Patent ID: 8810687

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; a recording unit that records a moving image signal obtained by the imaging unit on a recording medium, wherein the recording unit starts recording of the moving image signal obtained by the imaging unit in response to an instruction to start recording and stops recording of the moving image signal in response to an instruction to stop recording in a first mode, and starts recording of the moving image signal obtained by the imaging unit in response to the instruction to start recording and automatically stops recording of the moving image signal in accordance with an elapsed time from the start of recording of the moving image signal so that a plurality of frames of the moving image signal for a predetermined period from the start of recording of the moving image signal is recorded in a second mode; a reproducing unit that reproduces the moving image signal from the recording medium; a designation unit that designates a generation start position in the moving image signal reproduced from the recording medium by the reproducing unit; a generation unit that generates a new moving image signal using the moving image signal recorded on the recording medium; and a control unit that discriminates whether the moving image signal in which the generation start position is designated by the designation unit is recorded in the first mode and controls the generation unit in accordance with a result of the determination, wherein the control unit controls the generation unit to generate, based on the generation start position designated by the designation unit, the new moving image signal including a plurality of frames for a time length of the predetermined period using a plurality of frames of the moving image signal, which is recorded on the recording medium in the first recording mode, for the predetermined period from the designated generation start position if it is determined that the moving image signal in which the generation start position is designated by the designation unit is recorded in the first mode, and performs a control such that the new moving image signal is not generated by the generation unit if it is determined that the moving image signal in which the generation start position is designated by the designation unit is recorded in the second mode.