US5311370A
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Recording apparatus having continual and single-memory-portion recording modes
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1989-08-22
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Granted: 1994-05-10
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Expires: 2009-08-22
Abstract
Abstract A recording apparatus comprises: a supplying device to supply a voice signal; a circuit to store the voice signal supplied by the supplying device into a memory having a plurality of memory blocks such as tracks; and a control circuit to control the storing circuit. The control circuit can switch between a first mode in which, after the voice signal was stored into a predetermined block in the memory, the control circuit is set into a standby mode and a second mode in which the storing of the voice signal is continued until an arbitrary block in the memory. The apparatus further has a time base compression circuit to time base compress the voice signal. With the apparatus, in the after-recording mode to record the voice signal after the video signal which has already been recorded on a recording medium, a desired voice signal can be recorded by a simple operation. Even if an image signal for after recording was changed during the after recording of a voice, the apparatus can easily cope with such a change.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Takayama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 00:30
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/802; G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/022; G11B27/029; G11B27/10; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B27/3027; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32117; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3261; H04N2201/3264
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A recording and reproducing apparatus for use with a memory medium on which a video signal is recorded, comprising: reproducing means for reproducing the video signal from the memory medium to produce an image; recording means for recording an audio signal into the memory medium in a plurality of memory portions; controlling means for controlling said recording means, said controlling means selecting between (1) continual recording of the audio signal, and (2) recording of the audio signal into a single portion of the memory medium followed by setting a stand-by mode; and changing means for causing said reproducing means to change an image reproduced by said reproducing means, wherein, when the continual recording is selected, said controlling means controls said recording means to divide the audio signal recorded by said recording means in response to a change of the image reproduced by said changing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
A recording and reproducing apparatus for use with a memory medium on which a video signal is recorded, comprising: reproducing means for reproducing the video signal from the memory medium to produce an image; recording means for recording an audio signal into the memory medium in a plurality of memory portions; controlling means for controlling said recording means, said controlling means selecting between (1) continual recording of the audio signal, and (2) recording of the audio signal into a single portion of the memory medium followed by setting a stand-by mode; and changing means for causing said reproducing means to change an image reproduced by said reproducing means, wherein, when the continual recording is selected, said controlling means controls said recording means to divide the audio signal recorded by said recording means in response to a change of the image reproduced by said changing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising time base compressing means for time base compressing the audio signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory medium comprises a recording medium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said memory portions are formed on said recording medium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said recording medium comprises a disc.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said changing means comprises means to cause said reproducing means to change the video signal reproduced by said reproducing means in response to a manual operation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a change-over switch to manually switch said means for controlling between said continual recording and said single-portion recording.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
112 words
A recording and reproducing method for use with a memory medium on which a video signal is recorded, comprising the steps of: reproducing the video signal from the memory medium using a reproducer; recording an audio signal on the memory medium using a recorder; selecting between (1) continual recording of the audio signal, and (2) recording of the audio signal into a single portion of the memory medium followed by setting a stand-by mode of the recorder; changing an image reproduced by the reproducer; and controlling the recorder, when the continual recording is selected, to divide the audio signal recorded by the recorder in response to the changing of the reproduced image.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
112 words
A recording and reproducing method for use with a memory medium on which a video signal is recorded, comprising the steps of: reproducing the video signal from the memory medium using a reproducer; recording an audio signal on the memory medium using a recorder; selecting between (1) continual recording of the audio signal, and (2) recording of the audio signal into a single portion of the memory medium followed by setting a stand-by mode of the recorder; changing an image reproduced by the reproducer; and controlling the recorder, when the continual recording is selected, to divide the audio signal recorded by the recorder in response to the changing of the reproduced image.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 8, wherein the memory medium comprises a recording medium.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein the recording medium comprises a disc.
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