Patent ID: 6496647
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video signal recording apparatus comprising:sub information detecting means for detecting a sub information from a video signal; wherein said sub information is a telop appearance, a music start, a music end, a person appearance, a program content, a program genre, or a broadcast time information corresponding to a frame of said video signal; feature amount detecting means for detecting a feature amount from a video signal; wherein said feature amount is a motion vector, a telop appearance, a music start, or a music end information corresponding to a frame of said video signal and a corresponding audio signal; identification signal generating means for generating identification signals corresponding to respective frames of the video signal, according to said sub information and said feature amount; and recording means for recording said identification signals together with said video signal in sectors of a program area on a recording medium; said identification signals being recorded in a sub code area in each sector of said program area containing the corresponding respective frames of said video signal.