Patent ID: 6876812

Claim:
A video signal reproduction method for speedily reproducing video signals from a recording medium at a reproduction speed k times higher than a regular reproduction speed, the recording medium recording therein MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)—compressed video signals, said method comprising the steps of: providing an algorithm wherein, if there is an I picture in a plurality of consecutive pictures, a last I picture is selected and output, wherein, if there is no I picture, a first P picture is selected and output, and wherein if there is no P picture, one of B pictures is selected and output; if, in said plurality of consecutive pictures, there is no P picture after the output picture, selecting one picture from k pictures following said plurality of pictures according to said algorithm and outputting the selected picture as a picture that follows said output picture; and if, in said plurality of consecutive pictures, there is at least one P picture after the output picture, selecting one picture from a first P picture after said output picture and all following pictures included in said plurality of pictures and k pictures following said plurality of pictures according to said algorithm, and outputting the selected picture as a picture that follows said output picture.