Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Ichiro Ogawa

Manabu Nakamura

Motohiro Misawa

Mamoru Higashimura

Kazuhisa Tsuzuki

Megumi Umezawa

An image recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing a multiple picture signal obtained by multiplexing picture signals from a plurality of cameras via a frame switcher, the image recording and reproducing apparatus performing high-accuracy fast-forwarding of a prerecorded image from a specific camera and allowing easy retrieval of a target image. The image recording and reproducing apparatus has a skip reproduction feature for alternating skipping of n frames and continuous reproduction of m frames. m is set to a number related to the frame switching pattern. In case n=4 and m=3, four frames are skipped after reproduction of Frame A. Then Frames C, A, Bare continuously reproduced. Thus, the images displayed on the monitor are A, A, and A

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Yokohama, Japan

Ichiro Ogawa