JP2002232831A - Picture recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a picture recorder capable of recording high density picture information easily. SOLUTION: The picture recorder is provided with a picture input means 2 for inputting picture information, a picture reduction means 3 for generating low density picture information from picture information inputted from the means 2, the first recording medium 4 and the second recording medium 5, the first picture recording means 6 for recording the high-density picture information before being reduced in the medium 4 as a high-density picture file and the second picture recording means 7 for recording the low-density picture information reduced by the means 3 in the medium 4 as a low-density picture file. Related information concerning the high-density picture information and the low-density picture information is recorded in the second medium 5 within the difference between the recording the high density picture information and that of the low density picture information. Related information is provided with link information of the high density picture information and the low density picture information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus, and more particularly to an image recording apparatus for recording high-density image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, high-density image information has been promoted. For example, as a future video standard, a high-definition system based on the HDTV system has been proposed. One of the proposals is that the resolution is 3840 pixels horizontally and 2160 pixels vertically.
In some cases, the pixel and frame frequency can be as high as 10 Gbit / s when converted to a bit rate of 60 frames per second.
In order to realize such a high-density image with a conventional image sensor, the number of pixels is 8 million or more, and the clock frequency is 290 MHz.
z or more is required.
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. -153781 discloses a technique for obtaining high-density image information using a plurality of image sensors.

[0003]

When recording image information, it is common to record various related information such as attribute information of the image information on a recording medium. Recording related information on a recording medium together with high-density and large image information as described above is difficult in terms of circuitry and processing time. If the related information is forcibly recorded together, the capacity for recording a high-density image per unit recording time decreases, and the quality of the image information may need to be reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an image recording apparatus capable of easily recording high-density image information.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first image recording apparatus comprising: an image input unit for inputting image information; a first recording medium and a second recording medium; A first recording unit that can record the image information on the first recording medium; and a second recording unit that can record related information on the image information on the second recording medium. Features.

Further, the second image recording apparatus of the present invention, in the first image recording apparatus, has an image reducing means for reducing the image information input by the image input means to a low density, The second recording means records the low-density image information reduced by the image reducing means on an upper second recording medium.

In a third image recording apparatus according to the present invention, in the second image recording apparatus, the second recording means converts the related information and the low density image information into a low density image file. It is characterized by recording on a second recording medium.

According to a fourth image recording apparatus of the present invention, in any one of the first to third image recording apparatuses, the second recording medium stores a control file for managing the image information in an integrated manner. Wherein the second recording means records the related information in the control file.

According to a fifth image recording apparatus of the present invention, in any one of the second to fourth image recording apparatuses, the related information is the same as the image information recorded on the first recording medium. And link information to the low-density image information corresponding to the image information.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image recording apparatus according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, wherein a display means capable of displaying the low-density image information; The output of the image information is reduced by the input low-density image information reduced by the image reducing means or the second
Switching means for selectively switching to any of the low-density image information recorded on the recording medium.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image recording apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein
The related information includes audio information corresponding to the image information, and the audio information is recorded on the second recording medium.

An eighth image recording apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the seventh image recording apparatus, audio output means for outputting the audio information recorded on the recording medium is provided.

According to a ninth image recording apparatus of the present invention, in any one of the first to eighth image recording apparatuses, there is provided an image dividing means for dividing the image information constituting one screen into a plurality of image areas. While having the image input means having, so that each divided image information divided and input from the image input means can be processed in parallel, at least,
It is characterized in that the first recording means and the first recording medium are each formed by dividing into a plurality.

