Patent ID: 8565543
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video recording apparatus, comprising: an imaging unit configured to acquire an original image by imaging at a resolution higher than a pixel count used for video recording; a feature point detector configured to detect one or more feature points from the original image; a partial image clipper configured to clip, from the original image, a partial image containing a selected feature point; a feature point changer configured to change the selected feature point to be clipped as a partial image; an encoder configured to encode the partial image clipped by the partial image clipper; and a recording unit configured to record the encoded partial image on a recording medium, wherein the one or more feature points are highlighted on the original still image for selection, and selection of the selected feature point is made in response to user input, the encoder encodes in encoding units having a predetermined number of pictures, when the selected feature point to be clipped as a partial image is switched from a first feature point to a second feature point by the feature point changer, partial images related to the second feature point are buffered until the encoder finishes encoding an encoding unit that was in progress at the time of the switching, and once the encoding of the encoding unit that was in progress at the time of the switching is finished, encoding of the buffered partial images related to the second feature point is commenced.