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Recording/reproducing apparatus and method
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1998-02-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-02-12
Abstract
Abstract Images of reproduced video data of plural channels are displayed on main small screens arrayed in a central horizontal row on an index picture. Time-serially anterior images of reproduced video data are displayed on two upper small screens above the main small screens, while time-serially posterior images of reproduced video data are displayed on two lower small screens below the main small screens. In a forward reproduction mode, the images displayed on the respective small screens are altered, with a lapse of time, to the lower adjacent images while being cross faded. And in a reverse reproduction mode, the images are altered, with a lapse of time, to the upper adjacent images while being cross faded. A normal reproducing operation is started from a desired image when the main small screen, where the desired image is being displayed, is selected by means of a cursor. Thus, any image of video data can be indexed efficiently.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshiya c/o Sony Corporation Akiba
- 👤 Masashi c/o Sony Corporation Ohta
- 👤 Taro c/o Sony Corporation Suito
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 13:52
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; G; G11; G11B; G11B15/00; G11B15/18; G11B15/46; G11B15/467; G11B15/4673; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/038; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/105; G11B27/11; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B27/3027; G11B27/3036; G11B27/32; G11B27/327; G11B27/329; G11B27/34; G11B27/36; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B20/10527; G11B2020/1062; G11B2020/10629; G11B2020/10666; G11B2020/10935; G11B2020/10981; G11B2020/1099; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B27/034; H04N5/77; H04N5/775; H04N5/78; H04N5/782; H04N5/783
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording
and/or reproducing at least video data, comprising: read means for reading out the video data; designation means for selectively designating a
reproduction speed; and control means for controlling, in accordance with
the reproduction speed designated by said designation
means, the interval at which said read means reads out the
video data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
46 words
The recording/reproducing apparatus according to
claim 1, further comprising reduced display control means
for executing, on a predetermined screen, simultaneous
time-series display of reduced images obtained by
dimensionally reducing the images which correspond to a
predetermined number of video data read out by said read
means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
99 words
A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording
and/or reproducing at least video data, comprising: read means for reading out the video data
successively at a predetermined interval; reduced display control means for executing, on a
predetermined screen, simultaneous time-series display of
reduced images obtained by dimensionally reducing the
images which correspond to a predetermined number of video
data read out by said read means; and alteration means for gradually altering, in a
forward reproduction mode, each reduced image to the time-serially
posterior reduced image, or gradually altering, in
a reverse reproduction mode, each reduced image to the
time-serially anterior reduced image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
121 words
A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording
and/or reproducing at least video data, comprising: designation means for selectively designating a
reproduction speed; first read means for successively reading out the
video data at a predetermined read interval; decision means for deciding, in accordance with the
reproduction speed designated by said designation means,
the interval at which said first read means reads out the
video data; second read means for reading out incidental data
indicative of the kind of the video data; and change means for changing the video-data reading
interval of said first read means on the basis of the
incidental data read out by said second read means and the
reading interval corresponding to the reproduction speed
decided by said decision means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A recording/reproducing apparatus according to
claim 4, wherein, when the video data of a predetermined
kind are continuous for a predetermined period of time, the
video data are read out at the interval decided by said
decision means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
168 words
A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording
and/or reproducing video data of a plurality of channels in
or from a recording medium, comprising: read means for reading out, at a predetermined
interval, the video data recorded in a recording medium; reduction means for dimensionally reducing images
corresponding to the video data read out by said read
means; display control means for displaying the reduced
images, which are obtained from said reduction means, on a
plurality of small screens set on a predetermined screen;
and storage means prepared equally in number to such
small screens so as to store the video data corresponding
to the reduced images to be displayed respectively on said
small screens; wherein, when the video data corresponding to the
next reduced images to be displayed on the relevant small
screens are stored in said storage means, said display
control means displays the reduced images, which correspond
to the video data stored in said storage means and are to
be displayed next, on the relevant small screens
respectively.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The recording/reproducing apparatus according to
claim 6, wherein said storage means consist of ring
buffers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
77 words
The recording/reproducing apparatus according to
claim 6, further comprising save means for saving the
reduced images displayed on said small screens
respectively; wherein, when the reduced images to be displayed on
the relevant small screens are saved in said save means,
said read means reads out the reduced images saved in said
save means, and said display control means displays the
reduced images, which are read out by said read means, on
the relevant small screens respectively.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
A recording/reproducing method for recording and/or
reproducing at least video data, comprising the steps of: reading out the video data; designating a data reproduction speed selectively;
and controlling the video data reading interval in
accordance with the designated reproduction speed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
91 words
A recording/reproducing method for recording and/or
reproducing at least video data, comprising the steps of: reading out the video data successively at a
predetermined interval; executing, on a predetermined screen, simultaneous
time-series display of reduced images obtained by
dimensionally reducing the images which correspond to a
predetermined number of video data read out by said read
means; and gradually altering, in a forward reproduction mode,
each reduced image to the time-serially posterior reduced
image, or gradually altering, in a reverse reproduction
mode, each reduced image to the time-serially anterior
reduced image.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
83 words
A recording/reproducing method for recording and/or
reproducing at least video data, comprising the steps of: designating a reproduction speed selectively; reading out the video data successively at a
predetermined read interval; deciding the video data reading interval in
accordance with the designated reproduction speed; reading out incidental data indicative of the kind
of the video data; and changing the video data reading interval on the
basis of the incidental data thus read out and the reading
interval corresponding to the decided reproduction speed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
125 words
A recording/reproducing method for recording and/or
reproducing video data of a plurality of channels in or
from a recording medium, comprising the steps of: reading out, at a predetermined interval, the video
data recorded in the recording medium; dimensionally reducing the images corresponding to
the video data thus read out; displaying the reduced images on a plurality of
small screens set on a predetermined screen; storing the video data corresponding to the reduced
images to be displayed respectively on the relevant small
screens; and when the video data corresponding to the next
reduced images to be displayed on the relevant small
screens are stored, displaying the reduced images, which
correspond to the stored video data to be displayed next,
on the relevant small screens respectively.
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