JP2009283121A - Image information recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform recording which is simpler operation, in a digital recording mode. <P>SOLUTION: The device is provided with a means (operating switch(SW) 18, control microcomputer 16, compression/expansion processing circuit 8 of image/voice) which discriminates (pickup 31, reproducing circuit 30, signal/control processing circuit 24, control microcomputer 28) loaded respective recording media, according to a plurality of recording media and sets automatically and restricts at least a part of recording modes according to respective media. At least a part of recording modes are set automatically or restricted, according to loaded recording media. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a video recording apparatus that records and reproduces video information, and more particularly to a video recording apparatus that selects recording information according to a recording medium in correspondence with a plurality of recording media.

  Conventionally, as a method for recording video information on a disk-shaped recording medium, there is a real-time video recording format as an application that can record video in real time and can easily perform editing processing after recording. This is a standard that allows a TV broadcast or the like to be recorded at the same time as the broadcast, and allows easy editing and erasure after recording.

  On the other hand, the video format used in commercial software premised on viewing on a commercial DVD player is different from the video recording format because it was considered to be edited before recording. For this reason, there is a problem that a disc recorded in the video recording format cannot be viewed with a commercially available DVD player.

  As digitalization of video information, an MPEG compression method is being established, but there are many selections of recording modes such as variable bit rate / fixed bit rate and bit rate setting from about 2.0 Mbps to about 10 Mbps.

  On the other hand, various media such as DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD-R can be selected as recording media.

  Examples of this type of recording / reproducing apparatus include, for example, JP-A-2001-36861 and JP-A-2000-322742.

JP 2001-36861 A JP 2000-322742 A

  The above prior art includes, for example, one that automatically selects a recording mode (selection of bit rate) according to the genre of a broadcast program. However, camera shooting is not taken into account, and genre is automatically determined in camera shooting. There is a problem that is not applicable. In addition, it does not take into consideration that it corresponds to a plurality of recording formats, and that it supports moving image and still image shooting.

  An object of the present invention is to support a plurality of recording media that can be loaded, and by automatically setting or restricting a part of the selection of a number of recording modes according to each recording media, by a simpler operation. It is to enable setting of an optimum recording mode.

  In order to achieve the above object, in a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, recording data processing means that performs recording format processing of video signals, medium discrimination means that discriminates a loaded recording medium, Data processing changing means for changing the recording format of the recording data processing means according to the medium determining means is provided.

  The data processing changing means switches between a video format and a video recording format.

  Further, when the medium discriminating means discriminates that the recording medium is a one-time write-once recording medium, the data processing changing means is switched to a video format.

  Further, when the medium determining means determines that the rewritable recording medium is rewritable, the data processing changing means is switched to the video recording format.

  In order to achieve the above object, in a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, recording data processing means for digitally compressing video signals and medium discrimination means for discriminating the loaded recording medium And at least data rate setting means for switching the output data rate of the recording data processing means in accordance with the medium discrimination means.

  The recording data processing means has at least a fixed bit rate and a variable bit rate, and the data rate setting means switches between the fixed bit rate and the variable bit rate.

  Further, the recording data rate setting means switches to a fixed bit rate when the medium determining means determines that the medium is a one-time write once recording medium.

  Further, when the medium discriminating means discriminates the rewritable recording medium, the recording data rate setting means switches to a variable bit rate.

  The recording data processing means has at least a first bit rate of standard image quality and a second bit rate of higher image quality than the first bit rate, and the first bit rate is set by the data rate setting means. The second bit rate is switched.

  Further, the recording data rate setting means switches to the first bit rate when the medium discriminating means discriminates the recording medium as a one-time write-once type recording medium.

  Further, when the medium discriminating means discriminates a rewritable recording medium, the recording data rate setting means switches to the second bit rate.

  In order to achieve the above object, in a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, recording data processing means for digitally compressing a video signal for still image compression or video compression, and still image recording or video recording An operation input means for operating, a medium determination means for determining a loaded recording medium, and a restriction means for prohibiting at least one of a still image recording operation or a moving image recording operation of the operation input means in accordance with the medium determination means. It is provided.

  Further, there is provided display means for displaying so that still picture recording or moving picture recording to be restricted can be understood during operation of the restriction means.

  The restricting means prohibits the still image compression operation of the recording data processing means when the medium discriminating means discriminates the recording medium as a one-time recordable recording medium.

