Patent ID: 7974511

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording an image signal comprising: an image sensing unit constructed to sense an image of an object and generate a moving image signal, the moving image signal including two or more images; an information reception unit constructed to receive information from an external source; a memory constructed to save the information received by said information reception unit; a recording unit constructed to perform a plurality of successive record operations to continuously record the moving image signal continuously generated by said image sensing unit until the image sensing unit completes image sensing; a determination unit constructed to determine, while the recording unit is performing the continuous recording of the moving image signal, whether the information newly received by said information reception unit differs from the information saved in said memory by continuously comparing the newly received information and the information saved in said memory; and a controller constructed to automatically generate timing data indicating a timing, while the recording unit is performing the continuous recording of the moving image signal, at which the information received by said information reception unit changes, at the time it is determined by said determination unit that the information newly received by said information reception unit differs from the information saved in said memory; wherein said recording unit further records the timing data generated by said controller by associating the timing data with the moving image signal, and wherein the recorded moving image signal is divided into periods based on the timing data, each period indicating a time band of moving images.