Patent ID: 7586517
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus for obtaining image information and audio information by shooting an object, and recording an audio visual (AV) stream including the image information and the audio information, said apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit for shooting an object to output an image signal; an image processing unit for subjecting the image signal obtained by shooting the object to signal processing, and extracting image information including an image parameter that indicates a feature of a change in the image; an audio acquisition unit for obtaining audio to output an audio signal; an audio processing unit for subjecting the audio signal to signal processing, and extracting audio information including an audio parameter that indicates a feature of a change in the audio; a parameter determination unit for checking the image parameter or the audio parameter to determine whether a shoot timing at which the image or the audio changes is appropriate as an edition point or not; and an information generation unit for generating edition point information indicating a shoot timing which is determined to be appropriate as an edition point; wherein an audio video stream including the image information, the audio information, and the edition point information is stored in a recording medium, wherein said information generation unit wherein said image processing unit generates a VOB unit so that the picture corresponding to the edition point becomes a head picture of the VOB unit, when buffer data before coding are stored in the image processing unit.