Patent ID: 6751399
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image recording and reproducing device comprising:an image storage section for storing therein image information including dynamic picture image information and still picture image information in a solid-state memory; a recording section that stores time-varying frames of the dynamic picture image information and one frame of the still picture image information for each corresponding item of the still picture image information into a same storage area of said image storage section together in a mixed manner; and a reproducing section that identifies a type of image as a still picture image or a dynamic picture image for each one of the frames of the dynamic picture image information and the still picture image information stored in said image storage section and reproduces the identified frames of the dynamic picture image information and the still picture image information at reproduction speeds that are set separately for the dynamic picture image information and the still picture image information, wherein said recording section adds, to the frames of the dynamic picture image information and the still picture image information, respective attribute information in a one-to-one correspondence to each one of the frames for identifying the frames, and said reproducing section identifies the type of any single one of the frames of the dynamic picture image information and the still picture image information solely on the basis of the respective attribute information added to each one of the frames, and wherein each item of the still picture image information may be reproduced directly from a single recorded still picture image information frame by reproducing said single still picture image information frame repeatedly for a predetermined time period, the predetermined time period for each still picture image information frame being stored within each still picture image information frame.