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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1998
Shinichi Haseno, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A picture recording and reproducing method in which thumbnail picture data can be read out promptly. At step S , an area is secured from the outer rim side of a magnetic disc for setting a recording area for a main picture file. At step S , a floppy disc controller (FDC) is controlled to write a main picture file by a floppy disc drive (FDD) in the area on the magnetic disc as determined at step S . At step S , an area is secured from the inner rim side of the magnetic disc for setting a recording area for a thumbnail picture file. At step S , the FDC is controlled to write a thumbnail picture file by the floppy disc drive (FDD) in the area on the magnetic disc as determined at step S . This alternately records the main picture file and the thumbnail picture file from both ends of the data area of the magnetic disc.