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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Yosuke Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproducing method for obtaining character information in a plurality of languages from a CD-ROM drive and automatically displaying the character information in the most proper language on a screen. An optical disc drive and a host computer,are connected through an interface,. The drive has a servo and signal processing portion,, a system controller,, and a CD-ROM signal processing portion,. The servo and signal processing portion,reproduces data from a disc,. The system controller,controls the entire operation of the drive. The drive sends back return data corresponding to a read TOC command to a computer,. The computer,determines whether or not CD-TEXT data contains character information of a language corresponding to the country information of the OS. When the CD-TEXT data contains the character information, the computer,displays the character information. Otherwise, the computer,displays character information in a predetermined language (English of block,).