Recording device

• US 7,330,644 B1
• Filed: 06/15/1993
• Issued: 02/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1978
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Akihiko, Uchidoi, Masanori, Nemoto, Takayuki, Suzaki, Kuniyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Boccio; Vincent F
• Application Number:
  US08/077,704
• Time in Patent Office: 5,355 Days
• Field of Search: 386/4, 386/38, 386/52, 386/55, 386117-120, 348/207.99, 348/220.1, 348/221.1, 348273-276, 358/906, 358/909.1, 360/13, 360/92, 369/83
• US Class Current: 386/224
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/22 Means responsive to presence or absence of recorded information signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/10 Indicating arrangements; Warning arrangements G11B15/04, G11B19/04, G11B27/34, G11B27/36 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/212 Motion video recording combined with still video recording television signal recording H04N5/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/214 Checking or indicating the storage space
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 358/906 Hand-held camera with recorder in a single unit

Abstract

A camera apparatus includes a single release switch member. The single release switch member is for instructing an image capture operation, and selects one of a first operative state and a second operative state. The first operative state is selected when the single release switch member is pushed down to a first depth. The second operative state is selected when the single release switch member is pushed down to a second depth which is deeper than the first depth. The camera apparatus selects a recordable portion of a recording medium in response to selection of the first operative state, and generates a predetermined electrical signal if the camera apparatus selects the recordable portion of the recording medium. The camera apparatus records the image signal on the selected recordable portion if the second operative state is selected by the single release switch member, and the predetermined electrical signal is generated.

Claims

1. A camera apparatus, comprising:

(A) a single release switch member for instructing an image capture operation, wherein said single release switch member selects one of a first operative state and a second operative state, the first operative state is selected when said single release switch member is pushed down to a first depth, and the second operative state is selected when said single release switch member is pushed down to a second depth which is deeper than the first depth;

(B) a recording circuitry which records an image signal on a recording medium;

(C) an automatic selecting circuitry which automatically selects a recordable portion of the recording medium in response to selection of the first operative state, wherein said automatic selecting circuitry is arranged for generating a predetermined electrical signal if said automatic selecting circuitry selects the recordable portion of the recording medium; and

(D) a control circuitry which controls said recording circuitry so as to record the image signal on the recordable portion selected by said automatic selecting circuitry if the second operative state is selected by said single release switch member and the predetermined electrical signal is generated by said automatic selecting circuitry.

2. A camera apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is disc-shaped.

3. A camera apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

(E) a first detection circuitry which detects the selection of the first operative state when said single release switch member is pushed down to the first depth; and

(F) a second detection circuitry which detects selection of the second operative state when said single release switch member is pushed down to the second depth.

4. A camera apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a driving unit which rotates the recording medium.

5. A camera apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a removable recording medium.

6. A camera apparatus, comprising:

(A) a single release member for instructing an image capture operation, wherein said single release switch member selects one of a first operative state and a second operative state, the first operative state is selected when said single release switch member is pushed down to a first depth, and the second operative state is selected when said single release switch member is pushed down to a second depth which is deeper than the first depth;

(B) a recording circuitry which records an image signal on a recording medium;

(C) an automatic selecting circuitry which automatically selects a recordable portion of the recording medium in response to selection of the first operative state, wherein said automatic selecting circuitry is arranged for generating a predetermined electrical signal if said automatic selecting circuitry selects the recordable portion of the recording medium; and

(D) a control circuitry which controls said recording circuitry so as not to record the image signal on the recordable portion selected by said automatic selecting circuitry until the second operative state is selected by said single release switch member and the predetermined electrical signal is generated by said automatic selecting circuitry.

7. A camera apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the recording medium is disc-shaped.

8. A camera apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

(E) a first detection circuitry which detects the selection of the first operative state when said single release switch member is pushed down to the first depth; and

(F) a second detection circuitry which detects selection of the second operative state when said single release switch member is pushed down to the second depth.

9. A camera apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a driving unit which rotates the recording medium.

10. A camera apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the recording medium is a removable recording medium.