Patent ID: 7245826
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An encoding/recording device comprising: a video data generating unit operable to encode a video signal, to generate video data; an audio data generating unit operable to encode an audio signal, to generate audio data; a multiplexing/recording unit operable to multiplex the video data and the audio data, to generate a system stream, and record the system stream onto a predetermined recording medium; a pause controlling unit operable to, when receiving a pause instruction during recording, control the video data generating unit, the audio data generating unit, and the multiplexing/recording unit, so that the multiplexing/recording unit completes a system stream that is generated when the pause instruction is received, and records the system stream; and a pause release controlling unit operable to, when receiving a pause release instruction, control the video data generating unit, the audio data generating unit, and the multiplexing/recording unit, so that the multiplexing/recording unit starts to generate a new system stream, wherein the video signal received by the video data generating unit corresponds to a plurality of video frames, the video data generating unit encodes the video signal using time correlation properties between some of the plurality of video frames, to generate the video data including a set of video frames, and under control of the pause controlling unit, when suspending the generation of the video data, the video data generating unit completes generation of a set of video frames that are encoded with reference only to video frames in the same set.