Patent ID: 8463112
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A playback apparatus comprising: a playback unit that plays back data including scenes from a recording medium; and a control unit that (a) determines whether or not, after a first operation causing a fast forward, rewind operation, or skip has been performed and before a predetermined time elapses, a second operation causing a skip is performed, and (b) determines whether or not an operational direction corresponding to the second operation is different from an operational direction corresponding to the first operation if the second operation is performed after the first operation has been performed and before the predetermined time elapses, wherein the control unit moves a playback position to a first position if the second operation is performed after the first operation has been performed and before the predetermined time elapses, and the operational direction corresponding to the second operation is not different from the operational direction corresponding to the first operation, the first position being determined based on an end of a segment to be skipped, and wherein the control unit moves the playback position to a second position if the second operation is performed after the first operation has been performed and before the predetermined time elapses, the operational direction corresponding to the second operation is different from the operational direction corresponding to the first operation, and a predetermined scene change point is included in the segment to be skipped, the second position being determined based on the predetermined scene change point.