JP2003037796A - Information recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology of the information recording and reproducing device that can bring a position corresponding to a still picture by static image sample information to a reproduction start point. SOLUTION: The information recording and reproducing device is provided with a means of extracting static image sample information from video image in a timing, corresponding to an audio level change or a switching of an audio mode in audio information, accompanying recorded video information or luminance level changes in the video image at recording and stores the extracted information to a storage medium or a memory; a means of generating a reduced still picture from the stored still picture sample information and displays the reduced static images on the screen of a display device at reproduction; and a means of reproducing the video information by using a position of the static image sample information of one image selected from among the reduced static images for a start point.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information recording / reproducing technique, and more particularly to retrieval of a reproducing position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-205604, at the time of recording, a video signal and position information are recorded on a magnetic tape, and still image sample information at the start of recording is extracted and recorded on an HDD. Furthermore, there is described a configuration in which, at the time of reproduction, the still image sample information and the position information are extracted and displayed on the screen, and the video signal to be viewed is selected from the information on the display screen to perform cueing.

[0003]

In the above prior art, still picture sample information is extracted at the first part of video information.
Therefore, when recording is started before the target video information as in the case of reserved recording, still image sample information of a portion other than the program to be recorded is extracted, and the still image sample information is reproduced. It cannot be used as a list display for cueing. In view of the above-mentioned conventional technique, an object of the present invention is to enable a position corresponding to a still image based on still image sample information to be a reproduction start point. An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of solving such problems.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention detects a change in a video signal or a change in an audio signal accompanying the video signal, and detects target program information from the change state. Is determined, and still picture sample information is extracted from the video information, and reproduction is started from this.
In addition, a target reproduction start position is set in a plurality of recorded programs, and reproduction of the desired program is started from the still image sample information at the positions. Further, in the case of interruption of reproduction, still picture sample information at the final stop position is automatically stored, and program reproduction is started again with the still picture sample information as a starting point. Specifically, (1) as an information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, a change in audio level of audio information accompanying audio information to be recorded, switching of audio mode, or video information A first means for extracting still image sample information from video information at a timing corresponding to a change in luminance level and storing it in a storage medium or a memory, and a still image reduced from the stored still image sample information at the time of reproduction. Second means for forming and displaying a plurality of the reduced still images on the screen of the display device, and reproducing the video information starting from the position of the still image sample information of the reduced still images selected from the plurality. And a third means. (2) In the above (1), the first means forms a signal that distinguishes the program mode from the commercial mode based on a change in the audio level, a change in the audio mode, or a change in the brightness level of the video information. In, the still image sample information is extracted and stored together with the position information at the time of extraction. (3) As an information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, at the time of reproduction, a reproduction position is set from the reproduced video information, and the reproduction position information and a still image sample of the reproduced video information. A first means for storing information in a storage medium or a memory, and a reduced still image formed from the still image sample information and a position information image corresponding to the reproduction position information are controlled to be displayed on the screen of the display device. Second
And a third means for reproducing video information starting from the position of still image sample information selected based on the reduced still image and position information image. (4) In the above (3), the first means sets a plurality of reproduction positions from reproduced video information at the time of reproduction, and a plurality of reproduction position information and a plurality of reproduction positions corresponding to the reproduction video information are set. It is assumed that a still image sample information is stored in a storage medium or a memory. (5) In the above (3), the first means sets a plurality of reproduction positions from the reproduced video information at the time of reproduction, and a plurality of reproduction position information and a plurality of reproduction positions corresponding to the reproduction video information. Still image sample information is stored in a storage medium or a memory, and the second means includes a menu of a plurality of position information images corresponding to the plurality of still image sample information and a plurality of selection buttons on the screen of the display device. It shall have a displayable configuration above. (6) As an information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, when the reproduction of the recorded video information is stopped midway during reproduction, a still image is reproduced from the reproduction video information at the final stop position. Means for extracting sample information and storing