    In order to achieve the above object, in a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, recording data processing means for converting a video signal into at least a video format or a recording format of a video recording format, and the recording data processing Provided with mode selection means for specifying the recording format of the means, medium discrimination means for discriminating the loaded recording medium, and limiting means for restricting a part of the mode selection means according to the medium discrimination means It is.

  Further, when the medium discriminating means discriminates that the recording medium is a one-time write-once recording medium, the restricting means prohibits selection of the video recording format of the recording data processing means.

  In order to achieve the above object, in a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, a recording data processing means for converting a video signal into a data compression signal of at least a fixed bit rate or a variable bit rate, and the recording A mode selection unit for specifying a fixed bit rate or a variable bit rate of the data processing unit, a medium determination unit for determining a loaded recording medium, and a part of the mode selection unit are limited according to the medium determination unit. Limiting means.

  Further, when the medium discriminating means discriminates the recording medium as a one-time write-once type recording medium, the limiting means prohibits the selection of the variable bit rate of the recording data processing means.

  In order to achieve the above object, in a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, the video signal is at least a first bit rate of standard image quality or a second image quality higher than the first bit rate. Recording data processing means for converting to a data compression signal of bit rate, mode selection means for designating the first bit rate or the second bit rate of the recording data processing means, and medium discrimination for discriminating a loaded recording medium And a restricting means for restricting a part of the mode selecting means according to the medium determining means.

  Further, when the medium discriminating unit discriminates the recording medium as a one-time write-once type recording medium, the limiting unit prohibits the selection of the second bit rate of the recording data processing unit.

  In order to achieve the above object, the video signal of any one of the above recording / reproducing devices is a camera-integrated device obtained from a camera unit comprising an image sensor and a signal processing circuit for processing the output signal. Is.

  In order to achieve the above object, the video signal of any one of the above recording / reproducing apparatuses is a television broadcast signal.

  In order to achieve the above object, the video signal of any one of the recording / reproducing apparatuses is a video signal reproduced from another recording digital medium.

  The present invention has an effect that selection of a recording format such as camera recording can be performed by a simpler operation according to a recording medium to be loaded.

  In addition, there is an effect that selection of a compression method (fixed and variable bit rate) and image quality (average bit rate) of a recorded image at the time of camera recording or the like can be performed by a simpler operation according to a recording medium to be loaded.

  Further, there is an effect that selection of moving image shooting or still image shooting of a recorded image at the time of camera recording or the like can be performed by a simpler operation according to a recording medium to be loaded.

It is a circuit block diagram of one example of the present invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart figure of the principal part of one Example of this invention. It is another operation | movement flowchart figure of the principal part of one Example of this invention. It is another operation | movement flowchart figure of the principal part of one Example of this invention. It is another operation | movement flowchart figure of the principal part of one Example of this invention. It is another operation | movement flowchart figure of the principal part of one Example of this invention. It is another operation | movement flowchart figure of the principal part of one Example of this invention. FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram showing a specific example of a part of the present invention. It is a display screen figure which shows one specific Example of a part of this invention. It is another display screen figure which shows one specific Example of a part of this invention. It is a circuit block diagram of the 2nd example of the present invention.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a camera-integrated recording / reproducing apparatus using a disk recording medium. In FIG. 1, 1 is a microphone, 2 is an audio input processing circuit, 3 is an audio output circuit, 4 is an audio output terminal, 5 is a lens unit, 6 is an image sensor (CCD), 7 is a camera video signal processing circuit, and 8 is Video / audio compression / expansion processing circuit, 9 is a video display / output processing circuit, 10 is a display means (LCD), 11 is a driver for the lens unit 5, 12 is a digital audio / video input terminal, and 13 is a digital interface processing circuit , 14 is a digital output terminal, 15 is a D-RAM, 16 is a control microcomputer for the entire apparatus, 17 is a flash memory (F-RAM), 18 is an operation switch (SW) of the apparatus, 19 is an interface circuit, and 20 is an external power supply. Input terminal, 21 charging circuit, 22 battery, 23 power supply circuit (DC-DC converter), 24 disk media signal / Control processing circuit, 25 is a D-RAM, 26 is an S-RAM, 27 is a flash memory (F-RAM), 28 is a control microcomputer of a recording / reproducing unit, 29 is a recording circuit, 30 is a reproducing circuit, 31 is a medium Pickup for recording / reproducing, 32 is a disk medium, 33 is a spindle motor, 34 is a feed motor for moving the pickup 31 on the disk medium, 35 is a spindle motor 33, a feed motor 34, and a focus direction and a tracking direction in the pickup 31 Actuator drivers that respectively drive actuators (not shown), and 36 indicate video output terminals.

