Abstract: A method for recording an AV file using an information recording disk in which data is recorded/reproduced by sectors. The recording method includes the steps of: determining whether or not input data is AV data; detecting a defective sector existing in an assigned data recording area; when the input data is AV data while a defective sector is detected in the data recording area, allocating a defective extent including the defective sector; recording AV data in continuous sectors while skipping the defective extent; and allocating an area of continuous sectors where only the AV data is recorded as one AV extent.

Abstract: An information recording disc having a burst cutting area (BCA) for recording control information for a reproducing apparatus by removing a reflective layer of the disc in a striped shape and a data recording area for recording user data, wherein the burst cutting area includes at least one BCA control information area and the BCA control information area comprises: an application identifier area for identifying applications of control data; a data length area for indicating data length of the control data; and an application specific data area for recording the control data, and an information reproducing drive for reproducing data from the information recording disc.

Abstract: An information recording medium includes a disk information area; a user area including a plurality of sectors; and a spare area including at least one sector which, when at least one of the plurality of sectors included in the user area is a defective sector, is usable instead of the at least one defective sector. The spare area is located radially inward from the user area. A physical sector number of a sector to which a logical sector number “0” is assigned, among the plurality of sectors included in the user area and the at least one sector included in the spare area, is recorded in the disk information area.

Abstract: An information recording medium includes a disk information area; a user area including a plurality of sectors; and a spare area including at least one sector which, when at least one of the plurality of sectors included in the user area is a defective sector, is usable instead of the at least one defective sector. The spare area is located radially inward from the user area. A physical sector number of a sector to which a logical sector number “0” is assigned, among the plurality of sectors included in the user area and the at least one sector included in the spare area, is recorded in the disk information area.

Abstract: A multimedia optical disc including data area and index area is provided. The data area includes objects each of which includes video data. The index area includes sub-areas. Each sub-area includes addresses of objects selected from the objects in the data area, a flag indicating a random reproduction of the objects selected, and a number of repeats of the random reproduction.

Abstract: A multimedia optical disk is provided. The multimedia optical disk includes a data area for storing objects which include moving picture data and at least one of audio data and sub-picture data. The multimedia optical disk also includes an index area for storing reproduction orders of the objects. Route information in the index area includes a sequence of addresses of objects whose alignment represents a reproduction order. Chain control information in the index area corresponds to the route information. The chain control information, being effective in reproducing objects specified by the alignment of the sequence of addresses (objects specified by the alignment of the sequence of addresses are called a chain), instructs the reproduction apparatus to have a navigation control of the chain. A piece of moving picture data having a certain time period is reproduced at the same timing as a piece of audio data and a piece of sub-picture data.

Abstract: An information recording medium includes a disk information area; a user area including a plurality of sectors; and a spare area including at least one sector which, when at least one of the plurality of sectors included in the user area is a defective sector, is usable instead of the at least one defective sector. The spare area is located radially inward from the user area. A physical sector number of a sector to which a logical sector number “0” is assigned, among the plurality of sectors included in the user area and the at least one sector included in the spare area, is recorded in the disk information area.

Abstract: A method for managing a defect of a disk is provided, the disk including a plurality of tracks, each of the plurality of tracks being divided into a plurality of sectors, the method including the steps of: detecting a defective sector which cannot be traced physically among the plurality of sectors; and registering the defective sector and at least one sector following the defective sector in a defect list as defective sectors.

Abstract: A multimedia optical disc including data area and index area is provided. The data area includes objects each of which includes video data. The index area includes sub-areas. Each sub-area includes addresses of objects selected from the objects in the date area, a flag indicating a random reproduction of the objects selected, and a number of repeats of the random reproduction.

Abstract: An information recording medium includes a disk information area; a user area including a plurality of sectors; and a spare area including at least one sector which, when at least one of the plurality of sectors included in the user area is a defective sector, is usable instead of the at least one defective sector. The spare area is located radially inward from the user area. A physical sector number of a sector to which a logical sector number “0” is assigned, among the plurality of sectors included in the user area and the at least one sector included in the spare area, is recorded in the disk information area.

Abstract: A multimedia optical disk is provided. The multimedia optical disk includes a data area for storing objects which include moving picture data and at least one of audio data and sub-picture data. The multimedia optical disk also includes an index area for storing reproduction orders of the objects. Route information in the index area includes a sequence of addresses of objects whose alignment represents a reproduction order. Chain control information in the index area corresponds to the route information. The chain control information, being effective in reproducing objects specified by the alignment of the sequence of addresses (objects specified by the alignment of the sequence of addresses are called a chain), instructs the reproduction apparatus to have a navigation control of the chain. A piece of moving picture data having a certain time period is reproduced at the same timing as a piece of audio data and a piece of sub-picture data.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for processing data for generating an error correction product code block devised so as to maintain the current level of redundancy after the error correcting ability is modified as a result of advancement of semiconductor and data recording/transmission technologies. Unlike any known technique of configuring a Reed-Solomon error correcting product code block of (M+P0)×(N+PI) bytes for an information data of (M×N) bytes, an error correcting product code block data structure is obtained by configuring a (K×(M+1)×(N+P))-byte Reed-Solomon error correcting product code block for (K×M×N)-byte data, making K variable to consequently make the entire size of the Reed-Solomon error correcting product code block variable. At the same time, the error correcting ability varies in proportion to the value of K without increasing redundancy.