it in a storage medium or memory; means for controlling to form a reduced still image from the still image sample information and displaying it on the screen of a display device; selection based on the reduced still image Means for reproducing video information from the position of the sampled still image sample information as a starting point. (7) As an information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, a first mode in which reproduction is started based on change information of recorded video information and reproduction based on set reproduction position information. A configuration is possible in which a second mode to be started and a third mode in which reproduction is started based on video information at the final stop position in the case of reproduction interruption are possible, and recording is performed during recording in the first mode. Extracts still image sample information from the video information and stores it in a storage medium or memory at a timing that is synchronous or asynchronous with a change in the audio level of the audio information accompanying the video information, a change in the audio mode, or a change in the brightness level of the video information. A first means, and a second means for forming a reduced still image from the stored still image sample information during reproduction and displaying a plurality of the reduced still images on the screen of the display device. A third means for reproducing video information starting from the position of still image sample information of a reduced still image selected from the plurality, and a reproduction position from the reproduced video information during reproduction in the second mode. And a fourth means for storing the reproduction position information and still image sample information of the reproduced video information in a storage medium or a memory, and a reduced still image formed from the still image sample information and the set Fifth means for displaying a position information image corresponding to the reproduction position information on the screen of the display device, and video information based on the position of the still image sample information selected based on the reduced still image and the position information image. A sixth means of playing,
In the third mode, when reproduction of recorded video information is stopped midway during reproduction, still image sample information is extracted from the reproduced video information at the final stop position and stored in a storage medium or a memory. Means, forming a reduced still image from the still image sample information and displaying it on the screen of the display device; and starting from the position of the still image sample information selected based on the reduced still image. A ninth means for reproducing video information and a menu for selecting one of the first, second, and third modes are displayed on the screen of the display device, and the mode selected from these is started. And a tenth means.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the information recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 2 is a TV tuner,
3, 12 are switching circuits, 4 are video signal processing circuits, 5 are
A video / audio data compression circuit for performing signal compression according to the MPEG standard, 6 a digital data processor for converting a signal into a recording format, 7 a pickup unit, 8
Is a recording medium such as an optical disc, 9 is an amplifier, 10 is an external input video signal terminal, 11 is an external input audio signal terminal, 13 is an audio signal processing circuit, and 14 is a still image capture that captures still image sample information from the video signal. A circuit, 15 is a still image memory that stores still image sample information, 16 is a motor that rotationally drives the recording medium 8, 17 is a still reduction circuit that forms a still image that is reduced from sample information, and 18 is an audio signal , A scene switching detection circuit that detects switching of video scenes, 20 is a brightness level detection circuit that detects the brightness level of the video signal, and 21 is a control drive of the motor 16. Servo driver, 22 is a character signal addition circuit for adding a character signal,
Reference numeral 23 is a video signal reproducing circuit for reproducing a video signal, 24 is a video / audio data expanding circuit for expanding video data and audio data, 25 is a video signal output terminal, 26 is an audio signal output terminal, and 27 is an audio signal reproduction. Is a system control circuit, 29 is a date / time signal generation circuit, 30 is a display unit, 31 is an operation unit, and 32 is an internal memory.

In the above configuration, the broadcast radio wave input from the antenna 1 is selected by the TV tuner 2 for a desired television broadcast program, the video signal is input to the switching circuit 3, and the audio signal is input to the switching circuit 12. Is entered. An external input video signal can be input to the switching circuit 3 from an external input video signal terminal 10, and the switching circuit 12 is also provided.
An external input audio signal can be input from the external input audio signal terminal 11, and the signals from the TV tuner 2 and the external input signal are independently switched by the respective switching circuits 3 and 12. It is like this. The video signal output from the switching circuit 3 is input to the video signal processing circuit 4, converted into video data suitable for digital compression in the video signal processing circuit 4, and sent to the video / audio data compression circuit 5. The audio signal output from the switching circuit 12 is input to the audio signal processing circuit 13, and the audio signal processing circuit 13 outputs the audio signal.
Is converted into audio data suitable for digital processing and sent to the video / audio data compression circuit 5 in the same manner as the above video signal. The video data and audio data input to the video / audio data compression circuit 5 are compressed by the compression technology of the MPEG standard in the video / audio data compression circuit 5, and are further sent to the digital data processor 6. In the digital data processor 6, the format recorded on the medium is converted and sent to the pickup unit 7. Pickup unit 7
Then, the electric signal is converted into the optical signal (magneto-optical signal),
It is recorded on the recording medium 8 of the optical disc.

