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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 54 ;
Abstract
In an optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus having a device for seeking a predetermined position on a postscript type optical disc, a device for reading recorded data from the disc, and a device for recording data and a time table on predetermined data area and table area of the disc, respectively, a method of recording the time table comprising the steps of: reading position data corresponding to a position of each recorded data on the disc; detecting remaining data area on which no data is recorded; dividing the remaining data area into a plurality of small areas; and recording the position data of each recorded data and each small area on the time table area.