Patent ID: 7142776
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for recording and reproducing information with a ring buffer for recording a video signal which is supplied as time elapses, comprising: a recording and reproducing part for reproducing a recorded video signal recorded in said ring buffer while continuously recording said video signal from a head position to a last position of said ring buffer; a recording and reproducing position information obtaining part for obtaining information representing each of a current recording position and a current reproducing position in said ring buffer; and a reproducing speed adjusting part for adjusting a reproducing speed in a manner that said reproducing speed is raised when said current reproducing position is precedent to said current recording position and a recording speed of said video signal by said recording and reproducing part is higher than a reproducing speed wherein said reproducing speed adjusting part is operative to adjust said reproducing speed by an amount corresponding to a distance between said current reproducing position and said current recording position.