Information record medium, apparatus for recording the same and apparatus for reproducing the same

Abstract

There is provided an information record medium on which information is recorded so as to permit, even when a reading-out error occurs, subsequent reproduction, an apparatus for recording the same and an apparatus for reproducing the same. According to the recording apparatus of the present invention, there are recorded, on the information record medium of the present invention, data groups provided with data units having at least one of video information and audio information, and reproduction control information having the first identification information for identifying each data group; and the second identification information for identifying the data group to which each data unit belongs, is recorded in each data unit. According to the reproduction apparatus of the present invention, when there is selected a data group comprising data units, there are consecutively read out the first identification information for identifying the selected data group and the second identification information for identifying the data group recorded in the data unit, to which the data unit belongs, and there is reproduced information of the data unit having the second identification information identical with the first identification information.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. An optical recording medium for storing information to be reproduced using an information reproduction apparatus including reading means for optically reading an information track on the optical recording medium and reproducing means for reproducing information from a signal obtained by the reading means, the optical recording medium comprising: 
       a plurality of data groups;  
       a plurality of interleaved units, the interleaved units which belong to different ones of the data groups being recorded in an interleaved manner;  
       a plurality of data group units, each of the interleaved units comprising at least one of the data group units, wherein each of the plurality of data group units includes navigation information and at least one of video information and audio information; and  
       reproduction control information for controlling presentation of the data groups, the reproduction control information being recorded at a location separate from the data group units and including first identification information identifying a specific one of the data groups,  
       wherein the navigation information of each of the plurality of the data group units includes second identification information for identifying the data group to which the data group unit including that navigation information belongs.  
     
     
       2. The optical recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the first identification information and the second identification information are used by the reproducing means to reacquire data reproduction after a read-out error. 
     
     
       3. The optical recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of data groups includes at least one of multiple versions portions of a title, and wherein the first and second identification information include information identifying a version of the title. 
     
     
       4. An information recording apparatus for recording information on an optical recording medium, comprising: 
       first recording means for recording a plurality of data groups;  
       second recording means for recording a plurality of interleaved units such that the interleaved units which belong to different ones of the data groups are recorded in an interleaved manner;  
       third recording means for recording a plurality of data group units such that at least one of the data group units forms each of the interleaved units, each of the plurality of data group units including navigation information and at least one of video information and audio information; and  
       fourth recording means for recording reproduction control information used for controlling a presentation of the data groups and being recorded at a location separate from the data group units, the reproduction control information including first identification information identifying a specific one of the data groups,  
       wherein the navigation information of each of the plurality of the data group units includes second identification information for identifying the data group to which that data group unit including that navigation information belongs.  
     
     
       5. The information recording apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the first identification information and the second identification information are used by the reproducing means to reacquire data reproduction after a read-out error. 
     
     
       6. The information recording apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of data groups includes at least one of multiple version portions of a title, and wherein the first and second identification informations include information identifying a version of the title. 
     
     
       7. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from an optical recording medium, the optical recording medium comprising: 
       a plurality of data groups;  
       a plurality of interleaved units, wherein the interleaved units which belong to different data groups are recorded in an interleaved manner;  
       a plurality of data group units, each of the interleaved units comprising at least one of the data group units, wherein each of the plurality of data group units includes navigation information and at least one of video information and audio information; and  
       reproduction control information for controlling a presentation of the data groups and recorded at a location separate from the data group units, the reproduction control information including first identification information identifying the data group to which the data group unit including that navigation information belongs, wherein the navigation information of each of the plurality of the data group units includes second identification information for identifying one of the plurality of data groups to which each of the plurality of data group units belongs;  
       the information reproducing apparatus comprising:  
       first reading means for reading the reproduction control information including the first identification information;  
       second reading means for sequentially reading the plurality of data group units to obtain the second identification information of the plurality of data group units;  
       judging means for judging identity of the first identification information with the second identification information; and  
       reproduction means for reproducing information from data group units having the second identification information identical to the first identification information.  
     
     
       8. The information reproducing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the first identification information and the second identification information are used by the reproducing means to reacquire data reproduction after a read-out error. 
     
     
       9. The information reproducing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of data groups includes at least one of multiple version portions of a title, and wherein the first and second identification information include information identifying a version of the title. 
     
     
       10. The optical recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the first identification information is recorded in a first hierarchical level of data configured for control of the presentation of all of the data groups, and 
       wherein the second identification information is recorded at a second hierarchical level of data, different than the first, configured for control of the presentation of at least a portion of only one of the plurality of data groups.  
     
