Patent ID: 6807366
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A data recording apparatus in which a relation between a position on a display image of image data constructing the display image and a position on a tape-shaped recording medium of the image data in case of recording said image data subjected to a predetermined process onto said tape-shaped recording medium by rotary heads is converted and the image data whose positional relation has been converted is recorded onto said tape-shaped recording medium, comprising:image block forming means for dividing said image data on a unit basis of a predetermined number and forming a plurality of image blocks; sync block forming means for forming a sync block as a unit of recording said image blocks onto said tape-shaped recording medium from said image blocks; shuffling means for performing said conversion from the position on said display image of said image blocks to the position on said tape-shaped recording medium of said sync blocks every recording unit constructed by a predetermined number of said image blocks, performing said conversion in such a manner that in a whole range of said recording unit, said plurality of image blocks included in said plurality of sync blocks which are continuous on said tape-shaped recording medium form an almost rectangle and are coupled, and performing said conversion in such a manner that when curves are drawn in accordance with the order of recording positions of said sync blocks in said recording unit, said curve is drawn so as to pass through all of said image blocks in said recording unit only once; and recording means including a recording rotary head and for recording said sync block whose position has been converted by said shuffling means onto an inclined track of said tape-shaped recording medium.