Further, a tenth image recording apparatus of the present invention comprises:
In any one of the first to ninth image recording apparatuses, the related information includes information for integrating the divided image information recorded on the first recording medium into one screen. And

An eleventh image recording apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
In the ninth or tenth image recording apparatus, the image reducing unit is divided into a plurality of units so that the image information divided and input from the image input unit can be processed in parallel. An image synthesizing means for synthesizing the divided image information reduced by the image reducing means with low-density image information of one screen is provided.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 relate to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an image recording apparatus, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a four-division optical system, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relative optical arrangement of elements, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an array conversion of the solid-state imaging devices, and FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, an image recording apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has image input means 2 for inputting image information.
Image reducing means 3 for reducing image information input from the image input means 2 to low density (low resolution) to generate low density image information, and a first recording medium 4 for storing image information and the like A second recording medium 5 and a first recording medium 4 for recording high-density (high-resolution) image information before reduction (hereinafter, referred to as high-density image information) as a high-density image file on the first recording medium 4. Image recording means 6 as recording means
And recording the low-density image information reduced by the image reducing means 3 on the second recording medium 5 as a low-density image file.
A second image recording means 7 as a recording means, a speech input means 8 for inputting speech information, and a second recording means for recording the speech information inputted from the speech input means 8 on the second recording medium 5. A voice recording means 9 as a recording means, a display device 10 as a display means capable of displaying low-density image information, a display processing means 11 for processing the low-density image information into a signal which can be displayed on the display device 10, The image reproducing means 12 for reading out the low-density image information recorded on the second recording medium 5 and the output of the image information to the display processing means 11 are performed by the low-density image information from the image reducing means 3 or by the image reproducing means 11. Switching means 13 for selectively switching to any one of the low-density image information read from the recording medium 5, an audio output device 14 as an audio output means capable of outputting audio information, and a second recording medium 5. Recorded An audio reproducing device 15 for processing the output signals that can be an audio output device 14 the audio information reads the audio information, and a system controller (CPU) 16 for centrally controlling the above units, the.

In the present embodiment, the image input means 2 comprises an image pickup system using a plurality of solid-state image pickup devices (CCD), and includes an image pickup lens 20, a lens driving circuit 21 for driving the image pickup lens 20, and A color separation prism 22 for separating the light image obtained through the imaging lens 20 into four light images,
First to fourth CCDs 23 to 26 for forming respective light images separated by the color separation prism 22;
Image sensor drive circuit 27 that drives CDs 23 to 26 simultaneously
And imaging signal processing circuits 28 to 3 for converting analog signals obtained by the CCDs 23 to 26 into digital signals, respectively.
1, the image sensor driving circuit 27 and the image signal processing circuit 28
A synchronous signal generating circuit 32 for outputting a basic clock signal, horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals, etc., and image signals of respective colors simultaneously output from the imaging signal processing circuits 28 to 31 are converted into a so-called Bayer array. An image array conversion circuit 33 for generating an image signal of the image data and an image processing means 3 for performing an interpolation process on the image signal of the Bayer array to generate image information
4 is provided.

More specifically, the lens driving circuit 21
Drives the lens 20 based on a signal from the CPU 16 to perform focusing control, exposure control, and the like.

The subject image from the lens 20 is incident on the color separation prism 22, and is subjected to B (blue), G1 (green), G2
(Green) and R (red)
26 to 26 are formed. That is, as shown in FIG.
Each of the prisms 22a to 22d includes first to fourth CCDs 23 to 22d.
26 are joined. Here, the optical path length from the incident surface of the color separation prism 22 to each of the CCDs 23 to 26 is set to be equal to each other.
As shown in FIG. 3, the position at which the object 6 is joined to each of the prisms 22 a to 22 d is such that the imaging region of the subject image
/ 2 pixels.

The image pickup device driving circuit 27 generates a driving signal in response to a signal from the synchronizing signal generating circuit 32, and supplies the driving signal to each of the CCDs 23 to 26 simultaneously in parallel. Are driven in parallel.

In the imaging signal processing circuits 28 to 31, a CCD
The analog signals from 23 to 26 are respectively converted into digital signals in parallel. In this case, each CC
D23 to D26 are driven at the same timing.

The image array conversion circuit 33 performs an array conversion of the image signals of the respective colors input in parallel from the respective image pickup signal processing circuits 28 to 31 to generate a so-called Bayer array image signal. In this case, each image signal is array-converted as shown in FIG.
Assuming that the image signal corresponds to × B pixels, it is quadrupled, 2A × 2
An image signal for B pixels can be obtained.

