Patent ID: 6011897
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A picture recording apparatus for recording a source picture data onto a recording medium, comprising:picture forming means for forming a plurality of picture data having a different resolution, respectively from said source picture data;encoding means for fixed length encoding said plurality of picture data to generate a plurality of encoded picture data, wherein said each encoded picture data has a fixed data length corresponding to a respective assigned picture resolution including high and low resolution;recording means for recording said respective plurality of encoded picture data as a high resolution picture file and a low resolution picture file; andcontrol means for controlling the encoding means and the recording means so that data sizes of said high and low resolution picture files are an integer multiple of the data size of a minimum access unit;wherein said recording medium has a management area for recording a management information table indicating a recording address of said high and low resolution picture file, and a file area for recording said high and low resolution picture file; and furtherwherein said data size of a minimum access unit of said file area is larger than a data size of a minimum access unit of said management area.