  Here, the operation of the camera unit will be described first. The image information is converted into an electric signal by the imaging sensor 6 through the lens unit 5 and converted into a video signal by the camera video signal processing circuit 7. On the other hand, the audio is converted into an audio signal by the audio input processing circuit 2 via the microphone 1. These signals are converted into digital video / audio compression signals by the video / audio compression / expansion processing circuit 8. As a compression method, an MPEG method that handles moving images, a JPEG method that handles still images, and the like are implemented. Also, input information from the outside can be switched and handled from the digital audio / video input terminal 12.

  On the other hand, as an output means, an audio signal is output from the video / audio compression / expansion processing circuit 8 to the audio output terminal 4 via the audio output circuit 3. The video signal is displayed on the display means 10 via the video display / output processing circuit 9 and simultaneously output from the video output terminal 36. Further, a digital video / audio signal is output from the digital output terminal 14 via the digital interface processing circuit 13. Here, the input signal and the output signal have been described through the video / audio compression / decompression processing circuit 8, but it goes without saying that these output signals are not necessarily subjected to compression / decompression processing for both the audio signal and the video signal. Yes.

  These means operate when the user operates the operation switch 18. The output of the operation switch 18 is input to the control microcomputer 16 of the entire apparatus. The control microcomputer 16 controls the lens unit 5 via the driver 11 to capture a desired image on the image sensor 6. Further, the video / audio compression / decompression processing circuit 8 controls to compress a moving image or a still image into a digital signal and temporarily store it in the D-RAM 15. These signals are sent to the signal / control processing circuit 24 of the disk type recording / reproducing apparatus via the interface circuit 19. As this interface circuit, for example, the ATAPI standard is adopted. The flash memory 17 is a memory that stores a program for operating the control microcomputer 16.

  The disc type recording / reproducing apparatus converts the input moving image or still image information into a recording format corresponding to the disc medium by the signal / control processing circuit 24 and the D-RAM 25, and the disc medium via the recording circuit 29 and the pickup 31. 32. Further, the relative position of the disk medium 32 and the pickup 31 is reproduced by operating the pickup 31 in a time-sharing manner, and the position information written in advance from the disk medium 32 is detected via the reproducing circuit 30, and the signal / control is performed. Processed by the processing circuit 24 and the control microcomputer 28, the actuators 35 drive the spindle motor 33 and the feed motor 34, which are each actuator, and an actuator (not shown) that controls the focus and tracking in the pickup 31. To do. Incidentally, the S-RAM 26 and the flash memory 27 store a temporary storage of arithmetic data of the control microcomputer 28, a program, and the like.

  In addition, the present apparatus supplies power to each part required by the power supply circuit 23 using the power supply supplied from the external power input terminal 20 or the power of the battery 22 charged by using the charging circuit 21 with this power supply. ing.

  Although the recording operation has been described above, almost the opposite operation is performed during reproduction. That is, information on the disk medium 32 is detected from the disk medium 32 via the pickup 31 and the reproduction circuit 30, the recording format corresponding to the disk medium is demodulated by the signal / control processing circuit 24 and the control microcomputer 28, and the interface circuit 19 To the video / audio compression / decompression processing circuit 8, where the compressed video signal and audio signal are decompressed and displayed via the video display / output processing circuit 9 and the audio output circuit 3. And output to the audio output terminal 4 and the video output terminal 36. Further, the information before decompression is output to the digital output terminal 14 via the digital interface processing circuit 13.

  Here, as the disk media 32 for handling the video signal, for example, there are those shown in Table 1. There are DVD-ROM for reproduction only, DVD-R for write-once type only, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM for rewritable media. As recording formats, for example, a video format (DVD Video format) and a video recording format (Video recording format) have been proposed.

  The video format can be used for special editing such as multi-angle, parental playback, random shuffle playback, and special playback such as fast-forward and rewind. Have powerful information data to support.

  In addition, the video recording format considers an application that can record video signals in real time without any editing process on the premise of the rewritable disc and can easily perform the editing process after recording. However, there is a problem that many signals recorded in this video recording format cannot be reproduced by many DVD players for reproducing a reproduction-only disc recorded in the previous video format.