The image processing means 34 complements the missing color information from the color information of the peripheral pixels based on the image signal of the Bayer array, so that R (red),
Image information of 2A × 2B pixels having color information of G (green) and B (blue) is generated. Here, in the present embodiment,
Each of the CCDs 23 to 26 is composed of, for example, a CCD having 2 million pixels, and in this case, high-density image information equivalent to 8 million pixels can be obtained. The high-density image information obtained in this manner is transmitted to the image
Is output to the image recording means 6.

The image reducing means 3 performs low-density image information reduced / reduced to a small capacity by performing thinning, average addition processing, clipping, standardized standard compression method, etc. on the input high-density image information. Is generated. In this case, the information amount of the generated low-density image information depends on the display device 1.
It is desirable that the information amount corresponds to 0.

As shown in FIG. 5, the first image recording means 6 includes a memory 35, a controller 36, and an interface (I / F) 37, and receives a write command (designated address write command) from the CPU 16. At this time, the high-density image information input from the image input means 2 is recorded on the first recording medium 4 as a high-density image file. In the first image recording means 6, the memory 35 may be omitted in some cases.

Similarly, the second image recording means 7 includes a memory 38, a controller 39, and an interface (I /
F) 40, and when the CPU 16 issues a write command, the low-density image information from the image reduction means 3 is recorded on the second recording medium 5 as a low-density image file.

In this case, in the header of the low-density image file, address information (link information) of the high-density image file corresponding to the low-density image file is recorded as related information. Address information (link information) in an audio file (described later) corresponding to the high-density image file is recorded as related information. Further, in a header portion of the low-density image file, time code, photographing information, and the like are recorded as related information of the high-density image information and the low-density image information corresponding to each other, and information input by the user is also recorded. Is done. Further, the second recording medium 5 is provided with a control file for comprehensively managing each file recorded on the first recording medium 4 and the second recording medium 5, and a header section of each low-density image file. Is recorded via the second image recording means 7.

That is, in the present image recording apparatus 1,
Related information relating to the high-density image information is mainly recorded in a low-density image file and a control file, so that the high-density image file recorded on the first recording medium 4 is simplified. .

The audio input means 8 includes a microphone 45 and an audio signal processing means for converting an analog signal obtained from the microphone 45 into a digital signal. The digitalized audio information is output to the audio recording means 9. It is supposed to be.

The voice recording means 9 includes a memory 47, a controller 48, and an interface (I / F) 49. When a write command is issued from the CPU 16, voice information from the voice input means 8 is transmitted to a second memory. Recording is performed on an audio file provided on the recording medium 5.

Hereinafter, the operation of the image recording apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. When image information (high-density image information) is input from the image input unit 2 to the first image recording unit 6, the first image recording unit 6
Based on the address area designation recording command from U16, the high-density image information is recorded as a high-density image file in the designated address area of the first recording medium 4.

At the same time, the high-density image information from the image input means 2 is also input to the image reduction means 3. Image reduction means 3
Then, low-density image information is generated by performing thinning-out / average addition processing and the like on the high-density image information, and the generated low-density image information is output to the second image recording means 7. And the second
The image recording means records low-density image information as a low-density image file in a designated address area of the second recording medium 5 based on an address designation recording command from the CPU 16.

As described above, since the low-density image information has a smaller amount of information than the high-density image information, when these are recorded in parallel by different image recording means on different recording media, There is a margin in the recording time of the low-density image information. Therefore, the second image recording means 7 records other information (related information) relating to the high-density image information and the low-density image information corresponding to each other on the second recording medium 5 within the above-mentioned difference in the recording time.

That is, the second image recording means 7 records the low-density image information on the second recording medium 5 as a low-density image file, and includes, in its header, a high-density image corresponding to the low-density image file. Address information (link information) of the image file, address information (link information) in the audio file corresponding to the low-density image file and the high-density image file, time code, shooting information, information input by a user, and the like are recorded as related information. I do.

Further, the second image recording means 7 stores the related information recorded in the header portion of the low-density image file in the control file provided in the second recording medium 5 within the difference of the recording time. Record similar related information.

