Editing apparatus for optical disc reproducing device

• US 7,701,811 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Issued: 04/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh; Tan X
• Application Number:
  US11/147,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20050219963A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,777 Days
• Field of Search: 369/30.05, 369/30.19, 369/47.12, 369/83, 707/104.1, 386/125, 386/126
• US Class Current: 369/30.05
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/61 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/40 Combinations of multiple record carriers
• 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 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3063 Subcodes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A highlight of a representative track of each album stored in a recording medium and a highlight of each track of a designated album are pre-set. Highlights of representative tracks of albums are successively reproduced from album 1. As a result, albums are searched for a desired track. When the desired album has been found, highlights of tracks of the album are successively reproduced from track 1. As a result, the album is searched for the desired track.

Claims

1. An editing apparatus, comprising:

storing means for storing a plurality of tracks, wherein the plurality of tracks stored in the storing means are managed as a playlist;

management information storing means for storing management information and information identifying a representative highlight, the representative highlight being a highlight of a representative track from the playlist;

operating means for designating an editing process for a designated track from the playlist; and

updating means for changing the information identifying the representative highlight when the editing process has been performed for the designated track from the playlist by the operating means.

2. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the editing process is an erasing process for the designated track from the playlist.

3. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the editing process is a dividing process for the designated track from the playlist.

4. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the editing process is a combining process for the designated track from the playlist.

5. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the editing process is a moving process for the designated track from the playlist.

6. An editing method, comprising the steps of:

storing a plurality of tacks, wherein the plurality of tracks are managed as a playlist;

storing management information and information identifying a representative highlight, the representative highlight being a highlight of a representative track from the playlist;

designating an editing process for a designated track from the playlist; and

changing the information identifying the representative highlight when the editing process has been performed for the designated track from the playlist.

7. The editing method as set forth in claim 6,

wherein the editing process is an erasing process for the designated track from the playlist.

8. The editing method as set forth in claim 6,

wherein the editing process is a dividing process for the designated track from the playlist.

9. The editing method as set forth in claim 6,

wherein the editing process is a combining process for the designated track from the playlist.

10. The editing method as set forth in claim 6,

wherein the editing process is a moving process for the designated track from the playlist.

11. An editing apparatus, comprising:

a storage device operable to store a plurality of tracks, wherein the plurality of tracks stored in the storage device are managed as a playlist, and to store management information and information identifying a representative highlight, the representative highlight being a highlight of a representative track from the playlist;

an operating device operable to designate an editing process for a designated track from the playlist; and

an update device operable to change the information identifying the representative highlight when the editing process has been performed for the designated track from the playlist by the operating means.

12. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 11,

wherein the editing process is an erasing process for the designated track from the playlist.

13. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 11,

wherein the editing process is a dividing process for the designated track from the playlist.

14. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 11,

wherein the editing process is a combining process for the designated track from the playlist.

15. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 11,

wherein the editing process is a moving process for the designated track from the playlist.

16. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, perform a method comprising acts of:

storing a plurality of tracks, wherein the plurality of tracks are managed as a playlist;

storing management information and information identifying a representative highlight, the representative highlight being a highlight of a representative track from the playlist;

designating an editing process for a designated track from the playlist; and

changing the information identifying the representative highlight when the editing process has been performed for the designated track from the playlist.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the editing process is an erasing process for the designated track from the playlist.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the editing process is a dividing process for the designated track from the playlist.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the editing process is a combining process for the designated track from the playlist.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the editing process is a moving process for the designated track from the playlist.