Patent ID: 6185365
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G09B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An optical disk comprising:a data region for storing a plurality of video sequences composed from a plurality of video segments; anda management information region for storing a plurality of sequence information which indicates a reproduction order of video segments included in each video sequence and indicates positions on the optical disk of the video segments included in each video sequence, and sequence-link information which indicates which one of two or more video sequences follows each video sequence depending on a value of a reproduction apparatus's register,wherein at least one of the video segments includes control command information which enables the value of the reproduction apparatus's register to be updateds wherein the control command information includes a register information indicating one of the reproduction apparatus registers, an immediate value information indicating a predetermined value, a condition information indicating a comparison expression of a value indicated by the immediate value information to a value of the register indicated by the register information, and a link information indicating video sequences to be reproduced when a comparison expression indicated by the current condition information is true.