Patent ID: 7738765
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information recording apparatus comprising: first recording means for recording input picture information into a recording medium; representative data generating means for generating representative data representing said picture information recorded in said recording medium; a memory for recording a plurality of symbolic pictures which include at least wallpaper pictures; associating means for associating a plurality of predetermined periods with respective menu pages, said menu pages being associated with respective symbolic pictures; link information generating means for generating link information linking a symbolic picture recorded in said memory with said representative data by selecting said menu page associated with the predetermined period having recording date and time information of corresponding picture information of the representative data; and picture generating means which, based on said link information, generates overlaid picture information by synthesizing at least said symbolic pictures and said representative data being linked with one another, when the number of said representative data is greater than predetermined number, said picture generating means generates overlaid picture information by using the same symbolic pictures as previous symbolic pictures used for previous representative data.