Patent ID: 6442337
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information recording medium for recording at least one object and management information for managing the recorded object, each object comprising a plurality of object units each having an address indicative of a location on the medium, the management information including program chain information and object information, characterized in that:the program chain information includes first program chain information and second program chain information each including a sequence of cell information, the first program chain information includes cell information indicating, as a cell, a whole section of the at least one object and includes playback section information indicating start and end portions of the associated object, the second program chain information is defined by a user and includes cell information indicating, as a cell, a part or whole section of the at least one object defined by the user and which includes playback section information indicating start and end portions of the part or whole section of the associated object defined by the user; wherein the object information is provided for each recorded object; and wherein the medium is provided for recording two or more types of objects including a type indicative of a movie object and a type indicative of a still picture object; the cell information further includes type information indicating a type of the object with which the cell is associated; and the object information includes a plurality of kinds of information in a form depending on the type of the associated object, the plurality of kinds of information including map information for obtaining an address of each object unit.