  This problem is especially true when recording on disc media with a video camera, with DVD-RW and DVD-RAM, which are rewritable discs, once recording in the video recording format, editing is performed and the video format is converted again. However, once a DVD-R disc, which is a one-time write-once disc, is recorded once in the video recording format, it cannot be rewritten again, and the disc can be rewritten. It cannot be played with.

  Therefore, one feature of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. That is, the disc medium loaded in the apparatus is discriminated, and when the disc media is discriminated as a DVD-R, the mode for automatically recording in the video format is selected. For a rewritable disc medium such as a DVD-RAM, a mode for automatically recording in the video recording format is selected.

  As an example of this determination means, Table 2 shows an example of determination information for each medium. For example, a first-generation DVD-RAM disk (2.6 GB capacity) and a second-generation DVD-RAM (4.7 GB capacity) that can handle video signals are assumed to have a rewrite endurance of 100,000 times. Is 15 to 25%, and a DVD-RW disc that predicts a rewritability of about 1000 times has a reflectivity of 18 to 30%, whereas a write once write-once DVD-R disc has a reflectivity of only once. Is 45 to 85% and can be information for discriminating both. Further, different information is written in advance as control data on each disk, and more accurate discrimination is possible by detecting this information.

  These detections are determined by detecting each parameter shown in Table 2 from the disk medium 32 via the pickup 31 and the reproduction circuit 30 of FIG. For example, the disc surface is irradiated with a laser beam from a pickup 31 and its reflectance is measured to make a determination. Finally, control data different for each disc recorded on the inner circumference side of the disc (usually called a lead-in area) is detected and determined.

  Another example of the method is shown in FIG. In this figure, media discrimination is performed and DVD-R media is processed in the same manner as in FIG. 2. For DVD-RAM, a mode for automatically recording in the video recording format is selected and DVD-RW is selected. In this case, the mode for recording in the video format or the video recording format is selected according to the recording mode selected in advance by the user in the menu mode or the like. This eliminates the problem that the user cannot automatically record in the desired recording format because the recording format is automatically determined by the media loaded in the apparatus. Further, it is not necessary to check the recording format every time when performing the recording operation. Further, by leaving the user's selection request only for the DVD-RW disc, for example, as shown in FIG.

  Also. Another method example is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the recording format of the user can be selected not only for the DVD-RW but also for the DVD-RAM medium as compared with FIG.

  As described above, for at least one write-once recording media (DVD-R), the mode of recording in the video format is automatically selected, so that the range of use is limited and the user is mistaken. The possibility of selecting a different recording format can be eliminated.

  Next, another recording parameter selection means will be described with reference to FIG. A disc medium loaded in the apparatus is discriminated. If the disc media is discriminated as a DVD-R, a fixed bit rate image compression mode is automatically selected. In addition, when it is determined as DVD-RAM or DVD-RW, a variable bit rate image compression mode is automatically selected. Here, the disc medium discrimination method is the same as that described in FIG.

  These selection modes are switched by the video / audio compression / decompression processing circuit 8 of FIG. Table 3 summarizes recording modes for selecting what information the video signal processed by the camera video signal processing circuit 7 through the image sensor 6 is recorded in the recording / reproducing apparatus.

  As a video camera, still image recording (for example, JPEG compression) or moving image recording (for example, MPEG compression) can be selected. For these operations, as the operation switch 18, for example, a "record" button for moving image shooting and a "photo" button for still image shooting are provided, and this operation is detected by the control microcomputer 16, and the video / audio compression / decompression processing circuit is provided. This is realized by supplying a switching signal to 8. Next, in the moving image mode, a high bit rate (10 Mbps in Table 3) and a low bit rate (6 Mbps in Table 3) that can be recorded for a long time with standard image quality are selected to enable high-quality recording. is there. Also, in order to achieve both high image quality and long-time recording, when the amount of information in a captured image is large (complex patterns, images with a lot of movement, etc.), the compression rate is lowered and the amount of information is small (with a simple pattern). There is a variable bit rate compression mode in which the compression rate is increased and the output bit rate changes, but the image quality always maintains high image quality.

  As described above, there are many parameters of the image compression method, and it is difficult for the user to always select these optimally. Generally, using the operation switch 18, the control microcomputer 16, and the display means 10, selectable menu screen operations are provided. However, these settings are also complicated and more likely to be used by mistake, as in the recording format described above (and more complicated).

