(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,400,665 Bi
Hamada et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jun. 4,2002
(54) RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING
METHOD, PLAYBACK APPARATUS,
PLAYBACK METHOD, RECORDING/
PLAYBACK APPARATUS, RECORDING/
PLAYBACK METHOD, PRESENTATION
MEDIUM AND RECORDING MEDIUM
(75) Inventors: Toshiya Hamada, Saitama; Yasushi
Fujinami, Tokyo, both of (JP)
(73) Assignee: Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/174,845
(22) Filed: Oct. 19, 1998
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Oct. 21, 1997 (JP) 9-288182
Feb. 27, 1998 (JP) 10-046859
Apr. 24, 1998 (JP) 10-114566
Apr. 24, 1998 (JP) 10-114568
(51) Int. C I. G11B 7/00
(52) U.S. CI 369/47.1; 369/53.2; 369/53.1
(58) Field of Search 369/47.1, 47.13,
369/53.21, 53.2, 84, 47.12, 52.1, 47.15
(56) References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
4,695,993 A * 9/1987 Takagi et al 369/53.2
5,546,365 A 8/1996 Roth
5,825,736 A * 10/1998 Kimura et al 369/47.13
6,070,799 A * 6/2000 Ashe 369/47.12
6,157,606 A * 12/2000 Inazawa et al 369/47.1
* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—Muhammad Edun
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Frommer Lawrence &
Haug LLP; William S. Frommer; Glenn F. Savit
(57) ABSTRACT
This invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording a plurality of pieces of data into a recording medium is characterized in that the recording apparatus including a specifying means for specifying that a write operation over a combination of the pieces of data is prohibited, a judgment means for forming a judgment on what is specified for a predetermined piece of data by the specifying means in response to a command to perform a recording operation over the piece of data, and a control means for controlling an operation to record the pieces of data into the recording medium in accordance with a result of a judgment formed by the judgment means; and relates to a recording method adopted in a recording apparatus for recording a plurality of pieces of data into a recording medium is characterized in that the recording method including a specifying step of specifying that a write operation over a combination of the pieces of data is prohibited, a judgment step of forming a judgment on what is specified for a predetermined piece of data at the specifying step in response to a command to perform a recording operation over the piece of data, and a control step of controlling an operation to record the pieces of data into the recording medium in accordance with a result of a judgment formed at the judgment step.
26 Claims, 44 Drawing Sheets
