Patent ID: 6018609
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A compressed television signal sequential-access recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:table-of-contents data extracting means for extracting at least one representative image frame from among a plurality of frames of an input compressed television signal, identifiable by specified additional information, and table-of-contents generating means for generating table-of-contents data of a specified number of said representative image frames, said table-of-contents data including image data corresponding to each of said specified number of said representative image frames;arrangement means for arranging an input compressed television signal at a first specified position of a sequential-access recording medium, for arranging said table-of-contents data at a second specified position of the recording medium, and for arranging positional information relating to a recorded position of each individual representative image frame at a third specified position of the recording medium; andrecording means for recording at least said input compressed television signal, said table-of-contents data, and said positional information relating to a recorded position for each representative image frame, arranged by said arrangement means, onto the recording medium.