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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Masashi Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Chotoku, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Suito, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Chotoku, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Suito, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a video-signal recording and playback apparatus for recording or playing back a video signal, the video-signal recording and playback apparatus comprising: extracting means for extracting a static picture from a sequence of video signals with a predetermined timing; judgment means for forming a judgment as to whether or not a static picture extracted by the extracting means can be used as a representative picture; and setting means for setting the static picture as a representative picture in accordance with an outcome of a judgment formed by the judgment means.