Abstract: To provide an information recording and/or playback apparatus for dubbing onto a second recording medium all or some of plural pieces of information from a first recording medium in which the plural pieces of information are recorded. The apparatus includes a dubbing function that includes a plurality of dubbing functions respectively having different dubbing information selection methods. In the event of executing dubbing, identifiers enabling selection of one of the plurality of dubbing functions and a display screen for displaying an explanatory text regarding the respective dubbing function is displayed. In addition, when information is selected before the display screen is displayed, the information selection method of the respective dubbing function and an explanatory text to be displayed is changed corresponding to an information selection state.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and method includes an input device to which image data is inputted, a recorder which records the inputted image data into a recording medium, an eraser which erases the recorded image data in the recording medium, a protector which protects from an erasure setting so as to protect from erasure by the eraser of the recorded image data, and a display which displays a list of reduced images of a plurality of image data recorded in the recording medium. While the recorder is controlled utilizing a filing system and the list of reduced images of the plurality of image data recorded in the recording medium is displayed, the display is controlled so as to display a mark indicating that protection from erasure is set with respect to the recorded image data for which protection from erasure is set by the protector.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus includes an access display unit of a hard disk and a failure diagnosis unit to carry out a failure diagnosis by using error information of data reproduced from the hard disk, in which either a video recorded in the hard disk is displayed on the access display unit or an access on the reproduction is displayed thereon, and a warning content obtained from a diagnostic result of the hard disk is displayed after the access is completed.

Abstract: In a recording/reproduction device, a type of recording medium which is currently selected is shown to the user on its small built-in monitor screen in a user-friendly manner and, for more user convenience, a background color of the screen is changed depending on the type of recording medium selected by the user. The user can know the currently selected type of recording medium from the screen's background color so it is possible to identify very quickly the type of recording medium even on a small monitor screen.

Abstract: An optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus, comprises: a thumbnail data production portion for extracting the head pictures of all video data recorded, as thumbnail data; a memory portion of the thumbnail data; a thumbnail list production portion for producing thumbnail list display data upon the basis of the thumbnail data from the memory portion; and a thumbnail controller portion for controlling the above, wherein finalizing process is executed from a list displayed on a screen of the thumbnail pictures, thereby enabling a user to confirm the recorded contents on the pictures thereof.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus includes an access display unit of a hard disk and a failure diagnosis unit to carry out a failure diagnosis by using error information of data reproduced from the hard disk, in which either a video recorded in the hard disk is displayed on the access display unit or an access on the reproduction is displayed thereon, and a warning content obtained from a diagnostic result of the hard disk is displayed after the access is completed.

Abstract: When any undubbed data out of the recorded data in a hard disk device, is dubbed to a DVD, it sometimes occurs that dubbing-completed data and undubbed data are mixed together in the hard disk. For this reason, it is not easy to select only the undubbed data before start of dubbing processing. In a recording and reproducing device including a dubbing function, dubbing of recorded data is made from the first recording media (e.g., a hard disk) to the second recording media (e.g., a DVD), and at that time, only the recorded data of an undubbed item selected from the menu, etc., is displayed before start of dubbing. Also, if the above recorded data of the dubbing source cannot be contained in a single DVD, then which recorded data is to be dubbed to second, third, or what other number of media, according to the recording media used by the dubbing destination, is displayed before dubbing processing.

Abstract: To provide an information recording and/or playback apparatus for dubbing onto a second recording medium all or some of plural pieces of information from a first recording medium in which the plural pieces of information are recorded. The apparatus includes a dubbing function that includes a plurality of dubbing functions respectively having different dubbing information selection methods. In the event of executing dubbing, identifiers enabling selection of one of the plurality of dubbing functions and a display screen for displaying an explanatory text regarding the respective dubbing function is displayed. In addition, when information is selected before the display screen is displayed, the information selection method of the respective dubbing function and an explanatory text to be displayed is changed corresponding to an information selection state.

