Recording device and method
US8170399B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2005/91364
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To enable a recording device recording a video/audio signal and information necessary for utilizing the video/audio signal to copy the video/audio signal with the converted bit rate, encoding format, etc., to another recording device when utilizing the video/audio signal by the another recording device, and to move only the information necessary for utilizing the video/audio signal between the recording device and the another recording device. A recording device comprises: an input portion that inputs a video/audio signal; a recording portion that records the video/audio signal and information necessary for utilizing the video/audio signal; and a converting portion that converts the recorded video/audio signal. The recording device, leaving the original video/audio signal, copies the video/audio signal whose bit rate, encoding format, etc., have been converted at the converting portion to another recording device and moves the information necessary for utilizing the video/audio signal to the another recording device. After the video/audio signal is utilized by the another recording device, only the information necessary for utilizing the video/audio signal is moved again from the a…
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