Patent ID: 7965587

Claim:
A recording and reproduction system comprising: a recording device including a recording unit configured to record data including image data and audio data; and a generating unit configured to generate information on a recording process by the recording unit; and a reproduction device including a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the data; and a control unit configured to control the reproducing unit, when the data is currently being recorded by the recording unit, to reproduce the data based on the information, and includes a receiving unit configured to receive designation of a starting position for reproducing the data; a position judging unit configured to judge whether the starting position for reproducing the data is within a recording segment from a head recording position to an end recording position of the data, the recording segment being recorded by the recording unit; a status judging unit configured to judge whether the data is currently being recorded by the recording unit based on the information when the position judging unit judges that the starting position for reproducing the data is not within the recording segment; and a detecting unit configured to detect, when the status judging unit judges that the data is currently being recorded, whether the end recording position has passed ahead of the starting position for reproducing the data while the end recording position moves ahead as the recording process of the data proceeds, wherein the reproducing unit is configured to reproduce the data being recorded, from the starting position for reproducing the data, based on a result of detection by the detecting unit.