Data storage device and data storage/playback device
US5926605A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4394
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided that reliably saves sections of sounds and images believed to be important by associating the sounds and images with user input, changes in sounds, and changes in images. A condition-matching interval detecting device takes audio data or image data from a data input device and detects a condition-matching interval that matches prescribed conditions set beforehand. The incoming audio data or incoming image data is associated with data indicating the condition-matching interval and is stored temporarily in a temporary storing device. If the user-input detecting device detects user-input data, a sequence from the audio data or the image data stored temporarily in temporary storing device is stored in time-series data storing device, the sequence beginning at least from the start of a condition-matching interval. The association between the user-input data and the memory position within time-series data storing device of the audio data or the image data corresponding to the user-input data is stored in an association storing device.
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