Sony Corporation

Hirotsugu Okubo

Yoshinari Higuchi

Riuzou Nagatsuka

Tomohito Kizaki

Yukio Furudate

Kenichi Shibuya

An object of the present invention is to realize an imaging device and recording control system in which the usability thereof can be improved dramatically. In an imaging device configured to output imaging data that is obtained as a result of imaging of an object, and a recording control system, the imaging device comprises a control means for recognizing a controlled state of an external recording device when a communication is enabled with the recording device through a communication means conforming to a predetermined transmission method and an input means for allowing the recording device to execute an application needed for a recording operation obtained by controlling the recording device, and the recording device records the imaging data obtained through the communication means when the application is executed by means of the input means.

Imaging device and recording control system

An imaging device and recording control system in which the usability is improved dramatically. The imaging device is configured to output imaging data that is obtained as a result of imaging of an object, and a recording control system. The imaging device includes a control unit that recognizes a controlled state of an external recording device when a communication is enabled with the recording device through a communication channel that conforms to a predetermined transmission method. An input unit allows the recording device to execute an application needed for a recording operation obtained by controlling the recording device. The recording device records the imaging data obtained through the communication channel when the application is executed.

A timer apparatus in which a stored reservation date to record a program and the present date are compared and when the reserved date is past the present date the reserved date is automatically changed to the nearest future date of the same day of the week, so that user efforts are simplified and required memory space is decreased. When it is necessary to make a change in the date or day of the week being displayed, by repeating a plurality of selected display patterns within a predetermined time period it appears to the user that the date or the day of the week is being continuously and sequentially changed at a high speed, whereas only the selected patterns are being sequentially displayed.

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Hirotsugu Okubo