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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2001
Kouji Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouji Komatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides index information that can be handled with ease. Microcomputerreads out the video data recorded in video cassetteon the basis of the recording information on-the video data and generates index-related images on the basis of the read out video data. Then, it generates a retrieval-serving image to be used for retrieving the video data recorded in the video cassette, said retrieval-serving image containing the index-related images and the recording information of the video data corresponding to the index-related images, and conserves the retrieval-serving image data at least in internal memoryor in external memory. Thereafter, it displays the retrieval-serving image conserved in the internal memoryor the external memoryon image display section. As one of the index-related images contained in the retrieval-serving image that is displayed on the image display sectionis selected, it retrieves the corresponding video data on the basis of the corresponding recording information and reproduces the retrieved video data.