(19)
(11) EP 1 411 734 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
08.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/10

(43) Date of publication:
21.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/17

(21) Application number: 03078856.6

(22) Date of filing: 23.06.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 9/804(1995.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB

(30) Priority: 24.06.1994 JP 14341194
08.08.1994 JP 18603594

(60) Divisional application:
05075237.7 / 1531631

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
02024773.0 / 1282317
01125502.3 / 1189459

(71) Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo 100 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nagasawa, Masato, c/o Mitsubishi Denki K.K.
    Nagaokakyo-shi Kyoto 617 (JP)

(74) Representative: Whitlock, Holly Elizabeth Ann et al
R G C Jenkins, 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ
London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 05 - 12 - 2003 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Optical disk and method of playback


(57) In an optical disk storing digital image information in the form of a succession of blocks, each comprising a plurality of frames comprising I-, P- and B-pictures, the disk comprises a plurality of recording sectors, each sector being associated with an address recorded on said optical disk; and a plurality of tracks, each track including a plurality of recording sectors; wherein the image information block includes a video attribute data region (50) preceding the I-picture data (53-55), the P-picture data (57,58), and the B-picture data thereof, said video attribute data region (50) containing picture position information (61), which indicates a position of coded pictures in the corresponding image information block on accessing during playback to read at least I-picture data (53-55) of the digital image information in the corresponding image information block, and jump destination information (65), which indicates an address of the next image information block to be played back during said playback to read at least I-picture data (53-55); and wherein the video attribute data region (50) has an address (49) on the head thereof, and the address of the next image information block (49) is an address of the video attribute data region (50) in the next image information block.