Content recording and reproducing apparatus and reproducing method

• US 20050063670A1
• Filed: 03/05/2004
• Published: 03/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: D&M Holdings Incorporated (DEI Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: D&M Holdings Incorporated (DEI Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Arai, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US10/794,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20050063670A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/241
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

There is provided a content recording and reproducing apparatus including: a recording and reproducing portion which records and reproduces content data; an operating section which has keys allowing a user to input instructions for recording and reproducing of content data and for skipping during reproducing the content data; and a control portion that controls recording and reproducing of the content data in the recording and reproducing portion based upon instructions from the operating section. The control section executes a second skipping based on a second skip instruction that is inputted within a predetermined time from a time at which the recording and reproducing portion re-starts reproduction of the content data after a first skipping based on a first skip instruction.

Claims

1. A content recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

a receiving portion which receives content data transmitted via wire or wireless transmission;

a recording and reproducing portion which records the content data received by said receiving portion on a recording medium and reproduces the content data recorded on the recording medium;

an operating section which has keys allowing a user to input instructions for recording and reproducing of content data and for skipping during reproducing the content data; and

a control portion that controls recording and reproducing of the content data in said recording and reproducing portion based upon instructions from said operating section, wherein

said control portion includes;

a skip information memory section which stores a skip reference time point indicating a time point at which said recording and reproducing portion re-starts reproduction of the content data after skipping; and

a skip amount setting section which sets an amount of skipping based upon a time point at which the key for skipping is pressed, the skip amount setting section executing a skip for a first skip time from the skip reference time point when the key for skipping is pressed within a predetermined time from the skip reference time point, and a skip for a second skip time shorter than the first skip time from the skip reference time point when the key for skipping is pressed out of the predetermined time from the skip reference time point.

2. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the skip information memory section further stores a skip period which indicates a period within which skipping is continuously executed for the content data in accordance with successive pressing of the skip key, and

in a case where the recording and reproducing portion reproduces a content data once reproduced, said skip amount setting section executes a skip the whole of the skip period stored in said skip information memory section when the key for skipping is pressed at least one time within the skip period.

3. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said skip information memory section of said control portion further stores a skip period which indicates a period within which skipping is continuously executed for the content data in accordance with successive pressing of the skip key;

and

in a case where the recording and reproducing portion reproduces a content data once reproduced, said skip amount setting section executes a skip for whole of the skip period stored in said skip information memory section automatically.

4. A content recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

a recording and reproducing portion which records and reproduces content data;

an operating section which has keys allowing a user to input instructions for recording and reproducing of content data and for skipping during reproducing the content data; and

a control portion that controls recording and reproducing of the content data in said recording and reproducing portion based upon instructions from said operating section, wherein

said control portion executes a second skipping based on a second skip instruction that is inputted within a predetermined time from a time at which said recording and reproducing portion re-starts reproduction of the content data after a first skipping based on a first skip instruction.

5. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

said control section executes skipping shorter than the second skipping based on the second skip instruction that is inputted out of the predetermined time from the time at which said recording and reproducing portion re-starts reproduction of the content data after a first skipping based on a first skip instruction.

6. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the control section includes a skip information memory stores a skip period which indicates a period within which skipping is continuously executed for the content data in accordance with successive skip instructions, and

in a case where the recording and reproducing portion reproduces a content data once reproduced, said control section executes a skip for whole of the skip period stored in said skip information memory section when the skip instruction is inputted at least one time within the skip period.

7. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

said skip information memory stores at least a start time point and an end time point.

8. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the skip period stored in said skip information memory is optionally edited by a user.

9. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the control section includes a skip information memory stores a skip period which indicates a period within which skipping is continuously executed for the content data in accordance with successive skip instructions, and

in a case where the recording and reproducing portion reproduces a content data once reproduced, said control section executes a skip for whole of the skip period stored in said skip information memory section automatically.

10. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

said skip information memory stores at least a start time point and an end time point.

11. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the skip period stored in said skip information memory is optionally edited by a user.

12. A content reproducing method including:

reproducing a content data;

skipping a first skip time based on a first skip instruction received;

re-starting reproduction of the content data after the first skip time; and

skipping a second skip time, when received a second instruction within a predetermined period from a time at which the reproduction is re-started.

13. The reproducing method according to claim 12, wherein

the first skip time and the second skip time is equal.

14. The reproducing method according to claim 12, including

skipping a skip time shorter than the second skip time in stead of skipping the second skip time, when received a second instruction within a predetermined period from a time at which the reproduction is re-started.

15. The reproducing method according to claim 12, further including

storing a skip period which indicates a period within which skipping is continuously executed for the content data in accordance with successive skip instructions, and

skipping whole of the skip period stored when the skip instruction is inputted at least one time within the skip period, in case of reproducing a content data once reproduced.

16. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein

storing at least a start time point and an end time point of the skip period in said storing.

17. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 15, further including

allowing a user to edit the skip period stored.

18. The reproducing method according to claim 12, including

storing a skip period which indicates a period within which skipping is continuously executed for the content data in accordance with successive skip instructions, and

skipping whole of the skip period stored automatically, in case of reproducing a content data once reproduced.

19. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein

storing at least a start time point and an end time point of the skip period in said storing.

20. The content recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 18, including

allowing a user to edit the skip period stored.