Information recording and reproducing apparatus
First Claim
1. An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
- first means for recording a plurality of first video-contents signals on a first recording medium;
second means for recording a plurality of second video-contents signal on a second recording medium differing from the first recording medium and being removable;
third means for generating signals representative of thumbnails in response to the second video-contents signals respectively and recording the signals representative of the thumbnails on the first recording medium in cases where the second means records the plurality of the second video-contents signals on the second recording medium; and
fourth means for reproducing the signals representative of the thumbnails from the first recording medium to enable the thumbnails to be displayed.
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Abstract
In an information recording and reproducing apparatus, a plurality of first video-contents signals are recorded on a first recording medium. A plurality of second video-contents signal are recorded on a second recording medium. The second recording medium differs from the first recording medium, and is removable. Signals representative of thumbnails are generated in response to the second video-contents signals respectively. The signals representative of the thumbnails are recorded on the first recording medium in cases where the plurality of the second video-contents signals are recorded on the second recording medium. The signals representative of the thumbnails are reproduced from the first recording medium. The thumbnails represented by the reproduced signals are displayed.
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9 Claims
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1. An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
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first means for recording a plurality of first video-contents signals on a first recording medium; second means for recording a plurality of second video-contents signal on a second recording medium differing from the first recording medium and being removable; third means for generating signals representative of thumbnails in response to the second video-contents signals respectively and recording the signals representative of the thumbnails on the first recording medium in cases where the second means records the plurality of the second video-contents signals on the second recording medium; and fourth means for reproducing the signals representative of the thumbnails from the first recording medium to enable the thumbnails to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
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first means for recording a plurality of video-contents signals on a first recording medium; second means for generating signals representative of thumbnails in response to the video-contents signals respectively and recording the signals representative of the thumbnails on the first recording medium in cases where the first means records the plurality of the video-contents signals on the first recording medium; third means for reproducing the signals representative of the thumbnails from the first recording medium to enable the thumbnails to be displayed; fourth means for designating ones among the displayed thumbnails; fifth means for designating an order about the designated thumbnails; sixth means for sequentially reproducing ones among the video-contents signals, which correspond to the designated thumbnails respectively, from the first recording medium in an order corresponding to the order designated by the fifth means to enable the sequentially reproduced video-contents signals to be displayed; and seventh means for sequentially dubbing ones among the video-contents signals, which correspond to the designated thumbnails respectively, from the first recording medium onto a second recording medium in an order corresponding to the order designated by the fifth means, the second recording medium differing from the first recording medium and being removable; wherein the first means comprises means for compressing the video-contents signals into compression-resultant signals, and means for recording the compression-resultant signals on the first recording medium, and wherein each of the sixth means and seventh means comprises means for reading out ones among the compression-resultant signals, which correspond to the designated thumbnails respectively, from the first recording medium, and means for expanding the read-out compression-resultant signals into the video-contents signals.
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7. An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
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first means for recording a plurality of video-contents signals on a recording medium; second means for generating signals representative of thumbnails in response to the video-contents signals respectively and recording the signals representative of the thumbnails on the recording medium; third means for reproducing the signals representative of the thumbnails from the recording medium and enabling the thumbnails to be displayed in first thumbnail display positions respectively; and fourth means for, in the presence of a video-contents signal in recording reservation, generating a signal representative of a condition of reservation of the video-contents signal in recording reservation and enabling the condition of reservation to be displayed in a second thumbnail display position next to end one of the first thumbnail display positions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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