Patent ID: 7496278

Claim:
A signal processing apparatus operated by a remote controller comprising: a designation unit arranged to designate reproduction procedure of an image signal recorded on a recording medium; a management data processing unit arranged to allocate to an operating key of said remote controller, a reproduction function that corresponds to said designated reproduction procedure, generate reproduction procedure management information which includes operating key information indicating the operating key to which said reproduction function is allocated, and reproduction procedure information indicating said designated reproduction procedure, and further generate registered image management data for identifying image data designated through said reproduction procedure; a recording unit arranged to record on said recording medium the reproduction procedure management information, wherein said recording unit writes onto said recording medium said registered image management data; a reproduction unit arranged to reproduce said image signal and said reproduction procedure management information stored on said recording medium; a control unit arranged to control the reproduction operation of said reproduction unit based on said reproduction procedure management information that is reproduced by said reproduction unit; a reception unit arranged to receive a television broadcast; and a first output unit arranged to output, to a display device, an image signal associated with said television broadcast received by said reception unit and an image signal reproduced by said reproduction unit; and a second output unit arranged to output, to said display device, an image signal reproduced in accordance with said reproduction procedure, wherein said reproduction unit includes a memory unit having a plurality of memory planes, and wherein, based on said reproduction procedure designated in accordance with said reproduction procedure management information, said control unit determines the memory plane to which said image signal is to be written, and said control unit detects a display resolution and the number of display colors designated by said reproduction procedure, and compares the detected display resolution and number of display colors with the display resolution and the number of display colors of said display device to determine to which memory plane said image signal is to be written.