Patent ID: 6594443
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: F02B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information signal processing apparatus arranged to record an information signal in a recording medium, comprising:(A) image pickup means for picking up an image of a subject and generating an image signal indicate of the picked-up image of the subject; (B) a first switch for instructing to start an image pickup operation by said image pickup means; (C) state-of-image-pickup-operation controlling means for controlling a state of an image-of-subject pickup operation which is executed in said image pickup means; (D) temporarily storing means for receiving, as an input, an image signal generated by said image pickup means and temporarily storing the input image signal; (E) a second switch for instructing to start an operation of storing the image signal into said temporarily storing means; (F) display means for selectively displaying either information relative to a control operation of said state-of-image-pickup-operation controlling means or information relative to an information amount of the information signal stored in said temporarily storing means; (G) recording means for recording the information signal on the recording medium; and (H) controlling means for controlling said temporarily storing means and said recording means so as to read out the information signal stored in said temporarily storing means and record on the recording medium the information signal thus read out, and selectively displaying by means of said display means either information relative to a control operation of said state-of-image-pickup-operation controlling means or information relative to an information amount of the information signal stored in said temporarily storing means, wherein said controlling means causes said display means to display information relative to a control operation of said state-of-image-pickup operation controlling means in response to an instruction to start the image-of-subject pickup operation by the first switch as well as cause said display means to display information relative to an information amount of the information signal stored in said temporarily storing means in response to an instruction to start the storing operation by the second switch, and keeps displaying the information relative to an information amount of the information signal stored in said temporarily storing means if an image signal not being recorded on said recording medium remains in said temporarily storing means in case of no instruction by said second switch and said first switch.