Editing method and recording and reproducing device

• US 9,384,783 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Maxell Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Susumu, Shiokawa, Junji, Okamoto, Hiroo
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhao, Daquan
• Application Number:
  US14/141,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20140178042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• Field of Search: 386/239, 386/240, 386/278, 386/280, 386/281, 386/282, 386/326, 386/353
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• 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 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

In order to provide a recording and reproducing device that allows a user to select and manage arbitrary play lists, a unit of management for managing all registered play list information and an upper management hierarchical level are added. The unit of management is adapted to be handled on the same level with unified information that indicates a reproduction range of all AV data. User-defined unified information is adapted to be handled on the added management hierarchical level. The user-defined unified information is formed to allow arbitrary reproduction ranges contained on a lower hierarchical level to be registered.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a recording unit configured to record a plurality of video information on a recording medium;

an output unit configured to output a menu display for a user to select video information to be reproduced from among the plurality of video information recorded on the recording medium by the recording unit; and

a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the selected video information read out from the recording medium,

wherein a first area and a second area are displayed within the menu display, the first area being configured to display at least first indication associated with a first group of video information for a first classification and second indication associated with a second group of video information for a second classification different from the first classification, the second area being configured to display thumbnails corresponding to video informations recorded on the recording medium by the recording unit,

wherein, when the first indication shown in the first area is selected, a first group of thumbnails corresponding to the first group of video information is displayed in the second area,

wherein, when the second indication shown in the first area is selected, a second group of thumbnails corresponding to the second group of video information is displayed in the second area,

wherein, even if one video information recorded on the recording medium included in both the first group of video information and the second group of video information is deleted from the first group of video information, the one video information continue to be included in the second group of video information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a thumbnail corresponding to the video information included in both the first group of video information and the second group of video information is displayed in the second area in each case when the first indication shown in the first area is selected and when the second indication shown in the first area is selected.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first area is configured to display third indication different from the first indication and the second indication,

wherein, when the third indication shown in the first area is selected, thumbnails corresponding to the all video information recorded on the recording medium are displayed in the second area.

2. A method comprising:

reproducing selected video information from among a plurality of video information recorded on a recording medium by the recording unit,

displaying, on a display device, a user interface for a user to select desired video information to be reproduced from among the plurality of video information recorded on the recording medium by the recording unit;

reproducing the selected video information read out from the recording medium, wherein a first area and a second area are displayed within a menu display,

wherein the first area is configured to display at least first indication associated with a first group of video information for a first classification and second indication associated with a second group of video information for a second classification different from the first classification, and

wherein the second area is configured to display thumbnails corresponding to video information recorded on the recording medium by the recording unit;

wherein, when the first indication shown in the first area is selected, displaying, in the second area, a first group of thumbnails corresponding to the first group of video information;

wherein, when the second indication shown in the first area is selected, displaying, in the second area, a second group of thumbnails corresponding to the second group of video information,

wherein, even if one video information recorded on the recording medium included in both the first group of video information and the second group of video information is deleted from the first group of video information, the one video information continue to be included in the second group of video information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein a thumbnail corresponding to the video information included in both the first group of video information and the second group of video information is displayed in the second area in each case when the first indication shown in the first area is selected and when the second indication shown in the first area is selected.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the first area is configured to display third indication different from the first indication and the second indication,

wherein, when the third indication shown in the first area is selected, thumbnails corresponding to the all video information recorded on the recording medium are displayed in the second area.