At the time of reproduction, the optical output detected from the recording medium (optical disk) 8 by the pickup unit 7 is converted into an electric signal, the electric signal is amplified by the amplifier 9, and further inputted to the digital data processor 6. The digital data processor 6 converts the recording format back to MPEG standard data. The MPEG standard data is input to the video / audio data expansion circuit 24, and is separated into standard digital video data and digital audio data by the video / audio data expansion circuit 24. The standard digital video data is converted from digital data to an analog video signal by the video signal reproduction circuit 23 and then converted into the character signal addition circuit 22.
, And the characters are superimposed on the character signal adding circuit 22 and output from the video signal output terminal 25. On the other hand, the standard audio data is converted from digital data into an analog audio signal by the audio signal reproducing circuit 27, and the audio signal output terminal 26
Is output from.

[0008] For example, when the program is reproduced from the beginning,
The video signal data for extracting the still picture sample information used for the cue of reproduction is sent from the video signal processing circuit 4 to the still picture capturing circuit 14, and the still picture capturing circuit 14 stores the image of the still picture sample information. Capture processing (extraction processing) is performed. The image of the extracted still image sample information is stored in the still image memory 15. The still image capturing circuit 14
The control of the extraction timing of the still image sample information and the like in, for example, the luminance level change of the video signal from the video signal processing circuit 4 at the time of switching from the commercial mode to the program mode (non-commercial mode) and the audio signal processing circuit This is performed based on the change in the audio level of the audio signal from 13 or the switching of the audio mode so that the commercial mode is not recorded. That is, the brightness level detection circuit 20 detects the brightness change of the video signal obtained from the video signal processing circuit 4 to determine the scene switching, and the switching information is detected as the scene switching detection circuit 19.
Send to. On the other hand, the voice mode data and the voice signal output from the voice signal processing circuit 13 are the voice level detection circuit 18
Then, the switching of the audio is judged from the interruption of the audio signal, the level change and the audio mode, and the switching information is sent to the scene switching detection circuit 19. The scene switching detection circuit 19 ANDs the video switching information and the audio switching information to control the still image capturing circuit 14 to capture (extract) the image of the still image sample information. The scene switching detection circuit 19 has a configuration capable of changing the detection sensitivity level, and can detect switching even when there is little change in audio signals and video signals, for example. The image of the still image sample information captured (extracted) by the still image capturing circuit 14 is held in the still image memory 15. The system control 28 is for controlling the switching of input video and audio signals,
The table of contents information related to the video information such as the time information received from the date / time signal generator 29 and the position information when the image of the still image sample information is captured (extracted) are captured from the scene switching detection circuit 19, It is registered in the internal memory 32 in association with the image of the still image sample information recorded in the still image memory 15. The internal memory 32 stores information in which the start / end addresses of a program which is signal-compressed and recorded on the recording medium 8 are determined by controlling the servo driver 21 and the motor 16.

When a program is cued, a program search button is pressed from the operation unit 31 to notify the system control 28, and the system control 28 displays the still image sample information image for the cue search as the still image memory 15. And the sample image is multiplied by 1 / N in the still image reduction circuit 17 and sent to the multi-display circuit 33. Multi display circuit 33
Captures a plurality of 1 / N-times still image sample information images, converts them into signals for list display, and sends them to the video signal reproduction circuit 23 to obtain analog video signals. The analog still images in the still image sample list are sent to the character signal addition circuit 22, and the input image information of the sample images registered in the internal memory 32, the table of contents information such as the registration date, the audio mode, etc. are added and sent to the image output terminal 25. To be On the video output terminal 25, a list of images of still image sample information reduced for cueing and program index information is displayed, and a program search setting screen is displayed.

