Image signal recording/reproduction apparatus, method employed therein, and image signal recording apparatus
First Claim
1. An image signal recording/reproduction apparatus comprising:
- an imaging apparatus that captures an image of a subject to be taken;
a generating apparatus that generates a dynamic image signal or a still image signal of the subject captured by said imaging apparatus;
an operation apparatus that is operated to start recording of the dynamic image signal or the still image signal generated by said generating apparatus;
a recording apparatus that records the dynamic image signal or the still image signal into a recording medium through mechanical drive;
a reproduction apparatus that reproduces the dynamic image signal or the still image signal recorded at said recording medium through mechanical drive; and
a control apparatus that implements control so that said mechanical drive is sustained if said operation apparatus is operated while the dynamic image signal or the still image signal is being reproduced by said reproduction apparatus and so that said recording apparatus records the dynamic image signal or the still image signal in said recording medium.
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Abstract
A dynamic image recording button and a still image recording button are provided at the main unit of a movie camera. A magneto-optical recording medium is loaded in a slot. If the dynamic image recording button or the still image recording button is operated during a reproduction operation, the reproduction operation is interrupted in a state in which the mechanical drive (rotation) of the magneto-optical recording medium is sustained. At this point, a dynamic image signal or a still image signal obtained through a photographing operation performed at the camera unit is temporarily recorded in a buffer memory, and is written in the magneto-optical recording medium when a write in the magneto-optical recording medium becomes enabled. Instructions to record dynamic images and to record still images can be issued to the movie camera through a touch-panel provided on the screen of a liquid crystal display unit. Even when operation cannot be performed through the touch-panel, the instructions can be issued through the dynamic image recording button or the still image recording button.
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15 Claims
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1. An image signal recording/reproduction apparatus comprising:
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an imaging apparatus that captures an image of a subject to be taken;
a generating apparatus that generates a dynamic image signal or a still image signal of the subject captured by said imaging apparatus;
an operation apparatus that is operated to start recording of the dynamic image signal or the still image signal generated by said generating apparatus;
a recording apparatus that records the dynamic image signal or the still image signal into a recording medium through mechanical drive;
a reproduction apparatus that reproduces the dynamic image signal or the still image signal recorded at said recording medium through mechanical drive; and
a control apparatus that implements control so that said mechanical drive is sustained if said operation apparatus is operated while the dynamic image signal or the still image signal is being reproduced by said reproduction apparatus and so that said recording apparatus records the dynamic image signal or the still image signal in said recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of image signal recording/reproduction employed in an image signal recording/reproduction apparatus comprising:
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an imaging apparatus that captures an image of a subject;
a generating apparatus that generates a dynamic image signal or a still image signal of the subject captured by said imaging apparatus;
an operation apparatus that is operated to start recording of the dynamic image signal or the still image signal generated by said generating apparatus;
a recording apparatus that records the dynamic image signal or the still image signal generated by said generating apparatus into a recording medium through mechanical drive; and
a reproduction apparatus that reproduces the dynamic image signal or the still image signal recorded at said recording medium through mechanical drive, that includes;
a step in which the mechanical drive is sustained if said operation apparatus is operated while the dynamic image signal or the still image signal is being reproduced by said reproduction apparatus; and
a step in which the dynamic image signal or the still image signal is recorded in said recording medium by said recording apparatus.
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11. An image signal recording apparatus comprising:
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an imaging apparatus that captures an image of a subject;
a generating apparatus that generates a dynamic image signal or a still image signal of the subject captured by said imaging apparatus;
a display apparatus that displays information;
a first instruction device provided on said display apparatus screen, that issues an instruction to start recording a dynamic image signal or a still image signal generated by said generating apparatus; and
a second instruction device provided at a position other than the position at which said first instruction device is provided, that issues an instruction to start recording a dynamic image signal or a still image signal generated by said generating apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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