Patent ID: 7103264

Claim:
An information reproducing apparatus having a time difference reproducing function for digitizing analog input video information by a predefined predetermined time to record the information on a record disk and reproducing record video information recorded on the record disk back to the predetermined time at a maximum, said information reproducing apparatus comprising: a setting section for making variable settings of the predetermined time, a detection section for detecting a copy guard signal included in the input video information and generating detection information to the effect that the copy guard signal is included, an analog-to-digital conversion section for digitizing the analog input video information, a record reproducing section for recording the digitized input video information along with the detection information on the record disk, when the input video information exceeds the predetermined time by the setting section at the time, making an overwriting recording from the head position of recording of the record disk, and when record video information recorded on the record disk is reproduced, sequentially erasing the reproduced record video information from the record disk while reproducing the record video information along with the detection information, and an addition section for adding the copy guard signal to reproduction video information when the detection information is included in the reproduction video information reproduced by the record reproducing section, and outputting the information to an output terminal.