Patent ID: 7702218
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: a coding/decoding part performing coding and decoding a given signal in one of a plurality of coding/decoding modes of different bit rates; a recording medium coupled with said coding/decoding part; and a control part setting a predetermined bit rate to be applied by said coding/decoding part in case the given signal is output after being coded and decoded by said coding/decoding part without storage thereof in said recording medium, wherein the image recording apparatus functions in at least two modes, a first mode in which the given signal is recorded/reproduced on the recording medium, and a second mode in which the given signal is not recorded/reproduced on the recording medium but is output, and switching between the first mode and the second mode is determined by a remote controller, wherein the predetermined bit rate is equal to or larger than a bit rate determined by the control part based on a remaining capacity of the recording medium in the first mode.