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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2000
Tokuo Nakatani, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideaki Harumoto, Moriguchi, JP;
Kazuhiko Nakamura, Hirakata, JP;
Tomoyuki Okada, Edinburgh, GB;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical disc recording apparatus including: a receiving unit operable to receive designations from a user, the designations including a recording start designation, a recording end designation, a pause designation, and a pause release designation; an encoding unit operable to generate one video object by compressing audio and video data for a period starting when the receiving unit receives the recording start designation or the pause release designation and ending when the receiving unit receives the pause designation or the recording end designation, where if the receiving unit receives the pause release designation, a video object is generated so that the video object is capable of being seamlessly reproduced with an immediately preceding video object in a reproduction apparatus; a generation unit operable to generate a seamless flag each time a video object is generated, the seamless flag showing whether the video object corresponding to the seamless flag is capable of being seamlessly reproduced with an immediately preceding video object in the reproduction apparatus; and a recording unit operable to record, onto an optical disc, each video object generated by the encoding unit and each seamless flag generated by the generation unit.