Image reproducing apparatus and image control method
First Claim
1. An image reproducing apparatus for use with a system that records still pictures on a first recording medium and moving pictures on a second, different recording medium and that records simultaneous shooting information on both recording media when simultaneously shooting and recording an image on the first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording a moving picture on the second, different recording medium, said simultaneous shooting information indicating that simultaneously shooting and recording the image on said first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording the moving picture on said second, different recording medium, said image reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a controller for controlling reproduction of the still pictures recorded on the first recording medium in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information, wherein each image simultaneously shot and recorded on the first recording medium as a still picture during shooting and recording the moving picture on the second different recording medium is recorded during, but separately from and in a different manner than recording the moving picture so that the moving picture is recorded on the second recording medium as a compressed moving image and the still picture is recorded on the first recording medium as a high-quality image.
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Abstract
An image reproducing apparatus reproduces a still picture recorded on a silver-halide film and a moving picture recorded on a video tape. The image reproducing apparatus also reproduces simultaneous shooting information recorded on both the film and the video tape. The image reproducing apparatus has a controller which controls reproduction of the pictures recorded on the film and the video tape in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information.
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23 Claims
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1. An image reproducing apparatus for use with a system that records still pictures on a first recording medium and moving pictures on a second, different recording medium and that records simultaneous shooting information on both recording media when simultaneously shooting and recording an image on the first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording a moving picture on the second, different recording medium, said simultaneous shooting information indicating that simultaneously shooting and recording the image on said first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording the moving picture on said second, different recording medium, said image reproducing apparatus comprising:
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a controller for controlling reproduction of the still pictures recorded on the first recording medium in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information, wherein each image simultaneously shot and recorded on the first recording medium as a still picture during shooting and recording the moving picture on the second different recording medium is recorded during, but separately from and in a different manner than recording the moving picture so that the moving picture is recorded on the second recording medium as a compressed moving image and the still picture is recorded on the first recording medium as a high-quality image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
wherein the simultaneous shooting information recorded on the second recording medium is detected to switch the pictures reproduced from the first recording medium. -
3. An image reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, comprising:
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a picture reproducer for reproducing the pictures recorded on the first recording medium; and
a sound outputting section for outputting sounds corresponding to the reproduced pictures.
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4. An image reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 3,
wherein the simultaneous shooting information recorded on the second recording medium is detected to switch the pictures reproduced from the first recording medium.
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5. An image control method for use with a system that records a still picture on a first recording medium and a moving picture on a second, different recording medium and that records simultaneous shooting information on both recording media when simultaneously shooting and recording an image on the first recording medium as the still picture is performed during shooting and recording the moving picture on the second, different recording medium, said simultaneous shooting information indicating that the simultaneously shooting and recording the image on said first recording medium as the still picture is performed during shooting and recording of the moving picture on said second, different recording medium, said image control method comprising:
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controlling reproduction of the still picture recorded on the first recording medium in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information, wherein the image simultaneously shot and recorded on the first recording medium as the still picture during shooting and recording the moving picture on the second different recording medium is recorded during, but separately from and in a different manner than recording of the moving picture so that the moving picture is recorded on the second recording medium as a compressed moving image and the still picture is recorded on the first recording medium as a high-quality image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
wherein, while the picture recorded on the first recording medium is being reproduced, a sound recorded on the second recording medium is reproduced. -
7. An image control method as claimed in claim 6,
wherein the first recording medium is a silver-halide recording medium and the second recording medium is a video picture recording medium, and wherein, while silver-halide picture recorded on the silver-halide recording medium is being reproduced, the sound corresponding to that silver-halide picture is reproduced.
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8. An image reproducing apparatus for use with a system that records a still picture on a first recording medium and moving picture on a second, different recording medium and that records simultaneous shooting information on both recording media when simultaneously shooting and recording an image on the first recording medium as the still picture is performed during shooting and recording of the moving picture on the second, different recording medium, said simultaneous shooting information indicating that simultaneously shooting and recording of the image on said first recording medium as the still picture is performed during shooting and recording of the moving picture on said second, different recording medium, said image reproducing apparatus comprising:
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a controller for controlling reproduction of the moving pictures recorded on the second, different recording medium in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information, wherein the image simultaneously shot and recorded on the first recording medium as the still picture during shooting and recording the moving picture on the second different recording medium is recorded during, but separately from and in a different manner than recording of the moving picture so that the moving picture is recorded on the second recording medium as a compressed moving image and the still picture is recorded on the first recording medium as a high-quality image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
a first simultaneous shooting information reader for reading the simultaneous shooting information from the first recording medium;
a moving picture reader for reading the moving picture from the second recording medium; and
a second simultaneous shooting information reader for reading the simultaneous shooting information from the second recording medium;
wherein the controller, in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information recorded on both recording media, controls the image reproducing apparatus in such a way that a portion of the moving pictures is reproduced for a predetermined length of time, the portion of the moving picture including a shot taken simultaneously with the still picture.
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10. An image reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:
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a selector for selecting one of a plurality of still pictures recorded on the first recording medium, wherein the controller controls the image reproducing apparatus in such a way that that portion of the moving picture which includes a shot taken simultaneously with the picture selected by the selector is reproduced for a predetermined length of time.
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11. An image reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:
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a still picture reader for reading the still pictures from the first recording means, wherein the still pictures are displayed on a display together with corresponding items of the simultaneous shooting information and, when the selector selects one of the thus displayed pictures, the controller controls the image reproducing apparatus in such a way that that portion of the moving picture which includes a shot taken simultaneously with the picture selected by the selector is reproduced for a predetermined length of time.
