Patent ID: 7742685

Claim:
A time search playback method of an optical disc apparatus, the method comprising: searching for a playback area corresponding to a particular time using a C_PBIT (Cell Playback Information Table) and a VTS_VOBU_ADMAP (Video Title Set Video Object Unit Address Map) included in navigation information of an optical disc; and performing a playback operation from the searched playback area, wherein the search step comprises: detecting a cell corresponding to the particular time by using the C_PBIT, and detecting a start address of a Video Object Unit corresponding to the particular time out of Video Object Units contained in the cell thus detected, using the VTS_VOBU_ADMAP, and an area corresponding to the detected start address of the Video Object Unit is searched as the playback area, and wherein the cell corresponding to the particular time is detected by sequentially adding cell playback time contained in the Cell Playback Information Table according to a cell playback order.