Patent ID: 7609896

Claim:
A recorder operable to compress and code first image data of a moving image, and record the compressed and coded first image data on a recording medium, comprising: a receiving mechanism to receive a stream of image data as the first image data; a determining mechanism to determine whether a thumbnail image corresponding to the first image data is included in a temporary storage of the recorder; an extracting mechanism operable to extract second image data to display a still image from the first image data when the corresponding thumbnail image is not included in the temporary storage and before the coded first image data is recorded; a creating mechanism operable to create thumbnail image data to display a thumbnail image as an image smaller than the still image, wherein the thumbnail image data is created as the stream of image data is being received and before recording of the coded first image data on the recording medium; and a storage-controlling mechanism operable to control storage of the thumbnail image data in the temporary storage of the recorder, wherein the thumbnail image data and the coded first image data are recorded on the recording medium after the stream of image data is received and coded.