Socionext Inc.

Panasonic Corporation

Takeshi Yado

Takahiro Ichinomiya

Kazuhisa Tanaka

Masayuki Taniyama

Yoshinori Okajima

Hidemi Harayama

Masao Kitagawa

Masaru Iwasa

A semiconductor integrated circuit, supplied with a power source voltage generated by a power supplier and having a level determined in accordance with an analog signal, includes: an output unit outputting, as the analog signal, an output voltage signal indicating the power source voltage; an input unit including an input interface identical in specifications to an output interface of the output unit, and receiving an input signal indicating a voltage and input from an outside of the semiconductor integrated circuit; and a voltage control circuit generating the output voltage signal, based on the input signal and operating voltage information indicating a voltage required for an operation of the semiconductor integrated circuit.

Semiconductor integrated circuit and power supply control system provided with a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits

In a recording apparatus (camcorders, optical disc recorders, etc.), the operator presses down priority designating buttons for designating priorities when recording input image data. An additional information generating section records and holds, in a storage section, additional information indicating priorities of data to be recorded (e.g., 'low', 'intermediate', &#x201c;high&#x201d;, or &#x201c;highest&#x201d;) which are set, depending on what priority designating button has been pressed down. If recordable remaining space in the storage section detected by the remaining amount detecting section falls below a predetermined value before the start of or during recording of data, a control section overwrites regions in order of priority of data which is stored therein, the lowest first, with data which is about to be recorded or is being recorded, based on the additional information generated by the additional information generating section. Therefore, even if free space in the storage medium becomes small, a decisive moment can be recoded, for example.

Recording apparatus

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Osaka, Japan

Takeshi Yado