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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2001
Kazuhiko Yamauchi, Neyagawa, JP;
Shinichi Saeki, Osaka-fu, JP;
Katsuhiko Miwa, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Neyagawa, JP;
Kaoru Murase, Nara-ken, JP;
Kazuhiko Yamauchi, Neyagawa, JP;
Shinichi Saeki, Osaka-fu, JP;
Katsuhiko Miwa, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Neyagawa, JP;
Kaoru Murase, Nara-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical disc on which a variety of types of video titles are recorded and which enables a reproduction apparatus to instantly distinguish whether emulated AV functions may be performed for any of the titles. The optical disc includes a manager area which stores playback type information corresponding to the management information for each video title, with the playback type information including a first flag showing whether the present video title is expressed using one or a plurality of sets of route information and a second flag showing whether a title is expressed using any branch information.