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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2003
Tohru Suetomo, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Masahiro Kawasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Youichi Yamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Tohru Suetomo, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Masahiro Kawasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Youichi Yamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
MPEG encodergenerates VOBUs from broadcast waves and writes them to HDD. Record controlling unitcontrols MPEG encoderand HDDto repeatedly perform this writing process for achieving a continuous recording function. Record controlling unitalso judges if there are points of time at which, by a broadcast station, (i) a service period is switched to an out-of-service period, and (ii) an out-of-service period is switched to a service period. Record controlling unitsuspends the writing to the HDDat a point of time at which a service period is switched to an out-of service period, and resumes the writing to the HDDat a point of time at which an out-of-service period is switched to a service period.