# US 2014/0193136 A1 · Information processing apparatus and information processing method

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- Number: US 2014/0193136 A1
- Document ID: US20140193136A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/119,303
- Filed: 2012-04-17
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-06-29
- Assignees: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Inventors: Manabu Nishizawa; Kensaku Ishizuka; Masakazu Hayashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193136A1

## CPC

- G11B 27/323: {Time code signal, e.g. on a cue track as SMPTE- or EBU-time code}
- G11B 27/034: on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence)
- G11B 27/105: {of operating discs}
- H04N 5/7755: {the recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver}
- H04N 5/91: Television signal processing therefor
- H04N 21/4325: {by playing back content from the storage medium (reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79)}
- H04N 21/4334: {Recording operations (recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27)}
- G11B 2220/2541: Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
- H04N 5/783: Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
- H04N 9/8205: {involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal}
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, a cue playback decision unit 610 determines, based on recording information acquired from a recording information storage unit in which a recorded content having a program recorded and the recording information of the recorded content are associated with each other, whether or not a recorded content of a playback target is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback. A time confirmation unit 612 acquires, when it is determined that the recorded content is a recorded content to be played back by cue playback, recording starting time included in the recording information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit. A skip time acquisition unit 614 determines, based on the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit 612, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback of the recorded content of the playback target.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a cue playback decision unit configured to determine, based on recording information acquired from a recording information storage unit in which a recorded content having a program recorded and the recording information of the recorded content are associated with each other, whether or not a recorded content of a playback target is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback;
a time confirmation unit configured to acquire, when it is determined that the recorded content is a recorded content to be played back by cue playback, recording starting time included in the recording information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit; and
a skip time acquisition unit configured to determine, based on the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback of the recorded content of the playback target.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording information at least includes record storage place information representative of a storage place of the recorded content, recording starting time of the recorded content and recording method information representative of whether the recorded content has been recorded by programmed recording or by manual recording.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the cue playback decision unit acquires the recording method information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit and determines, when the recorded content is a recorded content recorded by programmed recording, the recorded content as a recorded content to be played back by cue playback.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cue playback decision unit further acquires, when the recorded content of the playback target is a recorded content recorded by programmed recording, the record storage place information of the recorded content from the recording information storage unit and determines, when the recorded content is stored in the information processing apparatus, the recorded content as a recorded content to be played back by cue playback.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording information storage unit further includes a cue reference second number to be used as a reference for the determination of a time period to be skipped upon cue playback, and
the skip time acquisition unit determines, when the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit is equal to or greater than the cue reference second number, the number of seconds obtained by subtracting the number of seconds of the recording starting time from 60 seconds as the time period to be skipped upon cue playback, but determines, when the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit is smaller than the cue reference second number, the time period to be skipped upon cue playback to 0 seconds.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the cue reference second number is 40 seconds.

### Claim 7

An information processing method causing a processor to perform:
determining, based on recording information associated with a recorded content in which a program is recorded, whether or not the recorded content is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback; and
determining, when the recorded content is a recorded content to be played back by cue playback, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback based on the number of seconds of the recording starting time of the recorded content.

### Claim 8

A program causing a computer to implement:
a function of acquiring, from a recording information storage unit in which a recorded content having a program recorded and recording information of the recorded content are associated with each other, the recording information;
a function of determining, based on the recording information acquired from the recording information storage unit, whether or not a recorded content of a playback target is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback;
a function of acquiring, when it is determined that the recorded content of the playback target is the recorded content to be played back by cue playback, recording starting time included in the recording information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit; and
a function of determining, based on the number of seconds of the acquired recording starting time, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback of the recorded content of the playback target.