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.
Claims20
A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing image information, comprising:
- a photographing sensor configured to photograph an object and generate image information to be stored in an internal recording medium or an external recording medium;
- a reproducer configured to reproduce the image information stored in the internal recording medium or the external recording medium;
- processing circuitry configured to:
- execute a face-recognizing process on the image information generated by the photographing sensor to detect a face;
- register a person in the image information as a specific person, wherein a first person with a face is obtained by newly photographing the first person in a photographing mode and thereafter registered as a first specific person, and wherein a second person with a face is obtained by newly photographing the second person in a photographing mode and thereafter registered as a second specific person;
- firstly pick out image information which includes both the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person based on selection of thumbnail images being displayed simultaneously corresponding to each of the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person, the thumbnail images extracting and indicating face area of each of the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person,
- secondly pick out the image information based on a predetermined condition from among the picked-out image information which includes both the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person, and
- control the reproducer to selectively and sequentially reproduce the image information picked out based on the predetermined condition.
A recording and reproducing method for recording and reproducing image information, comprising:
- photographing, by a photographing sensor, an object and generating image information to be stored in an internal recording medium or an external recording medium;
- reproducing, by a reproducer, the image information stored in the internal recording medium or the external recording medium;
- executing, by processing circuitry, a face-recognizing process on the image information generated by the photographing sensor to detect a face;
- registering, by processing circuitry, a person in the image information as a specific person, wherein a first person with a face is obtained by newly photographing the first person in a photographing mode and thereafter registered as a first specific person, wherein a second person with a face is obtained by newly photographing the second person in a photographing mode and thereafter registered as a second specific person;
- firstly, selecting, by processing circuitry, image information which includes both the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person based on selection of thumbnail images being displayed simultaneously corresponding to each of the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person, the thumbnail images extracting and indicating face area of each of the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person,
- secondly, selecting, by processing circuitry, the image information based on a predetermined condition from among the selected image information which includes both the registered first specific person and the registered second specific person, and
- controlling, by processing circuitry, the reproducer to selectively and sequentially reproduce the image information selected based on the predetermined condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.