Further, the audio recording means 9 records the audio information input from the audio input means 8 in the audio file provided on the second recording medium 5 within the above-mentioned difference in the recording time.

Here, the low-density image information and related information such as link information and audio information are recorded on the second recording medium 5 by storing these information in the second image recording means 7 and the audio recording means 9. (Buffer memories) 39, 4 provided in
8 and temporarily adjusts the recording timing.

When displaying the image information currently input by the image input means 2 on the display device 10, the CPU 1
6 controls the switching means 13 to switch to the image reducing means 3 side, whereby the display processing means 11 outputs the currently input image information (low-density) reduced to a low density by the image reducing means 3. Density information) is input. Then, the display processing means 11 displays the input low-density image information on the display device 10.
After processing into a signal that can be displayed in step (1), the signal is output to the display device 10.

On the other hand, when displaying the image information (low-density image information) recorded on the second recording medium 5 on the display device 10, the CPU 16 sends the switching means 13 to the image reproducing means 12 side. In addition to performing the switching control, the image reproducing means 12
The readout control of the recording image (low-density image information) selected by the user or the like is performed on the display processing unit 11, whereby the predetermined low-density image information recorded on the second recording medium 5 is stored in the display processing unit 11. Is entered. And display processing means 1
In step 1, the input low-density image information is processed into a signal that can be displayed on the display device 10 and then output to the display device 10.

The image information recorded on the second recording medium 5 is displayed on the display device 10 at the same time as the second recording medium 5 is displayed.
When the audio information recorded in the second recording medium 5 is output to the audio output device 14, the CPU 16 outputs link information between the low-density image file recorded in the second recording medium 5 or the low-density image file recorded in the control file and the audio information. And read
Based on this link information, reading control of the corresponding audio information is performed for the audio reproducing means 15. Then, the audio reproducing unit 15 processes the audio information read from the second recording medium 5 into a signal that can be output by the audio output device 14, and then outputs the signal to the audio output device 14.

For example, when deleting image information or the like in a predetermined area, the user can specify the area to be deleted while displaying the image on the display device 10. That is, in such processing, the CPU 16 drives the image reproducing unit 12 to display an image based on the low-density image information on the display device 10. At this time, if the area to be deleted is specified by the user, the CPU 16 drives the second image recording means 7 to delete the low-density image information in the specified area. At the same time, the CPU 16 drives the first image recording unit 6 and the audio recording unit 9 to delete high-density image information and audio information corresponding to the deleted low-density image information based on each link information.

According to such an embodiment, the image recording apparatus 1 is provided with the first recording medium 4 and the second recording medium 5,
Since the image information input from the image input means 2 is recorded on the first recording medium 4 and the related information accompanying the image information is recorded on the second recording medium 5 in parallel with this. In addition, an image file (high-density image file) for recording image information (high-density image information) on the first recording medium 4 can be simplified. Accordingly, it is possible to simplify the circuit configuration and the like of the first image recording means 6 for performing recording on the first recording medium 4, and to shorten the recording processing time and the like on the first recording medium 4. Can be. Further, by simplifying a high-density image file, high-density image information can be recorded without deteriorating image quality.

Further, since the image recording apparatus 1 is provided with the image reducing means 3 and the low-density image information reduced by the image reducing means 3 is recorded on the second recording medium 5, the first recording medium 4 is provided. It is possible to easily check the image information recorded in the printer. That is, for example, in the case of simply confirming high-density image information, it is sufficient to read low-density image information having a small amount of information, so that the processing time can be reduced.

Since the low-density image information has a smaller amount of information than the high-density image information, there is a margin in the recording time of the low-density image information with respect to the recording time of the high-density image information. By recording the related information on the second recording medium 5 with a margin of time, the related information can be effectively recorded without prolonging the recording time.

Further, by providing the related information with link information between the high-density image information and the low-density image information, it is possible to easily confirm and edit the high-density image information based on the low-density image information. Operability can be improved.