Abstract: A user can easily confirm how many scenes are to be recorded on a single DVD before dubbing starts when data of all scenes in a hard disk device is dubbed onto a DVD. A recording and reproducing apparatus including: a reproducing module which reproduces information from a first recording medium; a recording module which records information on a second recording medium; a selecting module which selects information to be dubbed onto the second recording medium out of information in the first recording medium according to format mode compatibility with the second recording medium when information is dubbed from the reproducing module onto the recording module; and a confirming module which displays information selected by the selecting module to allow confirmation of the information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprising: a reproducing portion, which is configured to reproduce a picture compressed with a first format; an obtain instructing portion, which is configured to instruct an obtaining of the picture reproduced by the reproducing portion; and a recording portion, which is configured to record the picture, obtaining of which is instructed by the instructing portion, wherein the recording portion determines on presence of a picture, which is compressed with a second format corresponding to the picture instructed by the instructing portion, and wherein it records the picture corresponding thereto, which is compressed with the second format, when determining it is, or records the picture instructed, by compressing it with the second format, when determining it is not.

Abstract: In a recording apparatus equipped with a drive apparatus for recording data on a recording medium such as an optical disk, and a function capable of initializing a management information area of the recording medium, a storage unit is further provided. The storage unit stores thereinto initializing data which is used to be recorded on the management information area of the recording medium when the recording medium is initialized. In the case that an initializing operation is instructed, the recording apparatus records the initializing data which has been stored in the storage unit on the management information area of the recording medium from a beginning area thereof. Thus, a user no longer waits to use the recording medium until the initializing operation is accomplished when such a recording medium as a new optical disk is used, resulting in an improvement of user operability.

Abstract: The present invention provides simple finalizing that is quicker to be done. To ensure that the finalized recording medium can be replayed by any type of playback apparatus, the invention includes means for additional finalizing that makes the medium the same as processed by normal finalizing.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and method includes an input device to which image data is inputted, a recorder which records the inputted image data into a recording medium, an eraser which erases the recorded image data in the recording medium, a protector which protects from an erasure setting so as to protect from erasure by the eraser of the recorded image data, and a display which displays a list of reduced images of a plurality of image data recorded in the recording medium. While the recorder is controlled utilizing a filing system and the list of reduced images of the plurality of image data recorded in the recording medium is displayed, the display is controlled so as to display a mark indicating that protection from erasure is set with respect to the recorded image data for which protection from erasure is set by the protector.

Abstract: A digital image and speech recording and reproducing apparatus is arranged to quickly and simply retrieve, classify, and erase a great deal of data for improving the operativity in small-sized equipment. The apparatus includes a recording and reproducing unit for a moving image signal, a recording and reproducing unit for a still image signal, a recording and reproducing unit for a digital speech signal operated in synchronous to the image, a display for displaying the image for said moving image signal or said still image signal, a recording condition recording unit for recording recording conditions containing data information about recorded data for distinguishing said moving image from said still image and recording time information for recording an image or a speech.

Abstract: An image management method of recording image data, together with date information indicative of a recording date at a predetermined recording medium to manage the image data in day-by-day groups based on the date information of the image data, has the step of detecting an image source of image data to be recorded. When image data from a first image source and image data from a second image source are recorded on the same day, the image data from the first image source is managed in a first group based on the date information, while the image data from the second image source is managed in a new second group.

Abstract: The present invention provides simple finalizing that is quicker to be done. To ensure that the finalized recording medium can be replayed by any type of playback apparatus, the invention includes means for additional finalizing that makes the medium the same as processed by normal finalizing.

Abstract: The present invention provides simple finalizing that is quicker to be done. To ensure that the finalized recording medium can be replayed by any type of playback apparatus, the invention includes means for additional finalizing that makes the medium the same as processed by normal finalizing.

Abstract: In a recording/reproduction device, a type of recording medium which is currently selected is shown to the user on its small built-in monitor screen in a user-friendly manner and, for more user convenience, a background color of the screen is changed depending on the type of recording medium selected by the user. The user can know the currently selected type of recording medium from the screen's background color so it is possible to identify very quickly the type of recording medium even on a small monitor screen.

Abstract: An optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus, comprises: a thumbnail data production portion for extracting the head pictures of all video data recorded, as thumbnail data; a memory portion of the thumbnail data; a thumbnail list production portion for producing thumbnail list display data upon the basis of the thumbnail data from the memory portion; and a thumbnail controller portion for controlling the above, wherein finalizing process is executed from a list displayed on a screen of the thumbnail pictures, thereby enabling a user to confirm the recorded contents on the pictures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides simple finalizing that is quicker to be done. To ensure that the finalized recording medium can be replayed by any type of playback apparatus, the invention includes means for additional finalizing that makes the medium the same as processed by normal finalizing.