Recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeMaxell, Ltd.
InventorMari Yoshida
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Abstract
In a recording and reproducing apparatus and a recording and reproducing method for the recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing image information on a scene obtained through photographing, relative to a predetermined first recording medium and being capable of setting one or more chapters to each scene, a face recognizing process is executed for a photographed image based on the image information, an importance level of each chapter is set in accordance with a result of the face recognizing process for a very important person (VIP) set by a user, and each chapter having a relevant importance level among importance levels of respective chapters is selectively reproduced. A user can therefore find an object chapter and scene quickly and easily.
Claims10
A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing image information, comprising:
- a photographing sensor configured to photograph an object and generate image information;
- a recorder configured to record the image information generated by the photographing sensor in a recording medium;
- a reproducer configured to reproduce the image information recorded by the recorder;
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- a controller;
- wherein the controller is configured to execute a face recognizing process on the image information recorded in the recording medium and register a person whose face is recognized by the face recognizing process as a first person in accordance with a user instruction;
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- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- firstly select a plurality of image information which includes the registered first person among a plurality of image information recorded in the recording medium,
- secondly select a plurality of image information recognized with relatively high importance level among the firstly selected plurality of image information, and
- control the reproducer as a first reproducing mode to sequentially reproduce the secondly selected plurality of image information,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- thirdly select a plurality of image information recognized with relatively higher importance level among the secondly selected plurality of image information,
- control the reproducer as a third reproducing mode to sequentially reproduce the thirdly selected plurality of image information, and
- set a reproducing time so that a first continuous reproducing time for reproducing the secondly selected plurality of image information under the first reproducing mode is longer than a second continuous reproducing time for reproducing the thirdly selected plurality of image information under the third reproducing mode.
A method for recording and reproducing image information for a recording and reproducing apparatus including,
- a photographing sensor configured to photograph an object and generate image information;
- a recorder configured to record the image information generated by the photographing sensor in a recording medium;
- a reproducer configured to reproduce the image information having been recorded by the recording device from the recording medium;
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- wherein the method comprises:
- a registering step in which a face recognizing process for the image information having been recorded in the recording medium is executed, and a person whose face has been recognized by the face recognizing process as a first person is registered in accordance with a user instruction;
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- firstly selecting a plurality of image information which includes the registered first person among a plurality of image information recorded in the recording medium,
- secondly selecting a plurality of image information recognized with relatively high importance level among the firstly selected plurality of image information,
- controlling the reproducer as a first reproducing mode to sequentially reproduce the secondly selected plurality of image information,
- thirdly selecting a plurality of image information recognized with relatively higher importance level among the secondly selected plurality of image information,
- controlling the reproducer as a third reproducing mode to sequentially reproduce the thirdly selected plurality of image information, and
- setting a reproducing time so that a first continuous reproducing time for reproducing the secondly selected plurality of image information under the first reproducing mode is longer than a second continuous reproducing time for reproducing the thirdly selected plurality of image information under the third reproducing mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.