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Digital information recording/playback system and digital information recording medium

US6553180B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 2000
Grant dateApr 22, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/8063
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a system for recording/playing back video data together with control information, a thumbnail, or thumbnail control information, extracted from a moving picture of a video is used as the control information. The thumbnail control information includes information for generating a thumbnail image which is generated based on the contents of the video data, and information for using the generated thumbnail picture in a menu corresponding to the contents of the video data. The user can create a menu corresponding to the video recorded contents.

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