Patent ID: 6181868
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A photo searching method, for use in a digital video cassette recorder, of searching a plurality of photo information portions discontinuously recorded on a recording medium, each of the photo information portions having a respective start point and a respective end point, the method comprising the steps of:(a) detecting the respective end point of one of the plurality of photo information portions by performing reproduction at a first variable speed when a search command is input to the digital video cassette recorder;(b) detecting the respective start point of the photo information portion corresponding to the end point detected in said step (a) by performing reproduction at a second variable speed; and(c) reproducing and displaying photo information from said one of the plurality of photo information portions between the start point detected in said step (b) and the end point detected in said step (a);wherein the plurality of discontinuously-recorded photo information portions are continuously searched by repeatedly performing said steps (a) through (c).