  In FIG. 5, first, the selection of the fixed bit rate and variable bit rate for moving image shooting to be used is automatically determined according to the type of the disk medium to be loaded. Here, in particular, in a write once disc (DVD-R) medium that is only once, it may be described in a video format as described above. In this video format, for example, the search reproduction at the time of reproduction is accurately realized by writing the recording addresses of the video data from 0.5 seconds to 2 minutes before and 0.5 seconds to 2 minutes ahead as the above-described search information. However, in order to achieve this at a variable bit rate, it is necessary to temporarily store the video information for the two minutes before and after the above in the buffer memory, and the D-RAM 15 or D-RAM 25 requires a very large capacity, It is not suitable for video cameras based on equipment. Therefore, by adopting a fixed bit rate, the large-capacity buffer memory can be deleted by setting the recording addresses, for example, two minutes before and two minutes later, to a constant interval. For rewritable recording media (DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, etc.), it is conceivable to adopt a video recording format as described above, and a variable bit rate aiming at high image quality is adopted. .

  An example of another selection means is shown in FIG. The difference between FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 is that, after automatically selecting a variable bit rate for a rewritable recording medium (DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, etc.), the average bit rate is set to a high quality mode (10 Mbps) and a standard mode ( Only the selection of 6 Mbps) is left to the general menu selection described above. The average bit rate is not limited to the above two modes, but can be set quite freely, and it is not as large as the other parameters, so even when an incorrect operation is performed using menu selection. This is because the damage is considered to be relatively small.

  Next, another embodiment is shown in FIG. In the figure, a loaded recording medium is discriminated, and a system that restricts only moving image recording (no still image recording) to a once-recordable write-once medium (DVD-R) is implemented. For rewritable recording media (DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, etc.), as described above, for example, recording is performed using a video recording format, and later using a playlist function, A reproduction program (scene) can be cut out, and a playlist combined with a favorite program (scene) can be recorded / changed on the rewritable recording medium. For this reason, even if a moving image and a still image are confused and recorded on a single disc, it is unlikely to be a big problem in terms of usability. However, with a write-once disc that is recorded only once, such a method of adding or changing data corresponding to the playlist later is not suitable. That is, it is necessary to secure a capacity for storing such data on the disk in advance, and since the data cannot be rewritten, the capacity value becomes finite, and the utilization conditions of the user are limited. Therefore, for a write once recording medium that is recorded only once, still image recording is prohibited and only moving image recording is performed. On the other hand, for rewritable recording media, it is possible to mix still image recording and moving image recording. The means for restricting the recording of the still image detects the media discrimination by the control microcomputer 28, and transmits the result to the control microcomputer 16 of the entire apparatus via the signal / control processing circuit 24 and the interface circuit 19, and the operation switch. This is realized by not accepting the operation of the “photo” button for taking a still image in 18.

  Here, an example has been described in which still image shooting is prohibited. On the other hand, in a certain medium (for example, DVD-RW), usability may be improved by prohibiting moving image shooting. .

  Needless to say, the still image referred to here is not limited to a JPEG-compressed image, but also applies to a still image using only an MPEG-compressed I picture.

  Next, FIG. 8 shows an embodiment for displaying the still image recording restriction. The figure shows a specific configuration example of the operation switch 18 and the control microcomputer 16. In the figure, 37 is a “record” button, 38 is a “photo” button, and 39 and 40 are display means (LEDs). In FIG. 7 described above, when the recording medium is discriminated only once as a recordable recording medium (DVD-R) in step 152 (ST152), the control is performed in step 153 (ST153). Only the display means 39 corresponding to the “record” button is turned on by the microcomputer, and the display means 40 corresponding to the “photo” button is turned off to inform the user that still image shooting cannot be performed by operating the “photo” button. Means are provided. Similarly, if it is determined in step 152 (ST152) that the recording medium is a rewritable recording medium, in step 154 (ST154), the display means 39 corresponding to the “record” button and “photo” button from the control microcomputer. 40 is turned on to indicate that moving image shooting and still image shooting can be performed.

