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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2001
Jun Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuo Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kae Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Kita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuo Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kae Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Kita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: an input element supplied with video signals; a recording element for recording the video signals input through the input element onto a storage medium; a reproducing element for reproducing the video signals from the storage medium; a processing element for generating display-ready video signals on the basis of video monitor image signals supplied by the input element and/or on the basis of the reproduced video signals furnished by the reproducing element; and a controlling element for selectively activating, by a single operation of a user, any one of a recording monitor image, a dual-screen display image made of a recording monitor image and a playback image, and a playback image alone.