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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Minoru Takahata, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A video data storage and playback scheme in which the playback of video data that has been interrupted due to the occurrence of the overtaking at the storage device can be automatically resumed at the playback device is disclosed. The storage device is controlled to transmit the read out video data to the playback device by attaching control data indicating that it is video data read out after an overtaking occurred, when the read out video data is video data stored after an occurrence of the overtaking in which a reading position of video data in a process of being read out from the storage device in response to the request from the playback device overtook a writing position of video data in a process of being written into the storage device. Then, the playback device is controlled to resume playback of video data that has been interrupted due to the occurrence of the overtaking, upon detecting the control data.