Patent ID: 6215949
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06T,G11B

Abstract:
A time-division multi-task image processing apparatus, comprising:identification code generating means for generating a first identification code automatically in response to a first identification code generation command such that said first identification code does not have to be input by a human operator, said first identification code being indicative of the time of occurrence of said first identification code generation command and being a Greenwich Standard Time expressed as a time specified to a predetermined unit accuracy;first control means for correlating said first identification code to first picture information which is input sequentially;memory means for storing the first picture information and the first identification code which correspond to each other by said first control means, as a pair for a specified period; andsecond control means for searching the first identification code which has a specified relation to the value of a second identification code, when said second identification code is provided by an external device for generating the second identification code automatically in response to a second identification code generation command such that said second identification code does not have to be input by a human operator, said second identification code being indicative of the time of occurrence of said second identification code generation command and being a moving picture signal time code expressed as a frame number and a time which is specified to a unit accuracy larger than said predetermined unit accuracy, wherein said second identification code synchronizes with said first identification code and said second identification code is sequentially correlated with second picture information, and for reading out a combination of said first picture information and said second picture information.