Patent ID: 6407772
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus comprising:picking up means for picking up images of an object; a recording device for recording information derived from the images of the object picked up by said picking up means, said recording device having a first recording mode for recording information corresponding to a single image, and a second recording mode for recording information corresponding to a plurality of time-serially consecutive images; a selection member for selecting between the first recording mode and the second recording mode of said recording device; detecting means for detecting an amount of information that has been recorded by said recording device and/or an amount of information that has not yet been recorded by said recording device; indicating means for indicating the amount of information detected by said detecting means; and switching means for switching an indication of said indicating means between indicating the amount of information detected by said detecting means as one of (i) frame-number information and (ii) recording-period information, according to the recording mode selected by said selection member.