Patent ID: 7248783
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information recording medium comprising: a base plate; a recording layer disposed on the base plate; a central hole formed in the base plate and the recording layer; an object recording area obtained on the recording layer, the object recording area for recording an object which has a plurality of object units each including video data or audio data; a control information recording area obtained on the recording layer, the control information recording area for recording control information; at least one of program chain information area included in said control information area; a cell information area included in one of the program chain information area; a cell general information area included in the cell information area; an area included in the cell general information area, for storing information of start and end points which refer to a part of the object or a whole object including index scenes; index scene pointer information areas arranged after the cell general information area, for storing information specifying the index scenes; and an information area, included in the control information area, for storing a program chain information number corresponding to a number of index scenes, wherein said recording medium is configured to be driven by a recording/reproducing apparatus that is configured to access the video or audio data in accordance with the control information.