Patent ID: 8818168

Claim:
A record/playback device comprising: a recording unit that records an image including one or more frames as one clip and play back the recorded image; an operation unit that has a combined operating element including a first operating element for carrying out operation in one or more operation directions and a second operating element for determining details of the operation: an interface unit that prepares a list of clips for displaying as a list of thumbnail images representing the list of clips on a thumbnail screen, said list of clips being prepared by collecting specific frames for a predetermined number of clips, where each specific frame is collected from one or more frames constituting each clip recorded in the recording unit; and a control unit that carries out control of changing a clip to a selected clip operated on the basis of the operation direction of the first operating element when the first operating element is operated, and generates a menu-displaying command signal to actuate a pop-up menu which is displayed on the thumbnail screen and superimposed on the list of thumbnail images on an area separate and apart from the selected clip so as not to be overlaid on the selected clip, by operating the second operating element which is operated, in a state in which the actuated pop-up menu is displayed, to confirm a selected item for operating the clip in accordance with an item listed on the actuated pop-up menu, wherein the pop-up menu lists items for operating the clip which is indicated by a clip selection frame which is moved over the list of clips displayed on a display screen to a position of the selected clip by operating the first operating element, said first operating element being operated to select one item among the listed items on the actuated pop-up menu for operating the clip.