  Another embodiment is shown in FIGS. In this configuration, the display means 39 and 40 are displayed on the display means (LCD) 10 from the control microcomputer 16 via the video / audio compression / expansion processing circuit 8 and the video display / output processing circuit 9. is there. Reference numerals 41 and 42 denote display screens of the display means (LCD) 10. That is, when a recording medium capable of still image shooting and moving image shooting is loaded, the display screen 41 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed, and when a recording medium capable of shooting only moving images is loaded, FIG. A display screen 42 is displayed.

  Further, both the embodiment of FIG. 8 and the embodiment of FIGS. 9 and 10 may be used simultaneously.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, the same reference numerals are used for the same and equivalent functional parts as those in FIG. 43 is an audio input terminal, 44 is a video input terminal, 45 is a tuner for receiving broadcast signals, 46 is a video input processing circuit, 47 is an audio / video signal compression / decompression processing circuit, 48 is a video output processing circuit, and 49 is Operation switches, 50 is a control microcomputer, 51 is an interface circuit, 52 is a hard disk drive (HDD), and 53 is a power circuit.

  This embodiment differs from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that it receives not only the camera shooting signal but also the first input signal and broadcast signal input from the audio input terminal 43 and the video input terminal 44 as external input signals. The second input signal output from the tuner, the third input signal input from the digital audio / video input terminal 12, and the fourth input reproduced from the hard disk drive (HDD) as another recording medium This also shows that each system that automates and facilitates recording mode selection can be applied to signals and the like in accordance with the media discrimination of the loaded recording media 32 shown in FIGS.

  Here, the operations for the first and second input signals are substantially the same as the camera input signals described above, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted. The video / audio digital input signal as the third input signal is generally a compressed audio and video multiplexed signal. This input signal is converted into a video format or video recording format by an audio / video signal compression / decompression processing circuit 47, converted to a variable bit rate or a fixed bit rate by bit rate conversion, a high image quality and a high bit rate, and Conversion to a standard low bit rate, and conversion to moving images and still images as necessary. These conversion means may be realized by once decompressing the input signal by the audio / video signal compression / expansion processing circuit 47 and then compressing it again. By limiting the parameters of these conversion processes by means shown in FIGS. 2 to 10, the setting of the recording mode can be automated and performed with a simpler operation.

  Further, the first to third input signals are temporarily stored in the hard disk drive (HDD) 52 via the audio / video signal compression / expansion processing circuit 47, and the information is stored as necessary. Saving to the disk medium 32 is conceivable. Signals in the hard disk drive (HDD) 52 are generally recorded in the same format as the third input signal, and the fourth input is performed by performing the same processing as the third input signal. Signals can also be set with a simpler operation by automating the recording mode setting by limiting the recording parameters in accordance with the recording media by the means shown in FIGS.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Microphone, 2 ... Audio input processing circuit, 5 ... Lens unit, 6 ... Imaging sensor (CCD), 7 ... Camera video signal processing circuit, 8 ... Video / audio compression / expansion processing circuit, 9 ... Video display / output Processing circuit, 10 ... Display means (LCD), 11 ... Driver of lens unit 5, 12 ... Digital audio / video input terminal, 15 ... D-RAM, 16 ... Control microcomputer, 18 ... Operation switch (SW), 19 ... Interface Circuit, 24 ... Signal / control processing circuit, 25 ... D-RAM, 28 ... Control microcomputer, 29 ... Recording circuit, 30 ... Reproducing circuit, 31 ... Pickup, 32 ... Disk media, 33 ... Spindle motor, 34 ... Feed motor, 35 ... Actuator driver, 37 ... "Record" button, 38 ... "Photo" button, 39, 40 ... Display means (LED), 43 ... Sound Input terminal 44 ... Video input terminal 45 ... Tuner 46 ... Video input processing circuit 47 ... Audio / video signal compression / decompression processing circuit 48 ... Video output processing circuit 49 ... Operation switch 50 ... Control microcomputer, 51: Interface circuit, 52: Hard disk drive (HDD).

