Recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKengo Takeuchi
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Abstract
In a recording apparatus that is capable of recording information on a plurality of recording media, i.e., first and second memory cards, the information is recorded on the first and second memory cards simultaneously, the information that has been recorded only on one of the memory cards is left and the information recorded on the other is deleted in dependence upon the available capacities of the memory cards at the end of recording. Performing recording in this manner makes it possible to store continuous data collectively on a single recording medium to the greatest extent possible.
Claims5
1-10. (canceled)
A recording apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting moving image data;
- first interface means for recording and playing back the moving image data on and from a first recording medium;
- second interface means for recording and playing back the moving image data on and from a second recording medium;
- instruction means for providing a recording start instruction and a recording stop instruction of the moving image data;
- and
- control means for controlling said first interface means so as to start to record the moving image data on the first recording medium in accordance with the recording start instruction, determining whether an available capacity of the first recording medium is less than a predetermined capacity or not, and controlling said second interface means in accordance with a determination result,
- wherein said control means further controls said first and second interface means so as to:
- if a determination is made that the available capacity of the first recording medium is less than the predetermined capacity before the recording stop instruction is provided:
- start recording ensuing moving image data on the second recording medium;
- stop the recording on the second recording medium when the recording stop instruction is provided;
- and
- move, to the second recording medium, the moving image data recorded on the first recording medium between a time when the recording start instruction is provided and a time when the determination is made that the available capacity of the first recording medium is less than the predetermined capacity, and
- if the recording stop instruction is provided before the determination is made that the available capacity of the first recording medium is less than the predetermined capacity:
- prohibit the moving image data recorded on the first recording medium from being moved to the second recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.