Editing apparatus for optical reproducing device

• US 20070070826A1
• Filed: 06/21/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• 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 7,782,719 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/30.50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/61 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/40 Combinations of multiple record carriers
• 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 reproducing apparatus comprises storage to store a plurality of programs being managed as a group, and management information including group information of programs, an input unit, a reproduction unit, and a controller to control the reproduction unit to reproduce a highlight of a program in a group from a plurality of groups. The highlight of the program may be representative of an album. Thus, when the highlight of the program is reproduced, a user can easily search for a desired album.

Claims

1. A reproducing apparatus comprising:

storage configured to store a plurality of programs being managed as a group, and management information including group information of programs;

an input unit configured to input a user'"'"'s command;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a program;

a controller configured to control said reproduction unit to reproduce a highlight of a program in a group from a plurality of groups.

2. The reproducing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said controller sets one program in the group as a representative of the group when the representative of the group is not set.

3. The reproducing apparatus of claim 2, wherein said controller sets a first program in the group as the representative of the group.

4. The reproducing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said controller controls said reproduction unit to reproduce highlights of different groups successively.

5. The reproducing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said controller controls said storage to store information of one program as a representative of a group based on an input by said input unit.

6. The reproducing apparatus of claim 5, wherein said controller controls said storage to update the information of the representative of the group based on an input by said input unit.

7. The reproducing apparatus of claim 1, wherein when said input unit inputs a command of reproduction-start, the highlight of the program in the group from the plurality of groups is stopped and a program in the group is started to be reproduced.

8. The reproducing apparatus of claim 1, wherein when said input unit inputs a command of group-select, the highlight of the program in the group from the plurality of groups is stopped and highlights of programs in the group is started to be reproduced.

9. The reproducing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the highlight of the program is a portion of the program.

10. The reproducing apparatus of claim 9, wherein said controller edits a starting point of the highlight in highlight information based on an input from said input unit.

11. The reproducing apparatus of claim 10, wherein said highlight information is position information of the program.

12. The reproducing apparatus of claim 10, wherein said controller edits an ending point of the highlight in the highlight information based on said input from said input unit.

13. The reproducing apparatus of claim 12, wherein said controller edits the ending point of said highlight, the ending point of the highlight being a point that is a predetermined time later from the starting point.

14. The reproducing apparatus of claim 10, wherein said controller controls said reproduction unit to reproduce a highlight portion to be edited before editing the highlight portion.

15. In a reproducing apparatus comprising an input unit configured to input a user'"'"'s command and a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a program, a method comprising acts of:

storing, in storage, a plurality of programs being managed as a group and management information including group information of programs; and

controlling the reproduction unit to reproduce a highlight of a program in a group from a plurality of groups.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the act of controlling comprises setting one program in the group as a representative of the group when the representative of the group is not set.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the act of controlling comprises setting a first program in the group as the representative of the group.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the act of controlling comprises controlling said reproduction unit to reproduce highlights of different groups successively.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the act of controlling comprises controlling said storage to store information of one program as a representative of a group based on an input by said input unit.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the act of controlling comprises controlling said storage to update the information of the representative of the group based on an input by said input unit.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising an act of stopping the highlight of the program in the group from the plurality of groups and starting to reproduce a program in the group when said input unit inputs a command of reproduction-start.

22. The method of claim 15, further comprising an act of stopping the highlight of the program in the group from the plurality of groups and starting to reproduce highlights of programs in the group when said input unit inputs a command of group-select.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the highlight of the program is a portion of the program.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the act of controlling comprises editing a starting point of the highlight in highlight information based on an input from said input unit.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein said highlight information is position information of the program.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the act of controlling comprises editing an ending point of the highlight in the highlight information based on said input from said input unit.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the act of controlling comprises editing the ending point of said highlight, the ending point of the highlight being a point that is a predetermined time later from the starting point.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the act of controlling comprises controlling said reproduction unit to reproduce a highlight portion to be edited before editing the highlight portion.