Patent ID: 6498896
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An image signal recording apparatus, comprising(a) recording means for recording a signal on a recording medium; (b) supply means for supplying a compressed image signal to said recording means, the compressed image signal sequentially containing a plurality of pictures and being compressed in an amount of information thereof, and the plurality of pictures including first pictures compressed by using only a correlation within an individual picture, second pictures compressed by using a correlation between a subject picture and a preceding picture irrespective of a following picture, and third pictures compressed by using both of correlations between a subject picture and preceding and following pictures; (c) manually operable means for instructing said recording means to stop recording the compressed image signal, a last picture which is desired to be recorded being designated by said manually operable means; and (d) control means for controlling said recording means so as to stop recording the compressed image signal so that all of pictures which are necessary to restore the last picture are recorded.