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US 7,254,314 B2Granted
Information storage system capable of recording and playing back a plurality of still pictures
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHideo Ando, Shinichi Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Taira, Yuji Ito
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Abstract
An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit.
Claims2
A recording method using an information recording medium which comprises,
- a first area storing a still picture video file, said still picture video file including a still picture VOB group;
- a second area storing an additional audio file;
- and
- a third area storing a video recording manager information file, said video recording manager information file including navigation data,
- wherein said navigation data includes a still picture AV file information table, original PGC information, and a user defined PGC information table,
- said still picture AV file information table includes still picture AV file information and still picture additional audio file information,
- said still picture additional audio file information includes one or more still picture additional audio group information search pointers and one or more pieces of still picture additional audio group information,
- one of said pieces of still picture additional audio group information includes one or more additional audio entries,
- said still picture AV file information includes still picture VOB group information for said still picture VOB group,
- said still picture VOB group information includes one or more still picture VOB entries,
- one of said still picture VOB entries includes first numeral information corresponding to said one of still picture additional audio group information,
- said one of still picture VOB entries includes additional audio entry number corresponding to one of said additional audio entries,
- said one of still picture VOB entries includes a still picture VOB entry type information,
- said still picture VOB entry type information indicates a type of said one of still picture VOB entries and whether said one of still picture VOB entries includes said additional audio entry number or not,
- said user defined PGC information table includes user defined PGC information,
- said original PGC information or said user defined PGC information includes still picture cell information,
- said still picture cell information includes still picture cell general information, and
- said still picture cell general information includes second numeral information of start still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries and third numeral information of end still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries,
- said method comprising:
- generating information of the still picture video file;
- recording the generated information of the still picture video file in the first area;
- generating information of the video recording manager information file;
- and
- recording the generated information of the video recording manager information file in the third area.
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A reproducing method using an information recording medium which comprises,
- a first area storing a still picture video file, said still picture video file including a still picture VOB group;
- a second area storing an additional audio file;
- and
- a third area storing a video recording manager information file, said video recording manager information file including navigation data,
- wherein said navigation data includes a still picture AV file information table, original PGC information, and a user defined PGC information table,
- said still picture AV file information table includes still picture AV file information and still picture additional audio file information,
- said still picture additional audio file information includes one or more still picture additional audio group information search pointers and one or more pieces of still picture additional audio group information,
- one of said pieces of still picture additional audio group information includes one or more additional audio entries,
- said still picture AV file information includes still picture VOB group information for said still picture VOB group,
- said still picture VOB group information includes one or more still picture VOB entries,
- one of said still picture VOB entries includes first numeral information corresponding to said one of still picture additional audio group information,
- said one of still picture VOB entries includes additional audio entry number corresponding to one of said additional audio entries,
- said one of still picture VOB entries includes a still picture VOB entry type information,
- said still picture VOB entry type information indicates a type of said one of still picture VOB entries and whether said one of still picture VOB entries includes said additional audio entry number or not,
- said user defined PGC information table includes user defined PGC information,
- said original PGC information or said user defined PGC information includes still picture cell information,
- said still picture cell information includes still picture cell general information, and
- said still picture cell general information includes second numeral information of start still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries and third numeral information of end still picture VOB entry of said still picture VOB entries,
- said method comprising:
- reproducing information of the video recording manager information file from the third area;
- and
- reproducing information of the still picture video file from the first area based on the reproduced information of the video recording manager information file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.