Patent ID: 6542694
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A recording apparatus which uses an optical disc having a management area and a data area, said data area being provided for recording data in such a manner that the data is separated into one or more object units and is managed by one or more sequences and at least one sequence includes one or more programs corresponding to one or more cells, said data area including a program management table for managing said programs, said management area including sequence management information for managing the sequence of said programs and a program management table for managing said programs, said recording apparatus comprising:first recording means for recording data into the data area on said optical disc; and second recording means for recording first text information into said program management table on said optical disc, said first text information consists of 128 bytes, and a first 64 byte portion of said first text information describes primary text using an ISO/IEC 646:1983 (ASCII) character set.