Patent ID: 7558464
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data editing apparatus, which further edits an edited material composed of a plurality of editing target materials recorded on a nonlinear-accessible recording medium using a value indicating an IN point located at the beginning of a portion of an editing target material, the portion being incorporated in the edited material, and a value indicating an OUT point located at the end of the portion incorporated, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing the values indicating the IN point and the OUT point for each editing target material; a controller for outputting a first control signal which commands a reproduction target position to move to the IN point or the OUT point of each editing target material incorporated in the edited material and outputting a second control signal which commands a fine adjustment of the IN point or the OUT point; reproduction control means for reading the value indicating the IN point or the OUT point of each editing target material in the edited material from the memory on the basis of the first and the second control signals outputted from the controller and reproducing part of the editing target material, the part corresponding to the IN point or the OUT point, on the basis of the read value; and display means for displaying the editing target material reproduced by the reproduction control means; wherein the controller further includes change means for changing the value indicating the IN point or the OUT point by finely adjusting the IN point and the OUT point of the editing target material displayed by the display means and recording the changed value on the memory as a new value, the reproducing means further performs to reproduce part of the editing target material from the recording medium, the part corresponding to a new IN point or a new OUT point changed by the change means, and the display means further performs to display the editing target material reproduced from the recording medium by the reproduction control means corresponding to the IN point or the OUT point changed.