Digital still video camera
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKatsuhiko Manabe
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Abstract
A digital still video camera including a camera processor which processes image data of a subject, a recording processor which generates recording data based on the processed image data, a recording controller which controls recording of the recording data to a recording medium, a memory which stores image data processed by the camera processor and recording data recorded in the recording medium, a control device which controls the camera processor, the recording processor, and the recording controller, and an evacuating/writing device which interrupts control by the control device and evacuates/writes the recorded recording data between the recording medium and the memory.
Claims10
A digital video still camera comprising:
- a camera processor which processes image data of a subject;
- a recording processor which generates recording data based on said image data which have been processed by said camera processor;
- a recording controller which controls recording of said recording data to a recording medium;
- a memory which stores said image data which have been processed by said camera processor;
- a control device which controls said camera processor, said recording processor, and said recording controller;
- and
- an evacuating/writing device which interrupts said control device when an evacuate/write operation is necessary and controls said camera processor and said recording controller to perform said evacuate/write operation wherein:
- said recording data which have been recorded in said recording medium are transferred to said memory,
- said recording medium is erased, and
- a portion of said recording data which has been transferred to said memory is transferred to said recording medium.
A digital still video camera comprising:
- a camera processor which processes image data of a subject;
- a recording processor which generates recording data based on said image data which has been processed by said camera processor;
- a memory which stores said image data which have been processed by said camera processor;
- a control device which controls said camera processor and said recording processor;
- and
- a recording controller which controls recording of said recording data to a recording medium,
- wherein
- said recording controller interrupts control of said camera processor and said recording processor by said control device when an evacuate/write operation is necessary, and controls said camera processor and said recording processor to perform said evacuate/write operation wherein
- said recording data which have been recorded in said recording medium are transferred to said memory,
- said recording medium is erased, and
- a portion of said recording data which has been transferred to said memory is transferred to said recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.