Patent ID: 8855465
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A moving image recording apparatus, comprising: a reading unit configured to read a part of file allocation table (FAT) information from a recording medium whose files are managed by a FAT file system, and store the FAT information in a storage unit, wherein an amount of the FAT information storable to the storage unit is variable according to a condition of the moving image recording apparatus; a first time calculating unit configured to calculate moving image recordable time based on a number of free clusters of the recording medium; a second time calculating unit configured to calculate moving image recordable time based on the number of free clusters of the recording medium corresponding to the FAT information stored in the storage unit; a recording medium determination unit configured to determine whether a recording medium attached to an attachment unit is a write-once recording medium; and a display controlling unit configured to display the time calculated by the first time calculating unit if the recording medium determination unit determines that the recording medium is not a write-once recording medium, and display the times calculated by the first time calculating unit and the second time calculating unit if the recording medium determination unit determines that the recording medium is a write-once recording medium.