A/V data recording/reproducing apparatus and method for selecting stored file list thereof

• US 7,389,036 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2004
• Issued: 06/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jong-Phil, Lee, Ju-Yup
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai Q
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUNN, MISHAWN N
• Application Number:
  US10/983,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20060098947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,316 Days
• Field of Search: 369 3008- 3012, 386/46, 386/55, 386/69, 709217-219, 709/224, 709/246, 709/203, 709/206, 345/156, 345/204, 715/243, 715/251, 715/255, 715/273
• US Class Current: 386/248
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7755 the recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

The present invention lists and displays file information for each folder when reproducing video/audio files stored to a recording medium, performs a grouping for entire files on a folder for each folder according to a maximum number of files possibly displayed on one screen, performs a page numbering sequentially for the files for each group, then displays the files on a screen in a page unit for which a grouping has been performed upon a playlist display request. Therefore, a user can reach a desired file to manage in an easy and swift manner.

Claims

1. An A/V (audio/video) recording/reproducing apparatus for recording an externally received A/V signal in a memory unit, a still image file and/or an audio file being recorded in a parent folder and/or at least one sub-folder included in the parent folder of the memory unit, and for reproducing the recorded A/V signal and outputting the A/V signal to an external display unit, the A/V recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:

an interface unit installed on a main body, for receiving a user'"'"'s input signal from an external input unit with which functions supported by the A/V recording/reproducing apparatus can be selected; and

a main controller for listing file information stored in the memory unit and/or the recording medium for each folder, performing a grouping, for each folder, with respect to all the files included in the folder, according to a maximum number of files that can be displayed on one screen, and displaying the information if a playlist screen display request signal regarding files stored in the memory unit and/or the recording medium is received from the external input unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

the main controller for sequentially performing a page numbering for each group, and for then displaying the files for each grouped page on a screen upon playlist display request.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the main controller displays a previous/next page of a currently displayed page on a screen if a page up/down signal is received from the external input unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the page up/down signal are generated by pressing an FF/REW(fast forward/rewind) key on the external input unit.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the main controller selects and displays an uppermost file on a first page or a last file on a last page if an uppermost file or a last file selection signal is received from the external input unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the uppermost file/last file selection signal are generated by pressing a LEFT/RIGHT key on the external input unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a description for the keys of the external input unit is displayed on a lower end of a playlist screen so that a user can select and use a relevant key function.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein paths for the displayed files are sequentially displayed on an upper end of the playlist screen.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a recording medium playback unit for reproducing an A/V file from a recording medium on which an A/V signal is recorded.

10. A method for displaying a file list in an A/V recording/reproducing apparatus for recording an externally received A/V signal in a memory unit, a moving picture file, a still image file and/or an audio file being recorded in a parent folder and/or at least one sub-folder included in the parent folder of the memory unit and/or a recording medium, and for reproducing the A/V signal recorded in the memory unit and/or the recording medium and outputting the A/V signal to an external display unit, the method comprising the steps of:

performing a grouping, in units of a predetermined number of files, of entire files included in a folder that are stored in the recording medium and/or the memory unit;

sequentially performing a page numbering for each group; and

displaying the files on the display unit for each numbered page if a playlist display request signal for the files is received;

wherein the grouping for entire files in the folder is performed in units of a maximum number of files that can be displayed on one screen.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a previous or a next page of a currently displayed page on a screen if a page up or down signal is received with a playlist of the files displayed.

12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

selecting an uppermost file on a first page or a last file on a last page and displaying the file on the display unit if an uppermost file or last file selection signal is received,.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the page up/down signal and the uppermost file/last file selection signal are generated by pressing an FF/REW(fast forward/rewind) key and a LEFT/RIGHT key.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein a description for the keys is displayed on a lower end of a playlist screen so that a user can select and use a relevant key function.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein paths for the displayed files are sequentially displayed on an upper end of the playlist screen.