Recording apparatus

• US 20070031118A1
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Fujishima, Yoshikazu, Noda, Ryusuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,078,033 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/250
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that records a televised program being received by a receiving unit to a disk-shaped recording medium. The recording apparatus also includes a commercial message detecting unit that detects a switch from main program to commercial message and a switch from commercial message to main program when the recording unit is recording the program. The recording unit records the program to the recording medium with chapter breaks set at first time intervals when commercial messages inserted in the main program are being received by the receiving unit, and set at second time intervals when the main program is being received by the receiving unit.

Claims

1. A recording apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a televised program;

a recording unit that records the program being received by the receiving unit to a disk-shaped recording medium; and

a commercial message detecting unit that detects a switch from main program to commercial message and a switch from commercial message to main program when the recording unit is recording the program, wherein

the recording unit sets a chapter break based on a preset first time interval upon the switch from main program to commercial message being detected by the commercial message detecting unit, and sets the chapter break based on a preset second time interval upon the switch from commercial message to main program being detected by the commercial message detecting unit.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the commercial message detecting unit detects the switch from main program to commercial message and the switch from commercial message to main program by detecting a change in an audio signal of the program being received by the receiving unit.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first time interval is 15 seconds.