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12. An image control method for use with a system that records a still picture on a first recording medium and a moving picture on a second, different recording medium and that records simultaneous shooting information on both recording media when simultaneously shooting and recording an image on the first recording medium as the still picture is performed during shooting and recording of the moving picture on the second, different recording medium, said simultaneous shooting information indicating that simultaneously shooting and recording of the image on said first recording medium as the still picture is performed during shooting and recording of the moving picture on said second, different recording medium, said image control method comprising:
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controlling reproduction of the moving pictures recorded on the second, different recording medium in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information, wherein the image simultaneously shot and recorded on the first recording medium as the still picture during shooting and recording of the moving picture on the second different recording medium is recorded during, but separately from and in a different manner than recording of the moving picture so that the moving picture is recorded on the second recording medium as a compressed moving image and the still picture is recorded on the first recording medium as a high-quality image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
wherein, in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information recorded on the first and second recording media, that portion of the moving picture recorded on the second recording medium which include shots taken simultaneously with the still picture is reproduced for a predetermined length of time. -
14. An image control method as claimed in claim 12,
wherein the first recording medium is a silver-halide recording medium and the second recording medium is a video picture recording medium and, when at least one of a plurality of silver-halide pictures recorded on the silver-halide recording medium is selected, that portion of the video picture recorded on the video picture recording medium which includes a shot taken simultaneously with the selected silver-halide picture is reproduced for a predetermined length of time.
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15. An image reproducing apparatus for use with a system that records still pictures on a first recording medium and moving pictures on a second, different recording medium and that records simultaneous shooting information on both recording media when simultaneously shooting and recording an image on the first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording of a moving picture on the second, different recording medium, said simultaneous shooting information indicating that simultaneously shooting and recording of the image on said first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording of the moving picture on said second, different recording medium, said image reproducing apparatus comprising:
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a controller for controlling simultaneous reproduction of the still pictures and moving pictures recorded respectively on the first and second, different recording medium in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information, wherein each image simultaneously shot and recorded on the first recording medium as a still picture during shooting and recording of the moving picture on the second different recording medium is recorded during, but separately from and in a different manner than recording of the moving picture so that the moving picture is recorded on the second recording medium as a compressed moving image and the still picture is recorded on the first recording medium as a high-quality image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
a first simultaneous shooting information reader for reading the simultaneous shooting information from the first recording medium;
a first picture reader for reading the pictures from the first recording medium;
a second simultaneous shooting information reader for reading the simultaneous shooting information from the second recording medium;
a second picture reader for reading the pictures from the second recording medium; and
a storage device for storing the simultaneous shooting information recorded on both recording media, wherein, in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information stored in the storage device, the controller controls reproduction of the pictures recorded on the first and second recording media.
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17. An image reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 16,
wherein, in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information recorded on both recording media, time periods in which moving pictures were shot and time periods in which only still pictures were shot are recognized as separate time blocks, and, within each moving-picture time block, separate moving-picture shooting sessions are recognized as separate time blocks by detecting a starting time and an ending time of each moving-picture shooting session, and wherein pictures included in each time block are reproduced either in a still-picture-weighted mode or in a moving-picture-weighted mode in accordance with how many still pictures are included in that time block, the still-picture-weighted mode being a mode in which the still pictures themselves or those portions of the moving pictures which include shots taken simultaneously with the still pictures are reproduced, the moving-picture-weighted mode being a mode in which time blocks including only still pictures are excluded from reproduction. -
18. An image reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 16, consisting of:
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a silver-halide picture reproducing section constituted by the first picture reader and the first simultaneous shooting information reader; and
a moving picture reproducing section constituted by the second picture reader and the second simultaneous shooting information reader.
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19. An image reproducing apparatus as claimed in claim 16,
wherein sounds are recorded on the second recording medium and, while the still pictures are being reproduced, sounds corresponding to the still pictures are outputted in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information.
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20. An image control method for use with a system that records still pictures on a first recording medium and moving pictures on a second, different recording medium and that records simultaneous shooting information on both recording media when simultaneously shooting and recording an image on the first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording a moving picture on the second, different recording medium, said simultaneous shooting information indicating that simultaneously shooting and recording of the image on said first recording medium as a still picture is performed during shooting and recording the moving picture on said second, different recording medium, said image control method comprising:
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controlling reproduction of the still pictures and moving pictures recorded respectively on the first and second, different recording medium in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information, wherein each image simultaneously shot and recorded on the first recording medium as a still picture during shooting and recording of the moving picture on the second different recording medium is recorded during, but separately from and in a different manner than recording of the moving picture so that the moving picture is recorded on the second recording medium as a compressed moving image and the still picture is recorded on the first recording medium as a high-quality image. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
wherein, in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information recorded on both recording media, those portions of the moving pictures which include simultaneously taken shots are reproduced intermittently, each for a predetermined length of time. -
22. An image control method as claimed in claim 20,
wherein, in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information recorded on both recording media, time periods in which moving pictures were shot and time periods in which only still pictures were shot are recognized as separate time blocks, and, within each moving-picture time block, separate moving-picture shooting sessions are recognized as separate time blocks by detecting a starting time and an ending time of each moving-picture shooting session, and wherein, within each time block, a larger proportion of reproduction time is allocated to the moving picture as the shooting time of the moving picture is shorter as compared with the number of the still pictures. -
23. An image control method as claimed in claim 20,
wherein, in accordance with the simultaneous shooting information recorded on both recording media, time periods in which moving pictures were shot and time periods in which only still pictures were shot are recognized as separate time blocks, and, within each moving-picture time block, separate moving-picture shooting sessions are recognized as separate time blocks by detecting a starting time and an ending time of each moving-picture shooting session, and wherein only the still pictures and moving pictures included in time blocks that include the simultaneous shooting information are reproduced.
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