Abstract: An interleaving method for generating a bitstream from plural video objects containing compressed video data by arranging in the presentation order, wherein interleaved data blocks in which plural video objects are contiguously arrayed using interleaved units each longer than the shortest read time ILVUMT such that the video object presentation start and end points are aligned. The ratio between the presentation times of video objects with the shortest presentation time and video objects other than those with the shortest presentation time is within a range obtained from the shortest read time ILVUMT, the maximum jumpable distance JM, and the smallest control unit. contiguous data blocks wherein the presentation start points and end points of the video objects arrayed therein are not aligned.

Abstract: In a recording and reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium, and a defect substitution method for a disc-shaped recording medium (8), whether reproduction of recorded data is good is determined by sector unit and not by product code unit, defective sector discrimination is performed by sector unit, and only sectors determined defective are alternately recorded, when using a recording format in which data that is error detection and correction coded with a product code is segmented and recorded to a plurality of sectors.

Abstract: An information recording medium of the present invention includes: a volume space in which user data is recorded; a spare area including a replacement area which may be used in place of a defective area included in the volume space; and a defect management information area in which defeat management information for managing the defective area is recorded. The defect management information includes status information indicating whether the defective area is replaced by the replacement area.

Abstract: In an encrypted transmission system composed of one transmission apparatus 10 and twenty-eight reception apparatuses A1-G4 that are classified into seven groups A-G, two secret key exclusively selected out of a total of fourteen secret keys are distributed beforehand to each group. The transmission apparatus 10 encrypts the same message M using one of the two secret keys distributed to each group and sends each group a message M encrypted with one of the group's secret keys. The reception apparatuses each decrypt the received cryptogram separately using each of the secret keys assigned to the of group to which each reception apparatus belongs, judge whether either of the two decryption results conforms to a predetermined rule, and specify the correct decryption result.

Abstract: In a recording and reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium, and a defect substitution method for a disc-shaped recording medium, whether reproduction of recorded data is good is determined by sector unit and not by product code unit, defective sector discrimination is performed by sector unit, and only sectors determined defective are alternately recorded, when using a recording format in which data that is error detection and correction coded with a product code is segmented and recorded to a plurality of sectors.

Abstract: A data transmitting device capable of performing copyright protection processing, when digital data retrieved from the information recording medium is AV data, which includes: an interface section for receiving information specifying the digital data to be output and the data receiving device and for outputting the digital data via the digital interface; a judgment section for judging whether or not the digital data includes video information; an authentication section for authenticating whether not the data receiving device is a proper data receiving device having a function of converting digital data into video data based on authentication data output from the data receiving device; a data retrieval section for retrieving the specified digital data from an external medium; and a control section for controlling the interface section to output the digital data via the digital interface only when the judgment section judges that the digital data includes video information and the authentication section authent

Abstract: The decoder apparatus 90 generates a random number R1 for authenticating the optical disc drive apparatus 70 and sends it to the optical disc drive apparatus 70 as the challenge data CHA1. The optical disc drive apparatus 70 selects one out of the sixteen claimant functions stored in the claimant function unit 722 and calculates the function value fi(CHA1) which it sends to the decoder apparatus 90 as the response data RES1. The decoder apparatus 90 compares the response data RES1 with sixteen function values f1(R1) to f16(R1) that are obtained using the sixteen verification functions stored in the verification function unit 922, and authenticates the optical disc drive apparatus 70 when at least one of the function values matches the response data RES1.

Abstract: A multimedia optical disc which includes a data region for storing a plurality of objects which include video data, audio data and sub-picture data, wherein the data region is composed of a plurality of small regions, wherein each object is stored in consecutive small regions and wherein each small region includes a first subregion for storing video data of a certain reproduction period, a plurality of second subregions which each store audio data, wherein audio data stored in different second subregions express different reproduction audio to each other and each set of audio data is data to be reproduced at a same time as the video data in a first subregion, a plurality of third subregions which each store sub-picture data, wherein sub-picture data stored in different third subregions express different images to each other and each set of sub-picture data is data to be reproduced at a same time as the video data in the first subregion and a fourth subregion for storing control information, wherein each set o