System for recording and/or reproducing data by disconnecting the recording and/or reproducing device from the data processing device upon reproduction of the data

• US 5,745,783 A
• Filed: 10/23/1995
• Issued: 04/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takatoshi, Sakai, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M.
• Application Number:
  US08/546,984
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 395/821, 395/822, 395/823, 395/825, 395/826, 395/114, 360/32, 358/448
• US Class Current: 710/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/641 Multi-purpose receivers, e.g. for auxiliary information H04N9/642 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

A recording and/or reproducing system includes a data processing unit such as a computer, and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus connected to the data processing unit. The recording and/or reproducing system further includes an image processing unit for processing image data, and a connecting device for disconnecting the recording and/or reproducing apparatus from the data processing unit upon recording and/or reproducing the image data, and connecting the recording and/or reproducing apparatus with the image processing unit.

Claims

1. A recording and/or reproducing system comprising data processing means of a computer, and recording and/or reproducing means connected to the data processing means, said system comprising:

image processing means for processing image data; and

connecting means for disconnecting the recording and/or reproducing means from the data processing means upon reproduction of the image data, and for connecting the recording and/or reproducing means with said image processing means.

2. The recording and/or reproducing system according to claim 1, wherein said image processing means comprises compressing and expanding circuits for compressing and expanding the image data.

3. The recording and/or reproducing system according to claim 1, wherein the data processing means comprises means for converting a file format of the image data recorded by the recording and/or reproducing means into a file format capable of being reproduced by the data processing means.

4. A method for reproducing image data in a recording and/or reproducing system comprising data processing means of a computer, recording and/or reproducing means connected to the data processing means, and image processing means for processing the image data, said method comprising:

signal-processing image data by the image processing means; and

transmitting the image data between the image processing means and the recording and/or reproducing means without intervention of the data processing means upon reproduction of the image data.