Patent ID: 8411168
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor configured to pick up an image of a subject; an image processor configured to process an output of the image sensor to generate processed image data; an encoder configured to encode the image data to create video data; a recording mode selector configured to set a recording mode of the imaging apparatus to an interval recording mode, in which a frequency at which the video data is created is lower than a frequency in an ordinary recording mode; a recorder configured to merge a plurality of the video data created by the encoder, and to record the merged video data as a single interval video data, in the interval recording mode; a power controller configured to stop supplying power to the encoder after a creating process of the video data is completed, and to resume supplying power to the encoder when a creating process of the next video data needs to be performed, in the interval recording mode; and a continuity information manager configured to manage continuity information during the stop of the power supply to the encoder, the continuity information being information to be used to allow the interval video data to constitute a stream that can be reproduced continuously, and being referred to by the encoder when the encoder creates the video data.