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Audio disc of improved data structure and reproduction apparatus therefor

a technology of data structure and audio disc, applied in the field of improved data structure of audio disc, can solve the problems of not having time management, not having the ability to record audio signals mainly, and not having the ability to manage the actual playback timing of audio signals, so as to achieve easy management and easy reproduction of audio signals.

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-04-06
RAKUTEN INC
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides an audio disc and a reproduction apparatus that make it easy to reproduce audio signals and manage the playback timing of audio signals when prerecorded. The audio disc has a control pack that includes information for managing audio data, and the reproduction apparatus has a first and second reproduction device that can reproduce the audio data and data other than audio data, respectively. The audio disc can also have a navigation pack that includes reproduction control information and management information for managing the data contained in the control pack. The invention provides an audio disc and a reproduction apparatus that can easily manage audio data and playback timing when prerecorded.

Problems solved by technology

Therefore, many problems are associated with an audio part of the DVD disc such as; less recording capacity for the audio signal due to a composite signal scheme of audio and video signals, no time management of audio signal, not retrievable character information even a simple word like a title of music.
Since the CONT Pack controls the reproduction of V and A Packs, it is rather hard to record audio signals mainly, when the audio signals are reproduced simply.
Therefore, it is hard to manage actual playback timing of audio signal, when recording audio signals mainly is intended.

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first embodiment

[First Embodiment]

[0074]FIG. 2 is a data format of an audio disc, (DVD-Audio disc) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0075]FIG. 3 is a detailed format of an audio manager (AMG) shown in FIG. 2.

[0076]FIG. 4 is a detailed format of an audio title set (ATS) shown in FIG. 2.

[0077]FIG. 5(a) is a detailed format of an audio manager information (AMGI) shown in FIG. 3.

[0078]FIG. 6 is a detailed format of an audio title set attribute table (ATS-ATRT) shown in FIG. 5(a).

[0079]FIG. 7 is a detailed format of an audio title set attribute data (ATS-ATR) shown in FIG. 6.

[0080]FIG. 8(a) is a detailed format of an audio title set information (ATSI) shown in FIG. 4.

[0081]FIG. 9 is a detailed format of an audio title set information management table (ATSI-MAT) shown in FIG. 8(a).

[0082]FIG. 10 is a detailed format of an audio title set menu audio stream attribute data (ATSM-AST-ATR) shown in FIG. 9.

[0083]FIG. 11 is a detailed format of an audio title set audio stream attribute ...

second embodiment

[Second Embodiment]

[0264]FIG. 13(b) is a data structure of the ACBU shown in FIG. 2 according to the second embodiment of the audio disc according to the present invention.

[0265]Other data structure than that of the ACBU and data format of the audio disc and a reproduction apparatus is the same as the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0266]In FIG. 13(a), an ACBU comprises both A-CONT and CONT Packs. However, it is possible to arrange a data array which excludes either V Packs or CONT Packs therein as shown in FIG. 13(b). In this case, a recording capacity of audio signal increases although no video signal is recorded. Therefore, a disc size is reduced for a given volume of audio signal in comparison with a regular DVD-Audio disc described in the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0267]Furthermore, reproduction function is simplified, therefore, the second embodiment of the present invention is suitable for a portable reproduction apparatus.

third embodiment

[Third Embodiment]

[0268]A reproduction apparatus which reproduces DVD-Audio discs in accordance with the first embodiment is provided in conjunction with TOC (Table Of Contents) information.

[0269]FIG. 5(b) is a data format of the audio manager information (AMGI) shown in FIG. 3 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0270]FIG. 8(b) is a detailed format of of an audio title set information (ATSI) according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0271]FIG. 19 is a detail of a TOC information shown in FIG. 5(b) and FIG. 8(b).

[0272]FIG. 36 is a block diagram of a reproduction apparatus of a DVD-Audio disc according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0273]FIG. 37 is a functional block diagram of a reproduction apparatus shown in FIG. 36.

[0274]FIG. 38 is a functional block diagram of another reproduction apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0275]FIG. 39 is a flow chart of simultaneous reproduction process of aud...

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Abstract

An optical audio disc comprises the first pack (A Pack), the second pack (A-CONT Pack), the third pack (V Pack), and the fourth pack (CONT Pack) in which the A-(CONT Pack is placed at the head of a data array and a plurality of the A and V Packs follow the A-CONT Pack in each audio contents block unit (ACBU). Information contained in an A-CONT Pack manages audio data contained in the A Pack. The A Pack contains audio data and the V Pack contains other data than the audio data such as closed caption (CC) data as well as video data. A reproduction apparatus for an optical audio disc (DVD-Audio disc) comprises the CONT Pack detector section 1103, the A-CONT Pack detector section 1109, the parameter sections 1108 and 1114, the V Pack buffer section 1104, and the A Pack buffer section 1110. The CONT Pack detector section 1103 and the A-CONT Pack detector section 1109 detect reproduced CONT and A-CONT Packs contained in the DVD-Audio disc 1101 respectively. Control parameters of reproduced data are arranged in the parameter sections 1108 and 1114, and at the same time V Packs controlled by the information in the CONT Pack and A Packs controlled by the information in the A-CONT Pack are sequentially written in the V Pack buffer section 1104 and the A Pack buffer section 1110 respectively.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to an audio disc of improved data structure, particularly relates to an audio disc having a higher packing density than a regular CD's (Compact Disc), of which the data format of DVD (Digital Video Disc) system is utilized, and relates to a reproduction apparatus for the audio disc.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]A CD is well known as an optical disc for reproduction of audio signal such as music, and a DVD disc is also known as an optical disc of higher packing density than CD's. A DVD disc is widely used for recording video information, and this kind of DVD disc is hereinafter called a DVD-Video disc. A video signal is recorded on a DVD-Video disc as a main information and an audio signal is recorded as a sub-information thereon. Therefore, many problems are associated with an audio part of the DVD disc such as; less recording capacity for the audio signal due to a composite ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/00H04N7/00G11B20/10G11B20/12G11B27/10G11B27/30G11B27/32H04N5/85H04N9/804H04N9/806H04N9/82
CPCG11B20/10527G11B27/105G11B27/3027G11B27/329G11B2020/10592G11B2220/211G11B2220/216G11B2220/218G11B2220/2545G11B2220/2562G11B2220/2575G11B2220/2583H04N5/85H04N9/8042H04N9/8063H04N9/8216H04N9/8227H04N9/835
Inventor TANAKA, YOSHIAKIUENO, SHOJIFUCHIGAMI, NORIHIKO
Owner RAKUTEN INC