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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1995
Masayuki Takezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Coporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproducing apparatus is disclosed in which reproduction advancement data are produced using data recorded in a user Table of Contents (TOC) area of a recording medium as access information during recording and/or reproduction of data. This allows ordinary and special reproducing operations to be performed in the forward and reverse directions readily. The reproduction advancement data are produced such that segment numbers are indicated in the order of numbers of programs to be reproduced or in the predetermined order of reproduction. During reproduction, a reproduction pointer is advanced or retreated along the reproduction advancement data to discriminate a segment so that the segments can be accessed successively in the forward or reverse reproducing directions.