Patent ID: 7822317

Claim:
A broadcast program recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit for recording various sorts of information including broadcast program data; a reproduction controlling unit for reading out broadcast program data from the recording unit, and for reproducing the read out broadcast program data; a record controlling unit for, when an instruction to execute a fast forward operation is entered while the reproduction controlling unit is reproducing the broadcast program data, and an instruction to execute a reproducing operation is entered during the fast forward operation, storing in the recording unit time information based on a time at which the instruction to execute a fast forward operation is entered and a time at which the instruction to execute a reproducing operation is entered, and an image which is being reproduced at the time when the instruction to execute a fast forward operation is entered; an image detecting unit for comparing an image of a broadcast program data which is being reproduced by the reproduction controlling unit and the image stored in the recording unit to judge whether both images coincide with each other; and a fast forward controlling unit for instructing the reproduction controlling unit to execute a fast forward operation to skip a reading position of the broadcast program data stored in the recording unit based on the time information stored in the recording unit, when the image detecting unit determines that both images coincide with each other.