Patent ID: 7463817
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: image input means for inputting an image signal; audio input means for inputting an audio signal; recording means for recording the image signal input by said image input means and the audio signal associated with the image signal on a recording medium; reproducing means for reproducing the image signal and the audio signal from the recording medium; detecting means for detecting a status of the audio signal being inputted by said audio input means; control means for operating said audio input means and said detecting means during the reproduction of the image signal and the audio signal by said reproducing means to detect a level of the input audio signal for every frame of the reproduced image signal; comparing means for comparing the level of the input audio signal, detected by said detecting means for every frame of the input audio signal, with a threshold value; and play list generating means for selecting, based on a comparison result, a specific scene including a frame for which the detected level of the input audio signal exceeds the threshold value, and generating a play list for controlling a reproduction sequence of the image signal and the audio signal to select and reproduce the specific scene from the image signal and the audio signal, recorded on the recording medium, wherein said recording means records the play list generated by said control means on the recording medium.