Patent ID: 9544530
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; a particular operation member; a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of operation modes including a first recording mode and a second recording mode, wherein at least one function associated with operating the particular operation member is changed when the operation mode is changed by the setting unit between the first and second recording modes; and a control unit configured to control so as to start or to stop, in a case where the first recording mode is set, in accordance with an operation on the particular operation member, a recording to a recording medium of a moving image captured by the imaging unit, and to control so as to record, in a case where the second recording mode is set, in accordance with an operation on the particular operation member, while continuing recording to the recording medium of a moving image captured by the imaging unit, information indicating a start of a scene which is a portion of the moving image being recorded, or information indicating an end of a scene which is a portion of the moving image being recorded, and wherein the particular operation member is a single operation key that a user is able to operate with a finger of a hand holding the image recording apparatus.