Image recording/reproducing apparatus and its method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsChihiro Motono, Masahiro Matsushita, Yasuyuki Nagata, Shiro Miyagi
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Abstract
In an image recording/reproducing apparatus and its method which is capable of readily extracting a still image from a moving image for recording, a still image designated by the user is extracted from a moving image inputted from image input/output means (C1-C5) or from a moving image reproduced by moving image recording means (11, 12), and the extracted still image is recorded in still image recording means (22); thereby making it possible to readily extract a still image from a moving image and record the extracted still image, without interconnecting a plurality of devices as required before, and highly improving the usability in consequence.
Claims8
An image recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:
- image recording/reproducing means for recording an inputted moving image signal in a first recording medium and reproducing said inputted image signal;
- input selecting means for selecting one input signal from a plurality of moving image input signals including a television signal, a camera signal and a reproduction signal from said image recording/reproducing means;
- still image extracting means for extracting a still image from an input moving image signal selected by said input selecting means;
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- still image recording means for recording said still image extracted by said still image extracting means in a memory card.
An image recording/reproducing method for use in a video camera apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- recording an input moving image signal on a first recording medium within said video camera apparatus;
- selectively reproducing the moving image signal from said first recording medium;
- selecting a moving image input signal from a plurality of moving image input signals including a television signal, a camera signal and the reproduced moving image signal;
- extracting a still image from the selected input signal;
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- recording said extracted still image on a memory card used in said video camera apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.