Patent ID: 7652692

Claim:
A method for storing moving picture image in an apparatus equipped with a camera, the method comprising: a first step of entering a preview mode for enabling the moving picture image photographed by the camera to be displayed when the camera is powered; a second step of shifting to a moving picture storage mode, coding the photographed moving picture image and storing the coded moving picture image in an image memory when a storage key is input in the preview mode; a third step of shifting to the preview mode, converting the moving picture image currently stored in the image memory to moving picture files and storing the converted moving picture file when a temporary pause key is input in the moving picture storage mode; a fourth step of returning to the moving picture storage mode, coding the photographed moving picture image and storing the coded moving picture image in the image memory when the storage key is input in the preview mode shifted from the moving storage mode; a fifth step of returning to the preview mode, converting the moving picture image currently stored in the image memory to the moving picture file and storing the converted moving picture file when a temporary pause key is input in the moving picture storage mode of the fourth step; and a sixth step of linking up the stored moving picture files via and storing the linked moving picture files as one moving picture file when a record end key is input.