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Apparatus for selectively playing a recording medium
Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1994-09-29
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Granted: 1995-11-14
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Expires: 2014-09-29
Abstract
Abstract A recording medium playing apparatus which is capable of shortening the time required for operating the installation of recording media, and also, of accommodating a plurality of recording media in an accommodating section freely. A plurality of recording media are accommodated in an accommodating section together with a correlative position information recording medium which is recorded relation information related to the recorded contents of each of the plurality of recording media, and correlative position information indicating correlative positions of the plurality of recording media at the time of the accommodated condition, and then, the correlative position information and the relation information reproduced by playing means from the correlative position information recording medium are interrelatedly hold in a memory with respect to a plurality of recording media.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiko Miyashita
- 👤 Tatsuyuki Miyazawa
- 👤 Hiroshi Fujii
- 👤 Yoshihiro Kitano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-08 19:51
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B17/00; G11B17/22; G11B17/228; G11B27/00; G11B27/002; G11B27/10; G11B27/11; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2537; G11B2220/2545
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
An apparatus for playing a recording medium comprising: an accommodating section for accommodating a plurality of recording media; memory means for storing relation information related to the recorded contents of each of said plurality of recording media, and position information indicating the position of each of said plurality of recording media; and means for selectively playing a recording medium from said plurality of recording media in accordance with an instruction while referring to the stored contents of said memory means, wherein at least one of said plurality of recording media is a correlative position information recording medium for recording said relation information of each of said plurality of recording media, and correlative position information indicating correlative positions of each of said plurality of recording media at the time of being accommodated, and said memory means interrelatedly stores in memory said correlative position information and said relation information of said plurality of recording media reproduced by said playing means from said correlative position information recording medium.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
165 words
An apparatus for playing a recording medium comprising: an accommodating section for accommodating a plurality of recording media; memory means for storing relation information related to the recorded contents of each of said plurality of recording media, and position information indicating the position of each of said plurality of recording media; and means for selectively playing a recording medium from said plurality of recording media in accordance with an instruction while referring to the stored contents of said memory means, wherein at least one of said plurality of recording media is a correlative position information recording medium for recording said relation information of each of said plurality of recording media, and correlative position information indicating correlative positions of each of said plurality of recording media at the time of being accommodated, and said memory means interrelatedly stores in memory said correlative position information and said relation information of said plurality of recording media reproduced by said playing means from said correlative position information recording medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus for playing a recording medium according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of a recording media including at least one correlative position information recording medium are continuously accommodated as at least one group in said accommodating section.
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