US 7,577,337 B2
Audio/video data recording/reproducing device and method, and audio/video data reproducing device and method
Masanori Itoh, Osaka (Japan); and Masafumi Shimotashiro, Osaka (Japan)
Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/381,867
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2001, PCT No. PCT/JP01/08958
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 28, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/32130, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 2000-311583 (JP), filed on Oct. 12, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2003/0170009 A1, Sep. 11, 2003
Int. Cl. H04N 7/26 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/40 (2006.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/20 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G11B 7/00 (2006.01); G11B 15/52 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 386—111  [386/68; 386/95; 386/98; 386/125; 386/126; 348/484; 348/724; 348/738; 369/47.24; 369/53.22; 369/124.09; 382/236; 382/239; 725/31; 725/63; 725/116; 725/117; 725/131] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio/video data recording/reproducing device, comprising:
a compressed data output part that outputs compressed data that has been recorded to an external device through a digital interface;
a reproduction signal output part that outputs a synthesized signal after being subjected to compression, which is obtained by expanding the compressed data that has been recorded to generate an audio/video signal, then further adding thereto another audio/video signal to generate a combined signal, and subjecting the combined signal to compression to provide the synthesized signal, to the external device through the digital interface;
a recording part that records the audio/video signal by compression; and
a switching part that switches between an output from the compressed data output part and an output from the reproduction signal output part.