Recording device, recording method, electronic device method of controlling electronic device, computer readable media, and reproducing device

• US 7,030,914 B2
• Filed: 07/14/1997
• Issued: 04/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamagami, Taku
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Ngoc-Yen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Villecco, John M.
• Application Number:
  US08/892,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20020033888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,200 Days
• Field of Search: 348/231, 348/232, 348/233, 348/552, 348/589, 348/600, 348/231.2, 348/231.3, 348/231.5, 348/231.7, 348/220.1, 348/231.6, 348/231.9, 348/333.02, 348/239, 358/906, 358/909.1, 386/95, 386/124, 386/125, 386/126, 386/117
• US Class Current: 348/231.2
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0074 Arrangements for the control of a still picture apparatus by the connected apparatus
• 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 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding

Abstract

Recording apparatus and method for recording at least one of image data and voice data on a recording medium includes structure and/or steps for generating image data or voice data to be recorded. Structure and/or steps are provided for obtaining attribute information to be recorded relating to the image data or the voice data and which is generated in an external device in advance before generating the image data or the voice data. Recording structure and/or steps are provided for recording the obtained attribute information and relating it to the generated image data or the voice data.

Claims

1. A recording device for recording at least one of image data and voice data on a detachable recording medium, said recording device comprising:

selection means for selecting a generation condition of image data or voice data;

generating means for generating image data or voice data in accordance with the generation condition selected by said selection means;

retrieving means for retrieving information pre-recorded in the detachable recording medium for determining a file name, the information comprising a character to appear in the file name;

file name determining means for determining a file name in accordance with the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium, wherein the file name comprises a leading portion and an extension, and wherein said file name determining means comprises means for determining the leading portion of the file name so that the leading portion comprises (1) the character from the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium and (2) a serial number, wherein the character precedes the serial number; and

recording means for recording, on the detachable recording medium, a file including the image data or voice data generated by said generating means using the file name determined by said file name determining means.

2. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the information pre-recorded on the detachable recording medium is information comprising a plurality of characters,

wherein said file name determining means determines the file name so that the leading portion comprises the plurality of characters, and

wherein the plurality of characters precede the serial number.

3. A method for recording at least one of image data and voice data on a detachable recording medium, said recording method comprising:

selecting a generation condition of image data or voice data;

generating image data or voice data in accordance with the generation condition selected in said selecting step;

retrieving information pre-recorded in the detachable recording medium for determining a file name, the information comprising a character to appear in the file name;

determining a file name in accordance with the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium, wherein the file name comprises a leading portion and an extension, and wherein said determining step comprises a step of determining the leading portion of the file name so that the leading portion comprises (1) the character from the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium and (2) a serial number, wherein the character precedes the serial number; and

recording, on the detachable recording medium, a file including the image data or voice data generated in said generating step using the file name determined in said file name determining step.

4. A recording method according to claim 3, wherein the information pre-recorded on the detachable recording medium is information comprising a plurality of characters,

wherein the file name is determined so that the leading portion comprises the plurality of characters, and

wherein the plurality of characters precede the serial number.

5. A recording apparatus for recording at least one of image data and voice data on a detachable recording medium, said recording apparatus comprising:

a selector that selects a generation condition of image data or voice data;

a data generator that generates image data or voice data in accordance with the generation condition selected by said selector;

a reproducing device that reproduces information pre-recorded in the detachable recording medium for determining a file name, the information comprising a character to appear in the file name;

a data processor that determines a file name in accordance with the information reproduced from the detachable recording medium, wherein the file name comprises a leading portion and an extension, and wherein said data processor determines the leading portion of the file name so that the leading portion comprises (1) the character from the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium and (2) a serial number, wherein the character precedes the serial number; and

a recording device that records, on the detachable recording medium, a file including the image data or voice data generated by said data generator using the file name determined by said data processor.

6. A computer readable medium having stored therein an executable program for recording at least one of image data and voice data on a detachable recording medium, the program performing a method comprising the steps of:

selecting a generation condition of image data or voice data;

generating image data or voice data in accordance with the generation condition selected in said selecting step;

retrieving information pre-recorded in the detachable recording medium for determining a file name, the information comprising a character to appear in the file name;

determining a file name in accordance with the information, wherein the file name comprises a leading portion and an extension, and wherein said determining step comprises a step of determining the leading portion of the file name so that the leading portion comprises (1) the character from the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium and (2) a serial number, wherein the character precedes the serial number; and

recording, on the detachable recording medium, a file including the image data or voice data generated in said generating step using the file name determined in said file name determining step.

7. A recording device for recording image data on a detachable recording medium, said recording device comprising:

selection means for selecting a generation condition of image data;

generating means for generating image data in accordance with the generation condition selected by said selection means;

retrieving means for retrieving information pre-recorded in the detachable recording medium for determining a file name, the information comprising a character to appear in the file name;

file name determining means for determining a file name in accordance with the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium, wherein the file name comprises a leading portion and an extension, and wherein said file name determining means comprises means for determining the leading portion of the file name so that the leading portion comprises (1) the character from the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium and (2) a serial number, wherein the character precedes the serial number; and

recording means for recording, on the detachable recording medium, a file including the image data generated by said generating means using the file name determined by said file name determining means.

8. A method for recording image data on a detachable recording medium, said recording method comprising:

selecting a generation condition of image data;

generating image data in accordance with the generation condition selected in said selecting step;

retrieving information pre-recorded in the detachable recording medium for determining a file name, the information comprising a character to appear in the file name;

determining a file name in accordance with the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium, wherein the file name comprises a leading portion and an extension, and wherein said determining step comprises a step of determining the leading portion of the file name so that the leading portion comprises (1) the character from the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium and (2) a serial number, wherein the character precedes the serial number; and

recording, on the detachable recording medium, a file including the image data generated in said generating step using the file name determined in said file name determining step.