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Recording and reproducing apparatus

US5966495A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 1997
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/8205
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recording and reproducing apparatus includes a recording circuit for forming predetermined memory units by correlating video information and audio information with retrieval information for retrieval of the video information and the audio information, and sequentially recording the predetermined memory units in a solid-state memory device at intervals of predetermined time, a file generating circuit for generating a retrieval information file for retrieving the video information and the audio information on the basis of the retrieval information, and a reproducing circuit for reading out the video information and the audio information from the solid-state memory device on the basis of information contained in the retrieval information file and reproducing a video signal and an audio signal from the solid-state memory device, during retrieval of information recorded in the solid-state memory device.

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