Patent ID: 7474835
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A disc playback apparatus for performing a playback operation by using a disc-type recording medium in which audio information and still image information are recorded, said disc playback apparatus comprising: still image information setting section for setting said still image information corresponding to said audio information; a selection screen creation section for creating a selection screen in which a plurality of reduced still images is contained within one screen; a first operation section for selecting one of said reduced still images from within said selection screen created by said selection screen creation section, wherein said still image information setting section associates said still image information corresponding to said reduced still image selected by said first operation section with said audio information; a correspondence information storage section for storing correspondence information set by said still image information setting section; and a disc information playback section for playing back, based on said correspondence information, said still image information together with said audio information corresponding to said still image information; wherein said still image information setting section is configured for, when some of a plurality of pieces of still image information correspond in advance to some regions of said audio information on said recording medium and when no still image information corresponds to remaining regions of said audio information, automatically associating pieces of still image information with said remaining regions without a user selecting said pieces of still image information.