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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1999
Shigeo Yamagata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Horii, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasutomo Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahiko Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproducing apparatus for reproducing signals from a record bearing medium on which a video signal or some other signal is recorded in a plurality of blocks is provided with discriminating unit for determining at least whether the signal recorded in each of the blocks is a video signal or some other signal; storing unit for storing the result of discrimination made by the discriminating unit; reproducing unit for selectively reproducing the records of the blocks on the basis of information obtained from the storing unit; and display unit arranged such that, if a signal recorded in a block currently accessed for reproduction is found to be not the video signal, this finding is displayed on a monitor.