In particular, by storing related information such as link information in the header of a low-density image file, editing of high-density image information based on low-density image information can be performed more effectively. Further, by storing the related information such as the link information in the control file provided in the second recording medium 5, it is possible to edit the high-density image information and the low-density image information from the control file. Become.

Further, by recording the audio information as related information on the second recording medium 5, the audio information is recorded without increasing the information amount of the high-density image file recorded on the first recording medium 4. be able to.

Further, by providing memories 39 and 48 in the second image recording means 7 and the audio recording means 9, respectively, the second recording medium for low density image information and related information such as link information and audio information is provided. 5 can be efficiently performed while adjusting the recording timing.

Further, by providing the display device 10 in the image recording device 1, it is possible to confirm and edit recorded image information on an actual device. In this case, by displaying the image based on the low-density image information on the display device 10, the processing time for displaying the image information can be reduced as compared with the case where the image display based on the high-density image information is performed. In particular, by making the size of the low-density image information generated by the image reducing unit 3 correspond to the display device 10, the processing can be further simplified.

Further, by providing the switching means 13 in the image recording apparatus 1, it is possible to selectively check the image information currently input and the recorded image information.

The image recording apparatus 1 has an audio output device 14.
Is provided, confirmation of audio information together with image information can be performed by an actual device.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which related information relating to each image information is recorded together in the header portion and the control file of each low-density image file. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The related information may be recorded in at least one of a header part of each low-density image file and a control file.

The recording of the audio information is not limited to being recorded in the audio file formed on the second recording medium 5; for example, the audio file is abolished and each audio information is You may comprise so that it may record on the header part of a low density image file, or a control file.

Further, in addition to recording the link information between the high-density image information and the low-density image information on the second recording medium 5, the header information of the high-density image file recorded on the first recording medium 4 Similarly, the link information to the corresponding low-density image information may be recorded. In this case, the first
This is useful when, for example, outputting high-density image information recorded on the recording medium 4 to another device or the like, and wishing to simultaneously display the corresponding low-density image information on the display device 10.

FIGS. 6 to 9 relate to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of an image recording apparatus, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of image division, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of a medium, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a selector.

Here, the image recording apparatus 50 in the present embodiment uses the image dividing means 52 for dividing an image signal constituting one screen into a plurality of image areas (for example, eight image areas: see FIG. 7). The point provided in the input means 51 is the first point described above.
This is mainly different from the embodiment of FIG.

Along with this, the image processing means is divided into eight image processing means 54 to 61, and the divided image signals are individually processed in parallel to form image information (hereinafter referred to as divided image information and ) Is generated.

Similarly, the image reducing means is divided into eight image reducing means 65 to 72, and each divided image information is processed individually in parallel to generate reduced divided image information. Has become. In this case, the image reduction means 65-
An image synthesizing unit 73 is provided downstream of the image synthesizing unit 72. The image synthesizing unit 73 synthesizes the divided image information reduced by the image reducing units 65 to 72 to generate reduced image information of one screen. And switching means 13.

Similarly, the first image recording means as the first recording means and the first recording medium are similarly divided into eight image recording means 75 to 82 and recording media 85 to 92. Each of the image recording units 75 to 82 individually stores the divided image information (high-density image information) in parallel with the recording medium 85 to 85.
92.

Here, in the present embodiment, image compression means 95 to 102 are interposed between the image input means 51 and the image recording means 75 to 82, respectively. The density image information) is recorded on each of the recording media 85 to 92 in a compressed state.

In addition, the same components as those in the above-described first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

Hereinafter, the operation of the image recording apparatus 50 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. When each divided image information (high-density image information) is input from the image input unit 51 to each of the image compression units 95 to 102, each of the image compression units 95 to 102 compresses each of the divided image information and compresses the divided image information. To 82. Then, each image recording means 7
In 5-82, the compressed divided image information is recorded on each of the recording media 85-92.

