Patent ID: 7286746
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: G10K,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for editing audio information with a still image using an information storage medium in which audio information and still image information are recorded, and management information indicative of a reproduction relationship between said audio information and said still image information is recorded, wherein said medium comprises a first reproduction unit for reproducing said audio information, first management information specifying still image information to be reproduced simultaneously when first audio information is reproduced in said first reproduction unit, and second management information specifying still image information reproduced simultaneously when second audio information different from said first audio information is reproduced in said first reproduction unit, said method comprising: combining said first audio information and said second audio information with each other to produce third audio information that newly forms said first reproduction unit; recording third management information corresponding to said third audio information on said information storage medium; and including, in still image information specified in said third management information, all or at least part of still image information specified in said first management information, and including therein all or at least part of still image information specified in said second management information, and wherein in a case where said first audio information is reproduced earlier than said second audio information in said third audio information, a recording place for said third management information is utilized to be compatible with a recording place for said first management information; in a case where a summation of the still image information specified in said first management information and the still image information specified in said second management information exceeds a predetermined value, a total number of the still image information specified in said third management information is reduced to the predetermined value so that a reduced number of the still image information remains, and information specifying the reduced number of remaining still image information is recorded at a portion corresponding to the first management information of said third management information; and information specifying still image information other than the still image information specified in said third management information is recorded at a portion corresponding to the second management information of said third management information.