( 50 of 28836 ) |
United States Patent | 7,970,259 |
Morotomi , et al. | June 28, 2011 |
A portable recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from a storage medium are provided. The medium has a data area and a management area. The data area stores data and the management area stores management information for managing the data. The apparatus includes stopping means for stopping reproduction of the data according to a user's input. Updating means for updates the management information so that an address of the storage medium corresponding to the stop position of the reproduced data determined by the user's input becomes the end address of the reproduced data.
Inventors: | Morotomi; Shiro (Kanagawa, JP), Kashimoto; Tomoyo (Tokyo, JP) |
Assignee: |
Sony Corporation
(Tokyo,
JP)
|
Appl. No.: | 11/153,578 |
Filed: | June 15, 2005 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
09830309 | 7099557 | ||||
PCT/JP00/05741 | Aug., 2000 | ||||
Aug 27, 1999 [JP] | 11-241540 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | 386/278 ; 386/224 |
Current International Class: | H04N 5/76 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | 386/117,52,54,83,124-126,224,278,289,282,362 |
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