Patent ID: 6556243
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital camera comprising:a photographer for photographing an object in response to a photographing instruction; a first recorder for recording a photographed image signal outputted from said photographer into a recording medium which stores a special image signal; a compositor for compositing the photographed image signal and the special image signal each of which is recorded on said recording medium with one another in response to an image compositing instruction; a second recorder for recording a composite image signal created by said compositor into said recording medium; and a reproducer for reproducing the special image signal, the photographed image signal and the composite image signal from said recording medium, wherein the special image signal is assigned with a first identifier, each of the photographed image signal and the composite image signal is assigned with a second identifier, and said reproducer first reproduces the image signal(s) assigned with one of the first identifier and the second identifier, and then reproduces the image signal(s) assigned with other of the first identifier and the second identifier; wherein said reproducer reproduces the special image signal first, and then reproduces each of the photographed image signal and the composite image signal.