Patent ID: 7362955
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising: image recording means for recording on a medium, at different time points, a plurality of moving picture image contents and image data including sound data from a video input; randomly accessible data storage means for storing the plurality of moving picture image contents and image data including sound data recorded in said image recording means; image displaying means for displaying at the same time in one screen a plurality of the moving picture image contents recorded at the different time points and read out from said data storage means; sound select means for selecting a sound designated by a user to be output; information processing means for controlling said data storage means, said image displaying means, and said sound selecting means in such a manner that a plurality of moving picture image contents recorded in said image recording means at different time points are read from said data storage means and displayed in a single screen by said image displaying means and the sound designated by the user is reproduced; and user interface means, interposed between said information processing means and the user, performing special reproduction functions, including at least a selected one of rapid feed and pause, on the moving picture image contents selected arbitrarily by the user through the user interface means.