Patent ID: 6636687
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus comprising:image pickup means for forming an image of a desired object and for forming a video signal; audio signal input means for inputting an audio signal corresponding to the video signal; and recording means for detachably holding a rewritable disc recording medium and for recording the video and audio signals on the rewritable disc recording medium, wherein an information recording surface of the disc recording medium is divided into at least two concentric areas, one of the divided concentric areas including an edit list recording area and a management data recording area, each of the edit list recording area and the management data recording area being provided within separate concentric areas associated with said one of the divided concentric areas, the video signal and the audio signal being recorded in the divided concentric area other than said one of the divided concentric areas including the edit list recording area and the management data recording area, management data for management of the video and audio signals being recorded in the management data recording area, data of an edit list for editing the video and audio signals recorded on the rewritable disc recording medium being recorded in the edit list recording area in a predetermined editing apparatus in which the rewritable disc recording medium is loaded.