Patent ID: 7079757
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: G11B,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An optical disc which is readable by a reproducing apparatus that preliminarily reads a table and performs a random access reproduction of a video object by referring to the table, the optical disk including a data area, a time map area, and a program chain area, wherein the data area has recorded therein a video object that includes a plurality of data units, each of which contains at least one picture, the time map area has recorded therein the table showing recording addresses of data units, the recording addresses corresponding to a plurality of reproduction times that belong to a period during which the video object is reproduced, each of the data units containing a picture to be reproduced at a corresponding one of the plurality of reproduction times, and the program chain area has recorded therein a plurality of sets of cell information, each of which includes a start time and an end time which are used to identify a reproduction section in the video object, the plurality of sets of cell information being recorded in correspondence with reproduction orders.