Patent ID: 7515813

Claim:
An image and audio reproducing apparatus comprising: a display device; a storage device which stores a frame of image data, audio data which is generated before and at a pick-up timing of the frame of image data, and time data indicating the pick-up timing; an audio reproducing device which reproduces the audio data; an image reproducing device which reproduces the frame of image data to display an image of the frame of image data on the display device; and a controller which controls the image reproducing device so that a display size of the image of the frame of image data gradually changes until the audio reproducing device reproduces the audio data generated at the pick-up timing; wherein the controller controls the image reproducing device so that the image is displayed in a first predetermined display size when the audio reproducing device reproduces the audio data generated at the pick-up timing; wherein the controller controls the image reproducing device so that the display size of the image of the frame of image data one of enlarges and reduces gradually toward the first predetermined display size until the audio reproducing device reproduces the audio data generated at the pick-up timing; and wherein the controller controls the image reproducing device so that a proportion of the display size of the image of the frame of image data to the first predetermined display size depends on time remaining until the audio reproducing device reproduces the audio data generated at the pick-up timing.