Patent ID: 6417978
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording medium processing device, comprising:(A). a recording medium player/recorder for recording an event on a desired portion of a recording medium and for reproducing said desired portion of said recording medium, (B). said recording medium player/recorder recording a control signal on said desired portion of said recording medium; (C). said desired portion starting at a position corresponding to record position information of said desired portion, and (D). said record position information being stored in an auxiliary memory included with said recording medium; (E). a display for displaying record position information read out from said auxiliary memory; and (F). a controller for controlling operations of said display and said recording medium player/recorder, (G). whereby said controller controls said recording medium player/recorder to search for the position of said desired portion by receiving and using the record position information corresponding to said desired portion, (H). whereby said controller includes identifying position means to locate a start of a detection area, (I). said detection area having an end at a prescribed time following said start, (J). said detection area containing an index signal indicating the start of the desired portion of the recording medium and corresponding to a location signal contained in the record position information stored in said auxiliary memory, or an absence of a control signal indicating an area between the start of a desired portion and an end of another portion, (K). whereby said controller positions said recording medium at said end of said detection area, and (L). whereby said controller rewinds said recording medium until said index signal or said absence of said control signal is found, indicating the start of said desired portion.