Patent ID: 7088906

Claim:
An information reproducing apparatus which plays back an information medium in which at least image information and control information to control a play back form of the image information are recorded, comprising: a detector that detects whether a vehicle is stopped; a controller that plays back and controls the image information in a display form according to the control information, and that reports the play back control state, when the control information is detected at the time of play back of the information medium, wherein the controller stops the play back of the image information and reports the play back control state, when the detected control information is information to stop the playback; wherein the image reproducing apparatus continues to reproduce the image information, and the controller, in response to the detector detecting that the vehicle is not stopped, inhibits display of the image information and reports a status of the image information to a driver or a passenger of the vehicle, when the detector detects that the vehicle is not stopped.