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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Yoshikazu Fujishima, Daito, JP;
Ryusuke Noda, Daito, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshikazu Fujishima, Daito, JP;
Ryusuke Noda, Daito, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A record/playback apparatus includes a recording unit that records a televised program being received by a receiving unit to a disk-shaped recording medium such as a DVD or HD. Also, a commercial message detecting unit detects a switch from main program to commercial message and a switch from commercial message to main program. The recording unit records the main program and commercial messages inserted in the main program to the recording medium under separate titles, based on a result of the detection by the commercial message detecting unit.