Apparatus and method for recording an image and computer program for the image recording apparatus
First Claim
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising:
- an image recording control circuit which records image information in a storage device, the image information being continuously inputted in a state of being divided in predetermined division units and represents at least a motion image, wherein, when recording, said image recording control circuit erases, based on the predetermined division units, oldest image information of the image information recorded in said storage device in the state of being divided in the predetermined division units whenever an amount of image information recorded in said storage device exceeds a predetermined recordable capacity until detecting a recording end instruction, and successively records newly inputted image information in a recording position of the erased image information.
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Abstract
In a mobile communication terminal, a CPU (20) stores audio frame data, image frame data, and management information (MI) in respective storage areas (storage device). The management information (MI) contains information of storage positions or the like of the audio frame data and the image frame data thus stored. Whenever idle capacities of the storage areas become smaller than respective predetermined amounts, the CPU (20) moves apposition of a start frame of the stored image frame data from a current first I frame position up to a second I frame position. Then, the CPU (20) successively stores newly inputted image frame data in the resultant positions before such movement from the oldest position. During the storage, the CPU (20) performs erase and storage of the audio frame data so as for the position of the audio frame data to correspond to the storage position of the image frame data.
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25 Claims
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1. An image recording apparatus, comprising:
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an image recording control circuit which records image information in a storage device, the image information being continuously inputted in a state of being divided in predetermined division units and represents at least a motion image, wherein, when recording, said image recording control circuit erases, based on the predetermined division units, oldest image information of the image information recorded in said storage device in the state of being divided in the predetermined division units whenever an amount of image information recorded in said storage device exceeds a predetermined recordable capacity until detecting a recording end instruction, and successively records newly inputted image information in a recording position of the erased image information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. An image recording apparatus, comprising:
image recording control means for (A) recording image information in a storage device, said stage device being continuously inputted in a state of being divided in predetermined division units and which represents at least a motion image, (B) erasing, based on the predetermined division units, oldest image information of the image information recorded in said storage device in the state of being divided in the predetermined division units whenever an amount of image information recorded in said storage device exceeds a predetermined recordable capacity until detecting a recording end instruction, and (C) successively recording newly inputted image information in a recording position of the erased image information.
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15. An image recording method, comprising:
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continuously inputting image information, which represents at least a motion image, in a state of being divided in predetermined division units; and
recording the image information in a storage device such that erasing, based on the predetermined division units, oldest image information of the image information recorded in said storage device in the state of being divided in the predetermined division units whenever an amount of image information recorded in said storage device exceeds a predetermined recordable capacity until detecting a recording end instruction, and successively recording newly inputted image information in a recording position of the erased image information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program for controlling an operation of an image recording apparatus, which causes a computer to implement an image recording control function of recording image information which is continuously inputted in a state of being divided in predetermined division units and which represents at least a motion image in a storage device, characterized in that:
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erasing, based on the predetermined division units, an oldest image information of the image information recorded in said storage device in the state of being divided in the predetermined division units whenever an amount of image information recorded in said storage device exceeds a predetermined recordable capacity until detecting a recording end instruction; and
successively recording newly inputted image information in a recording position of the erased image information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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