Reproducing device and editing device

• US 20030185110A1
• Filed: 03/11/2003
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,149,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/30.05
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3063 Subcodes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A highlight of a representative track of each album stored in a recording medium and a highlight of each track of a designated album are pre-set. Highlights of representative tracks of albums are successively reproduced from album 1. As a result, albums are searched for a desired track. When the desired album has been found, highlights of tracks of the album are successively reproduced from track 1. As a result, the album is searched for the desired track.

Claims

1. A reproducing apparatus for reproducing a plurality of programs from a recording medium on which input programs have been recorded as a group, comprising:

first operating means for registering a representative program of the group;

second operating means for registering a representative portion of each program of the group;

management information recording means for storing management information with which each program of the group, a representative program number of the representative program registered by the first operating means, and a representative portion of each program of the group registered by the second operating means are managed;

selecting means for selecting a first searching mode for searching the group for a representative program, a second searching mode for searching a designated program for a representative portion, or a third searching mode for searching the representative program of the group for a representative portion when the content of the group or the content of a desired program is checked from the programs recorded on the recording medium; and

controlling means for reproducing programs from the recording medium corresponding to the searching mode selected by the selecting means and the management information stored in the management information storing means.

2. The reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the second operating means is configured to register a start point and an end point of a representative portion of each program of the group and finely adjust the start point and the end point.

3. The reproducing apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein when a representative portion of each program of the group is registered by the second selecting means, the representative portion is repeatedly reproduced.

4. An editing apparatus, comprising:

storing means for storing a plurality of input programs;

management information storing means for storing management information and a representative program number of a group, with the management information, a plurality of programs stored in the storing means being managed as a group;

operating means for designating an editing process for a program of the group; and

updating means for changing the representative program number when the editing process has been performed for the designated program of the group by the operating means.

5. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 4,

wherein the editing process is an erasing process for the designated program of the group.

6. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 4,

wherein the editing process is a dividing process for the designated program of the group.

7. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 4,

wherein the editing process is a combining process for the designated program of the group.

8. The editing apparatus as set forth in claim 4,

wherein the editing process is a moving process for the designated program of the group.