Patent ID: 7859579

Claim:
A portable type recording and reproducing device comprising: sound collecting means for collecting external sound, and outputting sound information corresponding to a result of sound collection; photographing means for photographing an outside of the device, and outputting image information corresponding to a result of photographing; recording means for converting said sound information output from said sound collecting means to files in message units and recording said files on a predetermined recording medium, and recording said image information output from said photographing means on the recording medium in association with a corresponding file of said sound information as said sound information and image information is recorded in response to a user actuating a shutter button to record said image information, said recording means associating a first image information with a first position in a sound information file and associating a second image information with a second position in said sound information file, said recording means recording third image information after said sound information file is recorded, said recording means associating the third image information with a third position in the sound information file based on user input; display means for displaying images based on said image information associated with said sound information file, said display means displaying information on at least three different levels, and said display means simultaneously displaying a name of a level currently being displayed and level content, the names of types of levels including a folder level, a message level, and a bookmark level, folder level content including a plurality of message folders, and message level content including a plurality of bookmarks stored in the message folder; and reproducing means for reproducing said sound information file associated with said image selected by a predetermined external operation among said images displayed by said display means, said reproducing means reproducing said sound information file from the first position when the first image information is selected, reproducing said sound information file from the second position when the second image information is selected, and reproducing said sound information file from the third position when the third image information is selected.