When the reduced still image sample image is selected from the operation unit 31 and the program is cued and reproduced, the start address registered in the internal memory 32 corresponding to the reduced still image sample image is used as the system. The control 28 reads and controls the servo driver 21 to drive the motor 16 to reproduce the data of the target start address portion recorded on the recording medium 8. The reproduced data is switched from the program search setting screen to the reproduction screen and is output from the video output terminal 25 and the audio output terminal 26. The display unit 30 displays the operating state of the device, and displays that it is playing, recording, or cueing.

2 to 7 are explanatory views of the operating method in the apparatus of the present invention. 2 shows a device connection diagram, and FIG.
4 shows an example of the arrangement of operation buttons in the remote controller shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 shows an example of a reproduction program menu and a reproduction menu displayed on the external display device shown in FIG. 2, and FIGS. Shows a bookmark menu displayed on an external display device and a display example of a playback bar, and FIG. 7 shows a plurality of program lists set by bookmarks, reduced still images corresponding to each program, and a bookmark button for selection. . In FIG. 2, reference numeral 100 denotes an information recording / reproducing apparatus, 1
Reference numeral 01 is an optical disk as an information recording medium, 102 is a remote controller light receiving unit, 103 is an external display device for displaying a signal output from the information recording / reproducing device as an image or outputting as a sound, and 200 is for remote operation. It is a remote controller as an operation unit. The remote controller light receiving unit 102 is the remote controller 20.
The operation signal from 0 is transmitted to the system control inside the device.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 200 is a remote controller, 201 is a power button, 202 is a bookmark button (in this embodiment, bookmark means position information indicating a reproduction start point), 203 is a menu button, and 204 is a navigation button. 205 to 208 are cursor buttons, and 209 is an enter button. When the power button 201 is pressed, the information recording / reproducing device 100 starts up. When the navigation button 204 of the remote controller 200 is pressed, a reproduction program menu as shown in FIG. 4A is displayed on the external display device 103. In FIG. 4A, reference numerals 401 to 406 denote reduced still images of the still image sample information at the start of program recording extracted from the video signal or audio signal sent from the TV tuner or the like. By pressing any of the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200 of FIG.
A desired recorded program corresponding to any of 01 to 406 is selected and confirmed by operating the enter button 209, and the selected recorded program is automatically cued and reproduced and displayed on the external display device 103. The program selected by the cursor button is displayed in a colored frame around the reduced screen so that it can be distinguished from other programs.

FIG. 4B shows an example in which a reproduction menu (a reproduction mode menu) 407 is displayed in an overlapping manner with the display of the reduced still images 401 to 406 as the reproduction program menu of FIG. 4A. is there. The playback menu includes a menu "Play from beginning" 408 in which the selected program starts from the position of the still image sample information at the time of recording, and a position in the program in which the video information is to be started to be played back. There are three menus, "Bookmark playback" 409 when a bookmark is set in advance and "Menu playback" 410 when the selected program has already been played halfway through the program and a stop operation has been performed. . When the program is selected and confirmed, the reproduction menu 407 is displayed on the screen. Any one of “Play from beginning” 408, “Bookmark play” 409, and “Play from continuation” 410 of the play menu 407 is selected, for example, with the cursors 205 and 206 of the remote controller 200 and confirmed with the enter button 209. . When "play from beginning" 408 is selected, the program is played back from the start of recording. If "Bookmark Play" 409 is selected,
For example, a bookmark menu as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is displayed, and according to the selection of the menu, reproduction is performed from the set bookmark position. "Play from continuation" 410
If is selected, the previously selected program is played from the position where it was stopped. In this case, the position where the program is stopped during the reproduction is automatically stored in the internal memory 32 by the system control 28 as the final stop position information for each program. Further, in the mode in which the reproduction is restarted after the stop, the still image sample information is captured by the still image capturing circuit 14 and stored in the still image memory 15. Since the stop position is recorded for each program, it is possible to continue the reproduction from the position where the program was previously stopped in all the recorded programs.

