Patent ID: 6449422
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An editing apparatus, being characterized by comprising:time information generating means for generating time information of a source video data supplied continuously from an outside at a real time; video data record reproduction means capable of recording said source video data in a recording medium together with the said time information and reproducing video data recorded in the recording medium corresponding to a reproduction command; importance degree value input means capable of inputting an importance degree value indicating an importance degree of the content of said source video data arbitrarily; importance degree value recording means for recording the importance degree value inputted by said importance degree value input means in the recording medium together with the time information generated from said time information generating means; changing means capable of changing values of the importance degree value and/or time information recorded in said importance degree value recording means; and control means selecting a time portion to be reproduced from video data recorded in said recording medium based on edit list information generated corresponding to the importance degree value and time information recorded in said importance degree value recording means and making said video data record reproduction means to reproduce and output broadcasting video data.