Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of recording material data of a broadcasting program and displaying its content, comprising: steps (104 to 108) of storing data of a plurality of program materials each having an identification code allotted thereto in a first memory device (5); steps (110 to 113) of extracting one or a plurality of image data representative of said program material from each of said program materials; a step (114) of arranging data of said representative images of each of said program materials in association with said identification code in the sequence of a broadcasting, and storing said data in a second memory device (8); and a step (119) of reading out the data of said representative image of said program materials from said second memory device (8) on the basis of said identification code, and displaying said data on a display device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
59 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of extracting the data of said representative image includes a step (110) of the change of a scene in said program material, and a step (111) of deciding still images relating to one or a plurality of frames in which the scene changes, as the images representative of said scene.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein one of said still images relating to a plurality of frames in which the scene changes is decided as an image (26, 43, 75) representative of said program material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein the still image of the first frame among the still images relating to a plurality of frames in which the scene changes, is decided as an image representative of said program material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 3, which further comprises a step (117) of changing the image representative of said program material decided to a still image of another frame (Fig. 8).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein said images (75) representative of said program material decided are displayed for each of said program materials in accordance with the broadcasting time of said program at said display step (Fig. 3).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein said images (42, 43, 44) representative of said scenes of said program material are displayed (41) at the time sequence of broadcasting of said program at said display step (Fig. 2).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of images representative of said scene are displayed (41) in accordance with the time sequence of broadcasting of said program at said display step, and an image (43) representative of said program material among a plurality of said images is displayed (Fig. 2) in such a manner that it can be distinguished from other images (42, 44).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein the images (57-1, 58-1, 59-1, 60-1) representative of said scenes of said program materials are displayed in the time sequence of broadcasting of said programs for all of said program materials of a plurality of said programs to be continuously broadcasted at said display step (Fig. 4).
Claim 10
Independent Claim
45 words
A method according to any of claims 6 through 9, wherein information (20, 40, 76 to 79, 53 to 56) on said program corresponding to said displayed images are displayed with said images at said display step (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein the data of said representative image is a dynamic image generated by suitably thinning out image data of said program material (Fig. 1).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 1, which further comprises a step of reading out said program material from said first memory device (5) in accordance with said time sequence of broadcasting and outputting said program material.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
257 words
A system for recording materials of a broadcasting program and displaying its content, comprising: recording apparatuses (1, 2, 3) for recording said broadcasting program materials; input means (10) for inputting information on broadcasting programs including information of a broadcasting time of each program into said control means; control means (6) for processing said information inputted in accordance with a control program, and controlling the operation of said system as a whole; a display (7) for displaying the data outputted from said control means on a screen; a first memory device (5) for storing image data read out from said recording apparatuses; a second memory device (8) coupled with said control means for storing data including said information of said broadcasting time outputted from said control means; and a broadcasting output means (12) for outputting said image data from said first memory device; wherein said control means (6) includes means for allotting identification codes to a plurality of program materials, and means for extracting the data of representative images of each program material from the image data of said program materials for each program material, and said control means (6) outputs the data of the representative images of each of said program materials in association with said identification code to said second memory device, reads out the data of said representative image of said program material on the basis of said identification code from said second memory device, outputs said representative image to said display (7), and controls said first memory device (5) to output said image data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A recording medium for storing a procedure for implementing said method of recording material data of broadcasting programs and displaying the content according to claim 1.