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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1997
Yoshiki Furuta, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hirano, Tokorozawa, JP;
Sumio Hosaka, Tokorozawa, JP;
Atsushi Kimura, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hiroshi Horii, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording medium playing apparatus allows an arbitrary and easy selection and reproduction of each information piece of a recording medium carrying a plurality of information pieces which variously represent a scene on the same time axis position during reproduction of information. In the recording medium playing apparatus for playing a recording medium on which same-time information groups each formed by a plurality of information pieces of the same time position are recorded, reproducing means for reproducing information of the recording medium reproduces information of the recording medium by arbitrarily selecting each information piece of the recording medium based on a command for reproducing each same-time information group.