     
       11. The optical recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and second identification information contain at least some of the same information such that it is possible to continue interleaved unit reproduction even if the navigation information of one of the plurality of data group units cannot be read out due to error. 
     
     
       12. The information recording apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the first identification information is recorded in a first hierarchical level of data configured for control of the presentation of all of the data groups, and 
       wherein the second identification information is recorded at a second hierarchical level of data, different than the first, configured for control of the presentation of at least a portion of only one of the plurality of data groups.  
     
     
       13. The information recording apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the first and second identification information contain at least some of the same information such that it is possible to continue interleaved unit reproduction even if the navigation information of one of the plurality of data group units cannot be read out due to error. 
     
     
       14. The information reproducing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the first identification information is recorded in a first hierarchical level of data configured for control of the presentation of all of the data groups, and 
       wherein the second identification information is recorded at a second hierarchical level of data, different than the first, configured for control of the presentation of at least a portion of only one of the plurality of data groups.  
     
     
       15. The information reproducing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the first and second identification information contain at least some of the same information such that it is possible to continue interleaved unit reproduction even if the navigation information of one of the plurality of data group units cannot be read out due to error. 
     
     
       16. An optical recording medium comprising: 
       
         at least one first data group;  
       
       
         at least one second data group, each of the first data groups comprising one or more of the second data groups;  
       
       
         a plurality of data group units, each of the second data groups comprising one or more of the data group units, wherein each of the plurality of data group units includes navigation information; and  
       
       
         reproduction control information including first information for at least one of the second data groups, the first information including first identification information identifying the first data group to which the corresponding second data group belongs,  
       
       
         wherein the navigation information of each of the plurality of the data group units includes second identification information for identifying the first data group to which the data group unit including that navigation information belongs. 
       
     
     
       17. The optical recording medium according to  claim 16 , wherein the first information further includes an identification number of the corresponding second data group. 
     
     
       18. The optical recording medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the navigation information further includes the identification number of one of the second data groups. 
     
     
       19. The optical recording medium according to  claim 17 , wherein the reproduction control information is recorded at a location separate from the data group units. 
     
     
       20. A signal processing apparatus for processing object information, comprising: 
       
         a signal processing unit which generates processed object information having a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure includes at least one first data group, at least one second data group, each of the first data groups comprising one or more of the second data groups, and a plurality of data group units, each of the second data groups comprising one or more of the data group units; and  
       
       
         an additional information processing unit which generates reproduction control information including first information for at least one of the second data groups, the first information including first identification information identifying the first data group to which the corresponding second data group belongs, and which generates navigation information for each of the plurality of the data group units, the navigation information including second identification information for identifying the first data group to which the data group unit including that navigation information belongs. 
       
     
     
       21. The signal processing apparatus according to  claim 20 , wherein the first information further includes an identification number of the corresponding second data group. 
     
     
       22. The signal processing apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein the navigation information further includes the identification number of one of the second data groups. 
     
     
       23. The signal processing apparatus according to  claim 20 , further comprising a multiplexer which multiplexes the processed object information and the navigation information such that the navigation information is located at the head portion of each of the data group units. 
     
     
       24. The signal processing apparatus according to  claim 20 , further comprising a recording unit which records the processed object information, the reproduction control information and the navigation information onto a recording medium. 
     
     
       25. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from an optical recording medium, the optical recording medium comprising: 
       
         at least one first data group;  
       
       
         at least one second data group, each of the first data groups comprising one or more of the second data groups;  
       
       
         a plurality of data group units, each of the second data groups comprising one or more of the data group units, wherein each of the plurality of data group units includes navigation information; and  
       
       
         reproduction control information including first information for at least one of the second data groups, the first information including first identification information identifying the first data group to which the corresponding second data group belongs,  
       
       
         wherein the navigation information of each of the plurality of the data group units includes second identification information for identifying the first data group to which the data group unit including that navigation information belongs,  
       
       
         the information reproducing apparatus comprising:  
       
       
         a reading unit which reads the reproduction control information including the first identification information and the plurality of data group units to obtain the second identification information of the plurality of data group units; and  
       
       
         a controller which controls the reproduction of the information from the optical disc in accordance with the first and second identification information read by the reading unit. 
       
     
     
       26. The information reproducing apparatus according to  claim 25 , wherein the controller utilizes the first identification information and the second identification information to reacquire data reproduction after a read- out error.   
     
     
       27. The information reproducing apparatus according to  claim 26 , wherein the first information further includes an identification number of the corresponding second data group. 
     
     
       28. The information reproducing apparatus according to  claim 26 , wherein the navigation information further includes the identification number of one of the second data groups.