Patent ID: 7212875
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G06F,G11C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A reproducing apparatus for reading out, for reproduction, audio information with corresponding text information from a record medium, wherein: the record medium includes a text storage area, the text storage area being operable to store the 1-byte character code sequence includes pairs of a 1-byte tag and a plurality of 1-byte character codes, the 1-byte tag indicating a type of an item, and the plurality of 1-byte character codes indicating a content of the item; the 2-byte character code sequence includes pairs of a 2-byte tag and a plurality of 2-byte character codes, the 2-byte tag indicating a type of an item, and the plurality of 2-byte character codes indicating a content of the item; the type information is a first terminated code and a second terminated code which are included in the text information; the first terminated code is stored at the start of the text storage area when the text information stored in the text storage area does not include the 1-byte character code sequence, and the first terminated code is stored in the text storage area at the end of the 1-byte character code sequence when the text information stored in the text storage area includes the 1-byte character code sequence; the second terminated code is stored in the text storage area at a position immediately after the first terminated code when the text information stored in the text storage area does not include the 2-byte character code sequence, and the second terminated code is stored in the text storage area at the end of the 2-byte character code sequence when the text information stored in the text storage area includes the 2-byte character code sequence; a storage position of the first terminated code and a storage position of the second terminated code in the text storage area are indicative of whether the text information is the type (a), type (b), or type (c); and said reproducing apparatus comprises: wherein said control device is further operable to control said display device to display the delimiter information between contents of items.