Patent ID: 7865064

Claim:
A recording/output apparatus comprising: an acquisition section which acquires a plurality of data; a clock generation section which generates a clock; a clock frequency adjustment section which adjusts a frequency of a clock generated by the clock generation section; a write section which generates timestamp information, which represents time information about the plurality of acquired data, attaches the timestamp information to the plurality of acquired data, and causes a recording section to record the resulting plurality of timestamped data; a read section which reads the plurality of timestamped data from the recording section, and outputs the read data with the timing dependent on the timestamp information; and a clock adjustment value storage section which stores a clock adjustment value; wherein a timestamp information generation operation that the write section performs and an output operation that the read section performs with the timing dependent on the timestamp information are synchronized with a clock adjusted by the clock frequency adjustment section; and wherein the clock frequency adjustment section adjusts the frequency of the clock in accordance with the clock adjustment value stored in the clock adjustment value storage section.