Patent ID: 7116890

Claim:
An image recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: dividing means for dividing inputted image data to provide a plurality of image groups at every predetermined image unit; first memory means grouped into groups in response to the number of said image groups and which can be accessed randomly; second memory means; generating means for generating an error-correcting code; correcting means for correcting digital errors by said error-correcting code; and recording control means for controlling said first memory means such that said first memory means record said image groups, controlling said generating means such that said generating means generates error-correcting codes of said image groups at every said image unit and controlling said second memory means such that said second memory means stores said error-correcting codes while cyclically changing a corresponding relationship between said image groups and said first memory means at every said image unit, wherein during a normal playback, each group of the first memory means reproduces the image groups, and wherein during a high-speed playback, the groups of the first memory means reproduce the image groups successively.