The reproduction operation by setting the bookmark will be described below. FIG. 5A shows a display example of the bookmark menu and the playback bar when setting a bookmark. When the bookmark button 202 of the remote controller 200 is pressed at a desired scene (scene) during the reproduction of the program, the reproduction bar 501 and the reproduction bar 502 that overlaps with the reproduction image 501 are displayed. A bookmark menu 503 for making settings for is displayed. The left end of the playback bar 502 indicates the beginning of the recorded program, the right end thereof indicates the end of the program, and the mark 504 indicates the current playback position, which moves on the playback bar 502 in conjunction with the playback scene. Display on bookmark menu 503 "Add bookmark" 505, "Play bookmark" 506
Is, for example, the cursor 2 of the remote controller 200.
Selected by 05 and 206, and confirmed by the enter button 209. FIG. 5B shows a display screen when “Add bookmark” 505 is selected from the bookmark menu. When "Add bookmark" 505 is selected, information corresponding to a still image, such as information on the reproduction start position of the image at that time, is displayed by the system control 2
8 is stored in the internal memory 32 by the playback bar 502.
The bookmark 507 is displayed at the selected reproduction start position above. At this time, still picture sample information is taken in by the still picture taking circuit and stored in the still picture memory 15.

FIG. 6A shows a display example when a plurality of bookmarks are set. To add a bookmark, click "Add Bookmark" at the desired scene during playback.
If you select 505 and press the OK button 209, the playback bar 5
The bookmark 508 is added to the corresponding position on 02.
By repeating this operation, multiple bookmarks are set.

Next, a description will be given of the case where the reproduction of the recorded program is started or the reproduction by the bookmark setting is started from the reproduction menu of FIG. 4B. When the recorded program is being reproduced, for example, when the bookmark button 204 of the remote controller 200 is pressed, the screen of FIG. 5A is displayed when the bookmark is not set, and a plurality of bookmarks are set in advance. Displays the screen of FIG. 6 (a). When FIG. 6A is displayed, “Bookmark playback” 506 on the bookmark menu 503 indicates, for example, the cursor 205, 2 of the remote controller 200.
When it is selected in 06 and confirmed by the decision button 209, the screen of FIG. 6B for selecting a bookmark is displayed.
If a plurality of bookmarks are set in advance in the reproduction menu of FIG. 4B, "Bookmark reproduction" 4
Since 09 is displayed, when it is selected and confirmed, the screen of FIG. 6B for selecting a bookmark is displayed.
When the screen of FIG. 6B is displayed, the bookmarks 509 and 510 on the playback bar 502 are selected and confirmed by, for example, the cursors 207 and 208 of the remote controller 200 and the enter button 209, and bookmarked positions are set. Will be played from. When the position of the cursor is the bookmark 509, a still image at the position of the bookmark 509 is displayed on the screen, and when the cursor moves to another bookmark, a still image corresponding to the bookmark at the cursor position is displayed. For example, when the bookmark 509 is selected with the cursors 207 and 208, the still image corresponding to the bookmark 509 is confirmed, and the confirmation button 209 is selected, the reproduction is started from the position of the bookmark 509. At this time, the bookmark 50
The bookmark 509 is displayed in a different color so that the bookmark 9 can be distinguished from other bookmarks.

