Patent ID: 6985892
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An image manipulating system, comprising: an A/D converter for converting an analog video signal into a digital signal; a coder for compressing said digital signal from said A/D converter and outputting compressed image data; an interface circuit for recording said image data in a removable recording medium connected to said interface circuit; a memory for storing a value, said value being incremented responsive to recording of the image data in said recording medium, said memory retaining said stored value even when said recording medium is disconnected from said interface circuit and replaced by another recording medium; a controller for automatically producing a file name for the image data including a number when the image data is recorded in the recording medium connected to the interface circuit, said controller selectively executing one of a first file name production mode to set a number in said file name to a selectable smallest one based on information recorded in the recording medium connected to the interface circuit and a second file name production mode to provide a number in said file name based on the value stored in the memory; and a mode selector for selecting one of said first file name production mode and said second file name production mode.