Editing apparatus for optical reproducing device

• US 7,149,156 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2002
• Issued: 12/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• 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:
  US10/380,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20030185110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,630 Days
• Field of Search: 369/30.05, 369/30.19, 369/83, 369/30.18, 369/30.07, 369/30.04, 369/30.09, 360/13, 386/4, 386/52, 386/125, 386/126
• US Class Current: 369/30.05
• 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. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing a plurality of programs from a recording medium on which input programs have been recorded as a group, comprising:

first operating means for registering a specified representative program of a group;

second operating means for registering a specified representative portion of each program included in the group;

management information recording means for storing management information with which each program of the group, a program number of the specified representative program registered by the first operating means, and a specified representative portion of each program included in the group registered by the second operating means are managed;

selecting means for selecting a first searching mode for searching the specified representative program included in the group, a second searching mode for searching the specified representative portion of each program, or a third searching mode for searching the specified representative portion of the specified representative program included in the group when a content of the group or content of a desired program is checked from plurality programs recorded on the recording medium; and

controlling means for reproducing programs from the recording medium corresponding to the searching mode selected by the selecting means and the management information stored in the management information storing means.

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

wherein the second operating means is configured to register a start point and an end point of a specified representative portion of each program of included in the group and finely adjust the start point and the end point.

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

wherein when a specified representative portion of each program of included in the group is registered by the second selecting means, the representative portion is repeatedly reproduced.