Next, a case where a plurality of bookmarks are set in the information recording / reproducing apparatus 100 by the remote controller 200 and reproduction is started from the bookmark set on the bookmark list screen will be described. FIG. 7 shows a plurality of program lists set by bookmarking, a reduced still image corresponding to each program, and a bookmark button for selection. When the bookmark button 204 of the remote controller 200 is pressed in the stopped state where the recorded program is not reproduced,
Bookmark reproduction menu 601 and bookmark buttons 602, 60 preset with bookmarks on the screen
3, 604, 605, 606, 607 are displayed in a list. When a plurality of bookmarks are set in one program, identifiable displays such as "program A-1" 608 and "program A-2" 609 are displayed like the bookmark buttons 602 and 603. Further, the child screen 610 in which the still image at the position where the bookmark is set is reduced is displayed next to all the bookmarks. Bookmarks 602 to 607 on the bookmark reproduction menu 601 are selected by, for example, the cursors 205 and 206 of the remote controller 200 and confirmed by the enter button 209. If the bookmark is not displayed on the screen, the cursor may be scroll-displayed. In this way, when a desired bookmark is selected and confirmed from the bookmarks 602 to 607, the reproduction is started from the position where the bookmark is set.

According to the configuration of the above embodiment, an image of still picture sample information is captured from the scene of the main part of the desired program, and a plurality of reduced still pictures are displayed together with the program information on the screen of the display section in a listable state. Therefore, the search operation can be easily performed with the still image that matches the program content. Further, by automatically recording the reproduction stop position information for each program, even if each of a plurality of recorded programs is reproduced halfway, it is possible to continue reproduction from the previous stop position for each program. It is also possible to cut commercials.

In this embodiment, the internal memory and the still image memory are separately provided as memories, but one memory may be shared. Further, the display form of the screen, the type and arrangement of the operation buttons, the operation method, etc. are not limited to those of the embodiment.

[0020]

According to the present invention, it is possible to set a plurality of reproduction start points, perform a search in a full list state, and start reproduction from a desired scene.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an information recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a connection state of devices.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an arrangement example of operation buttons of a remote controller.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a reproduction program menu and a reproduction menu.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a bookmark menu and a playback bar.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a bookmark menu and a playback bar.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a program list set by a bookmark, a reduced still image corresponding to the program, and a bookmark button.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... TV antenna, 2 ... TV tuner, 3, 12 ...
Switching circuit, 4 ... Video signal processing circuit, 5 ... Video / audio data compression circuit, 6 ... Digital data processor,
7 ... Pickup unit, 8 ... Recording medium, 9 ... Amplifier, 10 ... External input video signal terminal, 11 ... External input audio signal terminal, 13 ... Audio signal processing circuit, 14 ...
Still image capturing circuit, 15 ... Still image memory, 16 ...
Motor, 17 ... Still image reduction circuit, 18 ... Audio level detection circuit, 19 ... Scene switching detection circuit, 20 ... Luminance level detection circuit, 23 ... Video signal reproduction circuit, 24
... video / audio data expansion circuit, 27 ... audio signal reproduction circuit, 28 ... system control, 29 ... date / time signal generation circuit, 30 ... display section, 31 ... operation section, 32
... internal memory, 100 ... information recording / reproducing apparatus, 101
… Optical disc, 200… Remote controller.

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ identification code FI theme code (reference) H04N 5/45 H04N 5/45 5D110 5/765 5/91 J 5/91 L 5/93 5/93 Z (72) Inventor Yasunori Ohara, 1410 Inada, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki, Ltd. Digital Media Products Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Masao Sato, 292, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture F-term in Hitachi Image Information System Co., Ltd. reference) 5C025 BA25 BA27 BA28 CA06 CA09 CB10 DA10 5C052 AA02 AA17 AB03 AB04 AC08 CC06 CC11 DD04 EE02 EE03 GA03 GB01 GB07 GB09 GC03 GC05 GD09 GE04 GF04 5C053 FA06 FA07 FA23 FA27 GA11 GB06 GB11 GB37 HA29 JA01 JA21 KA04 KA05 LA06 LA07 5C056 AA04 BA10 DA08 DA11 EA05 EA06 5D077 AA22 BA15 CA02 DC22 HA07 HC25 5D110 AA17 AA28 DA20 DB02 EA08 FA09

