US 8180198

US Patent 8180198 Summary:

• Title: Playlist creating apparatus and method, and dubbing list creating apparatus and method
• Current Assignee: Maxell Ltd.
• Inventors: Yusuke Yatabe, Hironori Komi
• Filing Date: 2005-02-09
• Issue Date: 2012-05-15
• Abstract: The patent describes a system and method for easily creating playlists or dubbing lists from a collection of digital images (programs). It allows a user to select a digital image, and then the system automatically identifies and displays other digital images that share specific conditions with the selected one, presenting them as candidates for addition to a playlist or a dubbing list. This aims to simplify the selection process for users.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Claim 1 (Apparatus for Playlist Creation): This claim describes a digital image recording and reproducing device. It has an output part that shows many digital images and their details (like titles or recording times) on a screen. It also has a control part that, when a user picks a digital image to start a playlist, finds other digital images that have the same type of details as the chosen one. These found images are suggested as candidates for the playlist. The system then displays a list of these candidates, the overall playlist, the original digital images, and their details all on the same screen, and also arranges the candidate images in a specific order within the candidate list.
• Claim 6 (Method for Playlist Creation): This claim outlines a step-by-step process for making a playlist. First, it displays information about all recorded digital images as a "program list." When a user selects one digital image for their playlist, the method searches for other digital images that have similar descriptive information. It then lists these matching images as candidates. All of this — the original images, their information, the candidate list, and the evolving playlist — is shown on a single display. The method also specifically details how individual candidate images are arranged visually next to each other in the candidate list.
• Claim 13 (Method for Dubbing List Creation): This claim details a method for creating a list of digital images to be copied (dubbed) from one recording device to another. Similar to playlist creation, it starts by listing information about all recorded digital images. When a user chooses a digital image for the dubbing list, the method identifies other digital images with matching descriptive information, presenting them as dubbing candidates. The display simultaneously shows all the original digital images, their associated information, the list of identified candidate images for dubbing, and the current dubbing list, with candidate images arranged next to each other in their displayed list.

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