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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Satoshi Ukawa, Komae, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohno, Zama, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Ukawa, Komae, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohno, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A video recording and playing apparatus for recording and playing a broadcast program. The apparatus comprises a recording unit to record broadcast programs on a storage unit, and a deletion unit to automatically delete a broadcast program recorded on the storage unit. The deletion unit determines, from among a plurality of broadcast programs recorded on the storage unit, a broadcast program which becomes a target of deletion, based on an audio signal or a rating of each broadcast program, in cases where a video recording capacity of the storage unit becomes smaller than a predetermined value.