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, wherein at the time of recording, audio level change of audio information accompanying audio information to be recorded or switching of audio mode or video. First means for extracting still picture sample information from video information and storing it in a storage medium or a memory at a timing corresponding to a change in the brightness level of the information, and a still picture reduced from the stored still picture sample information during reproduction. Second means for forming an image and displaying a plurality of the reduced still images on the screen of the display device; and image information with the position of the still image sample information of the reduced still images selected from the plurality as the starting point. An information recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by comprising a third means for reproducing. 2. A still image sample in the program mode, wherein the first means forms a signal that distinguishes the program mode from the commercial mode based on a change in the sound level, a change in the sound mode or a change in the brightness level of video information. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information recording / reproducing apparatus is configured to extract information and store the extracted information together with the position information at the time of extraction. 3. An information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, wherein a reproduction position is set from the reproduced video information during reproduction, and the reproduction position information and the reproduced video information. Means for storing the still image sample information of a still image in a storage medium or a memory, and a reduced still image formed from the still image sample information and a position information image corresponding to the reproduction position information are displayed on the screen of the display device. And a third means for reproducing the video information from the position of the still image sample information selected based on the reduced still image and the position information image as a starting point.
An information recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by comprising: 4. The first means sets a plurality of reproduction positions from reproduced video information during reproduction, and each reproduction position information and a plurality of still image sample information corresponding to the reproduced video information. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information recording / reproducing apparatus is configured to be stored in a storage medium or a memory. 5. The first means sets a plurality of reproduction positions from the reproduced video information during reproduction, and each reproduction position information and a plurality of still image sample information corresponding to the reproduced video information. Is stored in a storage medium or memory, and the second means can display a menu of a plurality of position information images corresponding to the plurality of still image sample information and a plurality of selection buttons on the screen of the display device. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information recording / reproducing apparatus has the following configuration. 6. An information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, when reproduction of recorded video information is stopped midway during reproduction, from reproduction video information at a final stop position. Means for extracting still image sample information and storing it in a storage medium or memory; means for controlling a reduced still image to be formed from the still image sample information and displaying it on the screen of a display device; An information recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: a means for reproducing video information from a position of still image sample information selected based on the starting point. 7. An information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information on a recording medium, wherein a first mode in which reproduction is started based on change information of the recorded video information and a set reproduction position. A configuration is possible in which a second mode in which reproduction is started based on information and a third mode in which reproduction is started based on video information at the final stop position in the case of reproduction interruption are possible. At the same time, the still image sample information is extracted from the video information at the timing synchronous or asynchronous with the change in the audio level of the audio information accompanying the video information, the switching of the audio mode, or the change in the brightness level of the video information, and the extracted information is stored in the storage medium or memory. A first means for storing and a second hand for forming a reduced still image from the stored still image sample information during reproduction and displaying a plurality of the reduced still images on the screen of the display device. And a third means for reproducing the video information starting from the position of the still picture sample information of the reduced still picture selected from the plurality, and a reproduction from the reproduced video information during reproduction in the second mode. Fourth means for setting a position, storing the reproduction position information and still image sample information of the reproduced video information in a storage medium or a memory, and a reduced still image formed from the still image sample information and the setting. A fifth position information image corresponding to the reproduced position information is displayed on the screen of the display device.
Means, and sixth means for reproducing video information based on the position of still image sample information selected based on the reduced still image and position information image, and recorded during reproduction in the third mode. When the reproduction of the video information is stopped midway, the seventh means for extracting the still image sample information from the reproduced video information at the final stop position and storing it in the storage medium or the memory, and the reduced from the still image sample information Eighth means for forming a still image and displaying it on the screen of the display device; Ninth means for reproducing video information starting from the position of still image sample information selected based on the reduced still image; A menu including a menu for selecting one of the first, second, and third modes displayed on the screen of the display device, and tenth means for starting the selected mode. Recording and reproducing apparatus.