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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/783 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/783 ;
Abstract
A retrieval method by designation of recording time comprises the first step of specifying, when recording time is designated in order to perform retrieval by designation of the recording time, a block corresponding to the designated recording time on the basis of VASS data, and storing in a second memory data in the block, the second step of retrieving, out of a plurality of fields included in the block stored in the second memory, the field having recording time information corresponding to the designated recording time by binary search, and the third step of reproducing and outputting data corresponding to the retrieved field.