IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20080025708A1
• Filed: 07/25/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ono, Tachio
• Granted Patent: US 8,634,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/126
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/455 said record carriers being in one device and being used as primary and secondary/backup media, e.g. HDD-DVD combo device, or as source and target media, e.g. PC and portable player
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8063 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals

Abstract

An image recording/reproducing apparatus capable of achieving data transfer with ease. The recording area of a recording medium is divided into at least one sub area including multiple types of file systems for management. A sub area to be accessed to external device is determined among the at least one sub area. A file system to be accessed to the external device is determined among the multiple types of file systems. The determining of the file system is performed by selecting the file system to be accessed among the file systems included in the determined sub area.

Claims

1. An image recording apparatus adapted to record input image data on a recording medium, comprising:

a management unit adapted to divide the recording area of the recording medium into at least one sub area including multiple types of file systems for management;

an area determination unit adapted to determine a sub area to be accessed to external device among the at least one sub area; and

a file system determination unit adapted to determine a file system to be accessed to the external device among the multiple types of file systems;

wherein said file system determination unit selects the file system to be accessed among the file systems included in the sub area determined by said area determination unit.

2. The image recording apparatus according claim 1, wherein the multiple types of file systems comprise a first file system adapted to manage files included in each of the at least one sub area as one file.

3. The image recording apparatus according claim 1, wherein the multiple types of file systems comprise a first file system adapted to manage files included in each of the at least one sub area as one file, and a second file system adapted to manage files included in each of the at least one sub area as separate files.

4. The image recording apparatus according claim 1, further comprising:

a setting unit adapted to set the at least one sub area,

wherein said setting unit sets the at least one sub area according to the operation by a user.

5. The image recording apparatus according claim 1, further comprising:

a setting unit adapted to set the recording format of data included in the at least one sub area,

wherein said management unit associates the multiple types of file systems included in the at least one sub area with the set recording format.

6. A control method of an image recording apparatus adapted to record input image data on an recording medium, comprising the steps of:

dividing the recording area of the recording medium into at least one sub area including multiple types of file systems for management;

determining a sub area to be accessed to external device among the at least one sub area; and

determining a file system to be accessed to the external device among the multiple types of file systems;

wherein said determining of the file system is performed by selecting the file system to be accessed among the file systems included in the determined sub area.

7. The control method of the image recording apparatus according claim 6, wherein the multiple types of file systems manage files included in each of the at least one sub area as one file.

8. The control method of the image recording apparatus according claim 6, wherein the multiple types of file systems comprise a first file system adapted to manage files included in each of the at least one sub area as one file, and a second file system adapted to manage files included in each of the at least one sub area as separate files.

9. The control method of the image recording apparatus according claim 6, further comprising the step of:

setting the at least one sub area,

wherein said setting of the at least one sub area is performed according to the operation by a user.

10. The control method of the image recording apparatus according claim 6, further comprising the step of:

setting the recording format of data included in the at least one sub area,

wherein the multiple types of file systems included in the at least one sub area are associated with the set recording format.

11. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing the control program according to claim 6.

12. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing the control program according to claim 7.

13. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing the control program according to claim 8.

14. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing the control program according to claim 9.

15. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing the control program according to claim 10.