Patent ID: 6038364
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A recording apparatus comprising:a) motion detecting means for detecting a motion of an image an the basis of a video signal and providing an output signal indicative of a level of the detected motion;b) comparator means for comparing the level indicated in said motion detecting means with a predetermined level of motion;c) fading means for gradually converging a portion of the video signal into a predetermined value;d) recording means for recording on a recording medium the video signal portion after the video signal portion has passed through said fading means; ande) control means for causing said recording means to start recording of the video signal in the state that the level of motion is detected by the comparator means to be higher than the predetermined level of motion and for causing said fading means to perform a fading action in the state that the level of motion is detected by the comparator means to be lower than the predetermined level of motion.