Recording apparatus, recording method, and disc shaped record medium
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1. A digital recording apparatus usable with a recording medium, comprising:
- means for extracting information of each of a plurality of files recorded on the recording medium;
means for correlating the extracted information and the plurality of files and generating an index file; and
means for recording the index file on the recording medium,wherein the index file is recorded to a predetermined area of the recording medium, andwherein the extracted information includes property information, and at least one of thumbnail information or title information,wherein the property information pertains to a number of attributes of said plurality of files, includes at least one of the following two items;
(i) data indicating whether or not the index file includes thumbnail information, and (ii) data indicating whether or not the index file includes title information,wherein the thumbnail information includes a plurality of representative images which represent the plurality of files, andwherein the property information is correlated to at least one of the file, the thumbnail information and the title information, and the property information includes data representing a data type of the file, which indicates the file is a moving picture file or a still picture file.
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Abstract
A digital recording apparatus using a disc shaped record medium including an extracting unit that extracts outlined information of each of a plurality of files recorded on the disc shaped record medium. A correlating unit correlates the extracted outlined information and the plurality of files and generates an index file. A recording unit records the index file to a predetermined position of the disc shaped record medium. When a predetermined operation mode is performed, a plurality of types of data of the plurality of files are output in a predetermined format.
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1. A digital recording apparatus usable with a recording medium, comprising:
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means for extracting information of each of a plurality of files recorded on the recording medium; means for correlating the extracted information and the plurality of files and generating an index file; and means for recording the index file on the recording medium, wherein the index file is recorded to a predetermined area of the recording medium, and wherein the extracted information includes property information, and at least one of thumbnail information or title information, wherein the property information pertains to a number of attributes of said plurality of files, includes at least one of the following two items;
(i) data indicating whether or not the index file includes thumbnail information, and (ii) data indicating whether or not the index file includes title information,wherein the thumbnail information includes a plurality of representative images which represent the plurality of files, and wherein the property information is correlated to at least one of the file, the thumbnail information and the title information, and the property information includes data representing a data type of the file, which indicates the file is a moving picture file or a still picture file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A digital recording method usable with a recording medium, comprising the steps of:
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extracting information of each of a plurality of files recorded on the recording medium; correlating the extracted information and the plurality of files and generating an index file; and recording the index file on the recording medium, wherein the index file is recorded to a predetermined area of the recording medium, and wherein the extracted information includes property information, and at least one of thumbnail information or title information, wherein the property information pertains to a number of attributes of said plurality of files, includes at least one of the following two items (i) data indicating whether or not the index file includes thumbnail information (ii) data indicating whether or not the index file includes title information, wherein the thumbnail information includes a plurality of representative images which represent the plurality of files, and wherein the property information is correlated to at least one of the file, the thumbnail information and the title information, and the property information includes data representing a data type of the file, which indicates the file is a moving picture file or a still picture file. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium for storing a plurality of files and an index file;
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wherein the index file correlates information of the plurality of files and the plurality of files, wherein the index file is recordable on the recording medium, wherein the index file is recorded to a predetermined area of the recording medium, and wherein the information includes property information, and at least one of thumbnail information or title information, wherein the property information pertains to a number of attributes of said plurality of files, includes at least one of the following two items;
(i) data indicating whether or not the index file includes thumbnail information, (ii) data indicating whether or not the index file includes title information,wherein the thumbnail information includes a plurality of representative images which represent the plurality of files, and wherein the property information is correlated to at least one of the file, the thumbnail information and the title information, and the property information includes data representing a data type of the file, which indicates the file is a moving picture file or a still picture file. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A digital recording apparatus usable with a recording medium, comprising:
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means for generating image data; means for recording the image data as an image file on the recording medium; means for extracting information of each of a plurality of image files recorded on the recording medium; means for correlating the extracted information and the plurality of image files and generating an index file; and means for recording the index file on the recording medium, wherein the index file is recorded to a predetermined area of the recording medium, and wherein the extracted information includes property information, and at least one of thumbnail information or title information, wherein the property information pertains to a number of attributes of said plurality of files, includes at least one of the following two items;
(i) data indicating whether or not the index file includes thumbnail information, and (ii) data indicating whether or not the index file includes title information,wherein the thumbnail information includes a plurality of representative images which represent the plurality of files, and wherein the property information is correlated to at least one of the file, the thumbnail information and the title information, and the property information includes data representing a data type of the file, which indicates the file is a moving picture file or a still picture file. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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