comprises

a management area and a data area,

said data area being provided for recording data in such a manner that the data is managed based on one or more sequences, said management area including a play list search pointer table for managing play lists, each play list being defined as a user defined program chain (PGC) determining a presentation sequence of one or more user defined cells, wherein

said play list search pointer table is configured to store a play list search pointer,

said play list search pointer includes information in the form or type of a play list, information on the number of the PGC corresponding to the play list, and information on the date and time at which the play list was created,

said play list search pointer is configured to store first text information related to the play list expressed in characters, and

a specific area, which is different from a recording area of said play list search pointer in said management area, is configured to store second text information,

said specific area is configured to further store a search pointer indicating a location of the second text information,

said play list search pointer is configured to further record search information which includes a search pointer number,

the search pointer number in the play list search pointer corresponds to the search pointer in the specific area when searching for the second text information,

wherein said management area further includes a user defined program chain information table containing one or more pieces of information of the user defined program chain, and one or more user defined program chain information search pointers for respectively pointing the one or more pieces of information of the user defined program chain,

said method comprising:

recording the data on the data area; and

recording information of the user defined program chain on the management area.

2. A method for reproducing information from an information storage medium which comprises

a management area and a data area,

said data area being provided for recording data in such a manner that the data is managed based on one or more sequences, said management area including a play list search pointer table for managing play lists, each play list being defined as a user defined program chain (PGC) determining a presentation sequence of one or more user defined cells, wherein

said play list search pointer table is configured to store a play list search pointer,

said play list search pointer includes information in the form or type of a play list, information on the number of the PGC corresponding to the play list, and information on the date and time at which the play list was created,

said play list search pointer is configured to store first text information related to the play list expressed in characters, and

a specific area, which is different from a recording area of said play list search pointer in said management area, is configured to store second text information,

said specific area is configured to further store a search pointer indicating a location of the second text information,

said play list search pointer is configured to further record search information which includes a search pointer number,

the search pointer number in the play list search pointer corresponds to the search pointer in the specific area when searching for the second text information,

wherein said management area further includes a user defined program chain information table containing one or more pieces of information of the user defined program chain, and one or more user defined program chain information search pointers for respectively pointing the one or more pieces of information of the user defined program chain,

said method comprising:

reproducing information of the user defined program chain from the management area; and

reproducing the data from the data area.