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(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,731,863 B2
Ando et al. (45) Date of Patent: *May 4,2004
(54) OPTICAL DISC FOR STORING MOVING
PICTURES WITH TEXT INFORMATION
AND APPARATUS USING THE DISC
(75) Inventors: Hideo Ando, Hino (JP); Shinichi
Kikuchi, Yokohama (JP); Yuji Ito,
Tokyo (JP); Kazuhiko Taira,
Yokohama (JP)
(73) Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki
(JP)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ol this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U.S.C. 154(b) by 176 days.
This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
claimer.
(21) Appl. No.: 10/060,266
(22) Filed: Feb. 1, 2002
(65) Prior Publication Data
US 2002/0159757 Al Oct. 31, 2002
Related U.S. Application Data
(62) Division ol application No. 09/630,541, filed on Aug. 1, 2000, now Pat. No. 6,519,413, which is a division ol application No. 09/461,618, filed on Dec. 15,1999, now Pat. No. 6,259,858.
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Dec. 16, 1998 (JP) 10-358042
(51) Int. C I. II04N 5/91
(52) U.S. CI 386/95; 386/125; 386/126
(58) Field of Search 386/125, 126,
386/95, 83, 46, 96; H04N 5/91
When moving pictures are recorded onto an optical disc, not only is text data recorded, but also video-recording start date and time, video-recording end date and time, and source name or channel number serving as primary text data are recorded in alphanumeric characters program by program or cell by cell, a program or a cell being used as a unit of video-recording. Other text data is recorded together with language code. Since the primary text data used to select video data is expressed in alphanumeric characters, a program or cell to be reproduced can be selected, regardless of language, and the text information in the same language as that of the apparatus can be searched for.
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