MDCP: Patent Abstact US05153861: Recording/reproducing device

US05153861 Recording/reproducing device

Assignee Sharp Corporation

Assign./Filed Oct. 6, 1992/ Dec. 13, 1989

Inventors Maeda; Shigemi, Terashima; Shigeo

Summary Allow user information to be added to the TOC of recordable CD.

Abstract In a recording/reproducing device in accordance with the present invention, recording or reproducing positions are recognized by using absolute address parts which are predeterminately formed in a rewritable recording medium. Moreover, the device is composed so that the user can easily edit reproducing procedures stored in memory means with respect to each information in the recording medium by using the recording or reproducing positions read from above-mentioned absolute address parts and he/she can also rewrite above-mentioned reproducing procedures edited by him/her in the lead-in region of the above-mentioned recording medium. Accordingly, the user can save trouble to re-enter those reproducing procedures every time he/she places the recording medium in the recording/reproducing device, and once the recording medium having the edited reproducing procedure information recorded in the lead-in area is placed in the recording/reproducing device, successive reproductions of each information according to desired reproducing procedures are easily performed, thereby resulting in an improved operability.

US05153861	Recording/reproducing device
Assignee	Sharp Corporation
Assign./Filed	Oct. 6, 1992/ Dec. 13, 1989
Inventors	Maeda; Shigemi, Terashima; Shigeo
Summary	Allow user information to be added to the TOC of recordable CD.
Abstract	In a recording/reproducing device in accordance with the present invention, recording or reproducing positions are recognized by using absolute address parts which are predeterminately formed in a rewritable recording medium. Moreover, the device is composed so that the user can easily edit reproducing procedures stored in memory means with respect to each information in the recording medium by using the recording or reproducing positions read from above-mentioned absolute address parts and he/she can also rewrite above-mentioned reproducing procedures edited by him/her in the lead-in region of the above-mentioned recording medium. Accordingly, the user can save trouble to re-enter those reproducing procedures every time he/she places the recording medium in the recording/reproducing device, and once the recording medium having the edited reproducing procedure information recorded in the lead-in area is placed in the recording/reproducing device, successive reproductions of each information according to desired reproducing procedures are easily performed, thereby resulting in an improved operability.