At the same time, the divided image information (high-density image information) from the image input means 51 is also input to each of the image reduction means 65 to 72. Each of the image reducing means 65 to 72 reduces the divided image information to a low density by performing thinning, average addition processing, cutting, and standardized standard compression method. Output to Then, the image synthesizing unit 73 synthesizes the reduced divided image information to generate low-density image information of one screen, and the low-density image information is transmitted to the second recording unit via the second image recording unit 7. It is recorded on the medium 5.

Here, similar to the above-described first embodiment,
Although related information is also recorded on the second recording medium 5 together with the low-density image information, in the present embodiment, the related information recorded on the second recording medium includes image information ( As the high-density image information) is divided and recorded on the recording media 85 to 92, information for making the corresponding divided image information into one screen is newly added. Further, as the high-density image information is compressed and recorded, information on a compression method is newly added to the related information (see FIG. 8).

Information for making the divided image information into one screen includes, for example, the following. That is, the divided image information recorded on each of the recording media 85 to 92 has the same time information at the time of start. For example, in the case of a recording method in which address records are added by +1 from the start address, In this case, the address records of the recording media 85 to 92 forming one screen can be determined, and if the correspondence between each recording medium and each image recording means is clear, the image of each divided image information at the time of editing etc. Synthesis can be easily performed. In particular, it is effective in a configuration as shown in FIG. Therefore, in the present embodiment, such information is linked to the corresponding low-density image information as information for converting the divided image information into one screen, and
To record.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be obtained in addition to the effects obtained in the first embodiment. That is, since the image information constituting one screen is divided and input by the image input means 51 and the divided image information is simultaneously recorded on each of the recording media 85 to 92 in parallel, the recording time of the high-density image information can be reduced. It can be shorter.

By providing image compression means 95 to 102 for compressing the divided image information, the recording capacity of each of the recording media 85 to 92 required for recording one screen can be reduced.

Further, by simultaneously reducing each divided image information in parallel, it is possible to reduce the processing time in the reduction processing of high-density image information. In this case, the image synthesizing unit 7 is located downstream of the image reducing units 65 to 72.
By providing 3, it is possible to obtain one screen of low-density image information as in the first embodiment.

In the image input means 51, by dividing and forming the image processing means 54 to 61, it is needless to say that the processing for inputting image information can be speeded up.

Here, as shown in FIG. 9, in the image recording apparatus 50, selectors 105 to 112 may be provided between each of the image recording means 75 to 82 and each of the recording media 85 to 92. In this case, the CPU 16 controls each of the recording media 85 to 92
It is possible to select a recording medium on which each divided image information is to be recorded based on the free space or the like, and to realize more effective recording of image information.

Next, FIG. 10 relates to a third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of an image recording apparatus. Here, in each of the above-described embodiments, in addition to performing high-speed and easy recording of high-density image information having a large amount of information, it is intended to easily confirm and edit recorded image information. Although the example in which the image recording apparatus is configured by inserting the image recording apparatus has been described, the present embodiment is configured such that the image recording apparatus is configured by focusing only on the easy recording of the high-density image information.

Therefore, the image recording apparatus 120 according to the present embodiment is different from the image recording apparatus 50 according to the second embodiment in that the image reducing sections 65 to 72, the image synthesizing section 73, and the second Image recording means 7, the second recording medium 5,
The audio input unit 8, the audio recording unit 9, the display device 10, the display processing unit 11, the image reproducing unit 12, the switching unit 13, the audio output unit 14, and the audio reproducing unit 15 are omitted. Data recording medium 122 as a second recording means and data recording means 1 as a second recording means
23 is newly provided. Note that other configurations are substantially the same as those of the above-described second embodiment.

The data recording medium 122 is composed of a small-capacity recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, for example.
In parallel with the recording of the high-density image information, related information relating to the high-density image information is recorded via the data recording unit 123.

Here, in the present embodiment, each of the recording media 85 to 92 as the first recording medium is not unitized, and each of the recording media 85 to 92 is configured to be individually replaceable. I have. In such a case, when each of the recording media 85 to 92 is replaced by a user or the like, it is difficult to make one screen desired at the time of editing.

