Patent ID: 7830570

Claim:
A multisystem network comprising: a command input unit that accepts operation commands entered by the user; a storage unit that stores moving picture data; a decoding means for decoding the moving picture data read from the storage unit into display image data; a thumbnail generating means for generating a thumbnail of a portion, appearing at every predetermined time, of an image formed from the moving picture data; a display image generation/output unit that (a) outputs the display image data from the decoding means to a display unit, and reproduces the image on the display unit in a reproduction mode, and (b) when an edit operation is input via the command input unit, generates and outputs image data so that on the screen of the display unit (1) the reproduced image is display, (2) a thumbnail of the reproduced image is displayed superimposed on the reproduced image and (3) a plurality of thumbnails preceding and/or proceeding frames within a predetermined time interval of the reproduced image are displayed superimposed on the reproduced image; and a means for adding during the edit mode, to the moving picture data, information on edit points indicating image data positions corresponding to ones, designated by the command input unit, of the plurality of thumbnails displayed on the screen of the display unit, and for storing the image data positions into the storage unit, wherein the edit points are for editing of the moving picture data.