Information reproducing method, information reproducing apparatus and information recording/reproducing apparatus
US6483983B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4221
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A novel information reproducing apparatus and information recording/reproducing apparatus capable of searching and selecting information with ease through common manipulations independent of recording media. A recording medium is employed from which start positions of recorded picture programs and start positions of scenes composing each picture program can be read out as data. Symbols corresponding to the picture programs recorded on the recording medium are displayed in an array on a single display screen. A given one of the symbols being displayed is selected, and reduced start pictures of plural scenes, respectively, which compose a picture program affixed with the selected given symbol are displayed in a partitioned array on the single display screen. A desired one of the plural start pictures of reduced size which are being displayed is selected and determined for reproducing the scene corresponding to the determined start picture fully over the single display screen.
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