Patent ID: 7453779
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for capturing video information with a video camera unit and recording the video information on a record medium, comprising: a record medium determining unit which determines a type of the record medium; a power supplying unit which supplies power to the apparatus; a power supply determining unit which determines a state of power supplying of the power supplying unit; a finishing processing unit which executes a finishing process for enabling an reproduction exclusive apparatus to reproduce the recorded video information when the record medium is determined as a write once type record medium by the record medium determining unit; a display unit which displays the video information captured with the video camera unit; and a controller which controls the finishing processing unit to not execute the finishing process to the write once type record medium when the power supply determining unit determines that the power is supplied from a battery and the battery can supply power of less than a determined value.