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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1994
Takurou Sone, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A Compact Disc player having a display device includes a reproducing circuit for reading out digital data which includes digital audio data and specific information recorded on a Compact Disc, a specific information identifying circuit for identifying both character code information and modifying information from the specific information, a character decoder for decoding the identified character code information to character information on the basis of code converting information such as ASCII character code information, and a modifying circuit for modifying the decoded character information on the basis of the identified modifying information. Thus, the Compact Disc player can display the character information modified by the modifying information on the display device. The Compact Disc player is also capable of displaying image information on the basis of image contour co-ordinates data recorded in a subcoding area of a Compact Disc.