Patent ID: 6567608
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An optical disk comprising:an audio zone region storing a plurality of audio sequences and management information for managing the reproduction of each of the plurality of audio sequences, wherein each of the plurality of audio sequences includes at least one audio object, the management information includes reproduction order information indicating the reproduction order of the at least one audio object included in each of the plurality of audio sequences, each of the at least one audio object includes at least one pack, each of the at least one pack including audio data and first timing information indicating an output timing of the audio data, the audio zone region further stores at least one picture video object, each of the at least one picture video object containing still picture data, the management information further includes: still picture reproduction information indicating at least one picture video object which is to be reproduced in connection with the reproduction of a corresponding one of the plurality of audio sequences, second timing information indicating an output timing of the at least one picture video object indicated by the still picture reproduction information, and display mode information indicating a display timing mode and a display order mode, wherein the display timing mode is one of a first display timing mode in which the at least one picture video object is reproduced in synchronization with the reproduction of the corresponding audio sequence and a second display timing mode in which the at least one picture video object is reproduced asynchronously from the reproduction of the corresponding audio sequence, and the display order mode is one of a first display order mode in which the at least one picture video object is reproduced sequentially and a second display order mode in which the at least one picture video object is reproduced randomly.