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Data recording and reproducing apparatus and data recording and reproducing method

US7995903B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2007
Grant dateAug 9, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/781
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A recording and reproducing module records a signal (broadcast program) based on a first compression method to a recording medium, and during a period of time during which recording is not performed, reproduces the signal based on the first compression method, which has been recorded to the recording medium. Then, a transcoding module transcodes the signal based on the first compression method to a signal based on a second compression method. The signal based on the second compression method, whose transcoding has been completed, is recorded to the recording medium; and the signal based on the first compression method is erased from the recording medium. The controller refers to recording history information and sets a schedule including a target broadcast program to be transcoded and a time zone in which the target broadcast program is transcoded.

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