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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1997
Hiroaki Furuyama, Tachikawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproducing apparatus having an editing function of performing editing by using another apparatus is arranged to, during the editing actions, output an information image signal indicating the status of progress of editing actions to the other apparatus during a period when the reproducing apparatus is searching for an information signal recorded on the recording medium, not to send the information image signal to the other apparatus during a period when the reproducing apparatus is reproducing the searched-for information signal, and to always display on a display of the reproducing apparatus an information image represented by the information image signal. Further, the reproducing apparatus is arranged to, if an editing end point on the recording medium is not set in setting an editing program, set the editing program to have the editing end point automatically set to the end of the recording medium, to search for and reproduce an information signal recorded on the recording medium according to the set editing program, and to cause the other apparatus to perform an editing recording action in accordance with the editing program. In the reproducing apparatus, an editing program can be easily set without any faulty operation, and when editing actions are to be carried out according to a plurality of editing programs, the operator is accurately informed of the status of progress of the editing actions.