US5889745A
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Method for calculating a play time of a disc reproducing apparatus
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1993-05-18
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Granted: 1999-03-30
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Expires: 2013-05-18
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for reproducing programs recorded on a disc and calculating a remaining play time of programs being reproduced by initially reading from the disc a start address and a stop address of each program, reproducing programs from the disc and decompressing and decoding the reproduced programs, calculating a total number of clusters and sectors of each program by subtracting the start address for each program from the stop address of each program, calculating a total number of clusters and sectors of all programs recorded on the disc by summing the total numbers of clusters and sectors of each program, calculating a total number of clusters and sectors of programs reproduced by actually counting and accumulating the number of clusters and sectors as each program is being decompressed and decoded, calculating a number of remaining clusters and sectors of the programs on the disc by subtracting the total number of clusters and sectors of programs reproduced from the total number of clusters and sectors of all programs recorded on the disc, converting the number of remaining clusters and sectors into time information, and displaying the time information.
Inventors
- 👤 Junichi Aramaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 20:06
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/105; G11B27/11; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B27/3027; G11B27/32; G11B27/327; G11B27/329; G11B27/34; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2525; G11B2220/2529; G11B2220/60; G11B2220/65
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
A method for calculating an elapsed play time of a program being reproduced by a disc reproducing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: reproducing programs made up of clusters, each cluster having a predetermined number of sectors, from the disc and decompressing and decoding the reproduced programs; counting the number of clusters and sectors reproduced as each program is being decompressed and decoded; converting said counted number of clusters and sectors into time information; and displaying said time information.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
80 words
A method for calculating an elapsed play time of a program being reproduced by a disc reproducing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: reproducing programs made up of clusters, each cluster having a predetermined number of sectors, from the disc and decompressing and decoding the reproduced programs; counting the number of clusters and sectors reproduced as each program is being decompressed and decoded; converting said counted number of clusters and sectors into time information; and displaying said time information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said conversion from said counted number of clusters and sectors into said time information is performed by means of a look-up table memory.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said conversion from said counted number of clusters and sectors reproduced into said time information is performed according to the following expression: ##EQU1## where x is the number of clusters counted; Y is the number of sectors counted; and one cluster consists of 32 sectors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said conversion from said counted number of clusters and sectors into said time information is performed according to the following expression: ##EQU2## where x is the number of clusters counted; Y is the number of sectors counted; and one cluster consists of 32 sectors.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
84 words
An apparatus for calculating an elapsed play time of a program being reproduced by a disc reproducing apparatus, the apparatus comprising: means for reproducing programs made of clusters, each cluster having a predetermined number of sectors, from the disc and decompressing and decoding the reproduced programs; means for counting a number of clusters and sectors reproduced as each program is being decompressed and decoded; means for converting the counted number of clusters and sectors into time information; and means for displaying the time information.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
84 words
An apparatus for calculating an elapsed play time of a program being reproduced by a disc reproducing apparatus, the apparatus comprising: means for reproducing programs made of clusters, each cluster having a predetermined number of sectors, from the disc and decompressing and decoding the reproduced programs; means for counting a number of clusters and sectors reproduced as each program is being decompressed and decoded; means for converting the counted number of clusters and sectors into time information; and means for displaying the time information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein the means for converting the counted number of clusters and sectors into the time information includes a look-up table memory.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein the means for converting the counted number of clusters and sectors into the time information performs conversion according to the following expression: ##EQU3## where x is the number of clusters counted; Y is the number of sectors counted; and one cluster consists of 32 sectors.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein the means for converting the counted number of clusters and sectors into the time information performs conversion according to the following expression: ##EQU4## where x is the number of clusters counted; Y is the number of sectors counted; and one cluster consists of 32 sectors.
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