Patent ID: 7095949

Claim:
A broadcast video image moving picture recording apparatus to record broadcast video moving picture image data, comprising: a receiver receiving broadcast video moving picture image data for viewing; a first digital data storage unit storing said received broadcast video moving picture image data according to a FIFO sequence; a second digital data storage unit storing an indicated video moving picture image data in said stored received broadcast image data of said first storage unit; indicating means comprising a time designation unit for indicating a time said video moving picture image data is to be played back and operated by a user; a control unit controlling said first storage unit so as to store said received broadcast video moving picture image, and for searching and reading said indicated video moving picture image data which have been stored in said first digital data storage unit, and storing the indicated video moving picture image data in said second digital data storage unit according to said time indication of said indicating means; and a storage table, separate from the first storage unit, to store a write time and a write address of the broadcast video moving picture image data in the first digital data storage unit, according to the control unit, wherein said control unit stores the write address and the write time of said first digital data storage unit into said storage table whenever a predetermined amount of said received broadcast video moving picture image data is stored in said first digital data storage unit, searches a write address of said indicated video moving picture image data from said storage table according to the indicated time of said indicating means as indicated by the user, reads said indicated video moving picture image data according to said searched write address, and stores the read and indicated video moving picture image data having said predetermined amount in said second digital data storage unit.