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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1997
Koji Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Isao Harigaya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus includes a recording circuit for forming predetermined memory units by correlating video information and audio information with retrieval information for retrieval of the video information and the audio information, and sequentially recording the predetermined memory units in a solid-state memory device at intervals of predetermined time, a file generating circuit for generating a retrieval information file for retrieving the video information and the audio information on the basis of the retrieval information, and a reproducing circuit for reading out the video information and the audio information from the solid-state memory device on the basis of information contained in the retrieval information file and reproducing a video signal and an audio signal from the solid-state memory device, during retrieval of information recorded in the solid-state memory device.