Claims (24)

  In a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, a recording data processing unit that performs recording format processing of video signals, a medium determination unit that determines a loaded recording medium, and the medium determination unit, A video recording apparatus comprising: data processing changing means for changing a recording format of the recording data processing means. The recording video recording apparatus according to claim 1,
The video recording apparatus, wherein the data processing changing means switches between a video format and a video recording format. The video recording apparatus according to claim 2,
The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the medium discriminating unit discriminates that the recording medium is a one-time write-once recording medium, the data processing changing unit switches to a video format. The video recording apparatus according to claim 2,
The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the medium determining unit determines that the rewritable recording medium is rewritable, the data processing changing unit switches to a video recording format.   In a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, according to the recording data processing means for digitally compressing the video signal, the media discrimination means for discriminating the loaded recording media, and the media discrimination means, And a data rate setting means for switching an output data rate of the recording data processing means. The video recording apparatus according to claim 5,
The video recording apparatus, wherein the recording data processing means has at least a fixed bit rate and a variable bit rate, and the data rate setting means switches between the fixed bit rate and the variable bit rate. The video recording apparatus according to claim 6,
The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording data rate setting means switches to a fixed bit rate when the medium discriminating means discriminates that the recording medium is a one-time recordable recording medium. The video recording apparatus according to claim 6,
The video recording apparatus, wherein the recording data rate setting means switches to a variable bit rate when the medium determining means determines that the rewritable recording medium is rewritable. The video recording apparatus according to claim 5,
The recording data processing means has at least a first bit rate of standard image quality and a second bit rate of higher image quality than the first bit rate, and the data rate setting means sets the first bit rate and the second bit rate. A video recording apparatus characterized in that the bit rate is switched. The video recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
The video recording apparatus, wherein the recording data rate setting means switches to the first bit rate when the medium discriminating means discriminates that the recording medium is a one-time write once recording medium. The video recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
The video recording apparatus, wherein the recording data rate setting means switches to the second bit rate when the medium determining means determines that the rewritable recording medium is rewritable.   In a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, a recording data processing unit that digitally compresses a video signal for still image compression or video compression, an operation input unit that operates still image recording or video recording, and A video recording apparatus comprising: a medium determining unit that determines a recording medium; and a restricting unit that prohibits at least one of a still image recording operation or a moving image recording operation of the operation input unit according to the medium determining unit. The video recording apparatus according to claim 12,
A video recording apparatus comprising display means for displaying a still picture recording or a moving picture recording to be restricted when the restriction means is operated. The video recording apparatus according to claim 12,
The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the medium discriminating unit discriminates the recording medium as a one-time write-once recording medium, the restricting unit prohibits the still image compression operation of the recording data processing unit. In a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, recording data processing means for converting a video signal into at least a video format or a video recording format recording format;
Mode selection means for designating a recording format of the recording data processing means;
An image recording apparatus comprising: a medium determining unit that determines a loaded recording medium; and a limiting unit that restricts a part of the mode selecting unit according to the medium determining unit. The video recording apparatus according to claim 15, wherein
The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the medium discriminating unit discriminates that the recording medium is a one-time write-once recording medium, the restricting unit prohibits selection of a video recording format by the recording data processing unit. In a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, recording data processing means for converting a video signal into a data compression signal of at least a fixed bit rate or a variable bit rate;
Mode selection means for designating a fixed bit rate or a variable bit rate of the recording data processing means;
Medium discriminating means for discriminating a loaded recording medium;
An image recording apparatus comprising: a restricting unit that restricts a part of the mode selecting unit according to the medium determining unit. The video recording apparatus according to claim 17, wherein
The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the medium discriminating unit discriminates that the recording medium is a one-time write-once recording medium, the limiting unit prohibits selection of a variable bit rate by the recording data processing unit. In a video recording apparatus that accepts loading of a plurality of types of recording media, recording that converts a video signal into at least a standard compressed first bit rate or a data compressed signal having a higher image quality that is higher than the first bit rate. Data processing means;
Mode selection means for designating the first bit rate or the second bit rate of the recording data processing means;
Medium discriminating means for discriminating a loaded recording medium;
An image recording apparatus comprising: a restricting unit that restricts a part of the mode selecting unit according to the medium determining unit. The video recording apparatus according to claim 19, wherein
The video recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the medium discriminating unit discriminates the recording medium as a one-time write-once recording medium, the limiting unit prohibits the selection of the second bit rate of the recording data processing unit. The video recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 20,
A video recording apparatus integrated with a camera, wherein the video signal is obtained from a camera unit comprising an image sensor and a signal processing circuit for processing the output signal. The video recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 20,
The video recording apparatus, wherein the video signal is a television broadcast signal. The video recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 20,
The video recording apparatus, wherein the video signal is a video signal reproduced from another recording digital medium.   24. The video recording apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said video signal recording data processing means includes means for once re-encoding a signal from another recording digital medium after being once decoded.

Images