Therefore, in each of the recording media 85 to 92,
Headers provided in the high-density image file of each divided image information (high-density image information) include respective image recording units 75 to 8.
2, information indicating which stage of the image recording means has been used for recording is recorded.

The information for making the divided image information one screen out of the related information recorded on the data recording medium 122 includes the number of stages of the image recording means used for recording each high-density image file, (: Cylinder number, track number, record number, etc. of the recording medium), time information, and the like.

Then, at the time of initialization immediately after power-on and at the time of standby at the time of power-off, the CPU 16 makes the recording medium 8
The states 5 to 92 (information such as the order of the recording medium having the high-density image file recorded by the image recording unit at which stage is currently located) are checked, and this information is stored in the data recording unit 1.
By recording / updating to the data recording medium 122 as related information through 23, the relevance of each high-density image file constituting the same image is maintained.

Also in such an embodiment, the same effect as the above-described second embodiment can be obtained in that high-density image information can be easily obtained at high speed. In the second embodiment, it is needless to say that the recording media 85 to 92 can be individually replaced as in the present embodiment. In this case,
The same processing as in the present embodiment is performed.

In each of the above embodiments, the image input means is not limited to those described above. For example, the image input means is constituted by an input terminal capable of inputting image information from another device. May be.

[0081]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily record high-density image information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an image recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the four-divided optical system according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an optical relative arrangement relationship of four solid-state imaging devices;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an array conversion of four solid-state imaging devices;

FIG. 5 shows a structural example of a recording medium according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of an image recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows an example of image division.

FIG. 8 shows a structural example of a recording medium according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a selector according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of an image recording apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image recording apparatus 2 Image input means 3 Image reduction means 4 1st recording medium 5 2nd recording medium 6 1st image recording means (1st recording means) 7 2nd image recording means (2nd recording Means 9 sound recording means (second recording means) 10 display device (display means) 13 switching means 14 sound output device (sound output means) 50 image recording device 51 image input means 52 image dividing means 54 to 61 image processing means 65 65-72 Image reduction means 73 Image synthesis means 75-82 Image recording means 85-92 Recording medium (first recording medium) 120 Image recording device 122 Data recording medium (second recording medium) 123 Data recording means (No. 2 recording means)

Claims (11)

[Claims] An image input unit for inputting image information; a first recording medium and a second recording medium; a first recording unit capable of recording the image information on the first recording medium; An image recording apparatus, comprising: a second recording unit capable of recording related information relating to the image information on a second recording medium. 2. An image reduction means for reducing the image information input by the image input means to a low density, wherein the second recording means includes a low density image reduced by the image reduction means. 2. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information is recorded on an upper second recording medium. 3. The image according to claim 2, wherein the second recording unit records the related information and the low-density image information as a low-density image file on the second recording medium. Recording device. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second recording medium has a control file for managing the image information collectively, and the second recording means records the related information in the control file. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1. 5. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the related information includes link information between the image information recorded on the first recording medium and the low-density image information corresponding to the image information. The image recording apparatus according to claim 4. 6. A display means capable of displaying the low-density image information, and outputting the low-density image information to the display means, the input low-density image information reduced by the image reducing means, or 6. The image recording apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: switching means for selectively switching to any one of the low-density image information recorded on the second recording medium. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information includes audio information corresponding to the image information, and the audio information is recorded on the second recording medium. The image recording device according to any one of the above. 8. The image recording apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising audio output means for outputting the audio information recorded on the recording medium. 9. An image input means comprising image dividing means for dividing the image information constituting one screen into a plurality of image areas, and each of the divisions inputted by division from the image input means. 9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least the first recording means and the first recording medium are divided into a plurality of pieces so that image information can be processed in parallel. An image recording apparatus according to claim 1. 10. The image recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the related information includes information for forming the divided image information divided and recorded on the first recording medium into one screen. apparatus. 11. The image reduction means is divided into a plurality of pieces so that the respective pieces of image information divided and input from the image input means can be processed in parallel, and the image information is reduced by the image reduction means. The image recording apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising an image synthesizing unit that synthesizes the divided image information with low-density image information of one screen.