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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Donald Henry Willis, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);
Jianlei James Xie, Carmel, IN (US);
Donald Henry Willis, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Mark Alan Schultz, Carmel, IN (US);
Jianlei James Xie, Carmel, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method for providing improved trick mode performance in a DVD having a plurality of video object units where each of the VOBUs contains a navigation pack. The method involves storing on the DVD within each navigation pack certain supplemental disc search information. The SDSI can include one or more of the following: a picture structure of the VOBU; a number of fields to be displayed from each picture in a normal play mode; and a number of groups of pictures contained in said VOBU.