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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoichi Yamagishi
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A recording apparatus includes a detecting device for detecting a status of a power supply; a determination device for determining a type of a connected storage medium; and a control device for controlling a recording mode based on (i) a determination by the determination device, and (ii) a detection by the detecting device.
An image information recording apparatus for inputting image information and recording the input image information, connectable to plural types of recording media having different power consumption characteristics, operated by a power supplied from a system power source, and recording the image information on a connected recording medium, said image information recording apparatus comprising:
An image information recording apparatus for inputting image information, simultaneously connectable to a static memory device and a dynamic memory device, operated by a power supplied from a power source, and recording the image information on a connected recording medium, said image information recording apparatus comprising:
An image information recording apparatus for inputting image information and recording the input image information, simultaneously connectable to a static memory device and a dynamic memory device, operated by a power supplied from a power source, and recording the image information on a connected static memory device and a connected dynamic memory device, said image information recording apparatus comprising:
Apparatus for inputting image information and recording the input image information, said apparatus being connectable to a plurality of different kinds of recording media which consume different amounts of electrical power, said apparatus being operated by electric power supplied from a power supply, said apparatus for recording the image information to the connected recording medium, said apparatus comprising:
Apparatus for inputting image information and recording the input image information, said apparatus being connectable to a plurality of different kinds of recording media which consume electric power differently from each other, said apparatus being operated by electric power supplied from a power supply, said apparatus for recording the image information to the connected recording medium, said apparatus comprising:
Apparatus for inputting image information and recording the input image information, said apparatus being connectable to a static memory and to a dynamic memory at the same time, said apparatus being supplied with electric power from a power supply, said apparatus recording the image information to the connected static memory and dynamic memory, said apparatus comprising:
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Between a recording apparatus and a television camera: the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
Using magnetic recording: on disks or drums
Television signal recording: using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories
Involving data reduction: using transform coding
Term ended 29 Dec 2015 (estimated)
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording information signals on a recording medium.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is a block diagram in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a part of a flowchart of the main routine in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a part of the flowchart of the main routine in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention;
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a photographic lens; reference numeral 12 denotes a shutter having a diaphragm function; reference numeral 14 denotes an image pick-up element for converting an optical image into electrical signals; reference numeral 16 denotes a process circuit for performing a well-known camera signal processing operation such as gamma correction; reference numeral 18 denotes an A/D converter for converting an analog output from the process circuit 16 into digital signals; reference numeral 20 denotes an image compression circuit for compressing data on the basis of adaptive discrete cosine transformation (ADCT) or the like; reference numeral 100 denotes a switch for switching between image compressed data and image non-compressed data; reference numeral 22 denotes a buffer memory; reference numeral 24 denotes a memory control circuit for controlling the A/D converter 18, the image compression circuit 20, and the buffer memory 22. When data is compressed by the image compression circuit 20, the compressed data is written in the buffer memory 22 under the control of the memory control circuit 24; when no compression is performed, data from the A/D converter 18 is written in the buffer memory 22. Reference numeral 26 denotes an interface with a memory card 28 or a hard disk 80; and reference numeral 90 denotes a connector.
There is a management data area 30 and an information data area 32 in the recording area of the memory card 28. Information stored therein is read out to the outside via an interface 34 and a connector 36. Information on a write protect 38 (inhibition of writing) is also read out to the outside via the interface 34 and the connector 36. The interface 34 is formed of a control circuit such as a CPU or a microcomputer unit (MPU), non-volatile memories such as ROMs or EEPROMs, and RAMs. The interface 34 controls the memory card 28 in accordance with preset programs.