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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tohru Uno, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Ishizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ; H04N 7/26 ; H04N 5/85 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ; H04N 7/26 ; H04N 5/85 ;
Abstract
Video data divided into a plurality of cells, attribute information for specifying the playback order of the plurality of cells, and a flag for specifying whether the playback can be effected or not for each of the plurality of cells are recorded on an optical disk. In a playback apparatus, the cell which is specified to be inhibited from being played back by the flag is not played back when a plurality of cells are played back based on the playback order specified by the attribute information.