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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1997
Takeshi Suzuki, Hachiohji, JP;
Yoshiaki Satoh, Hachiohji, JP;
Fukuyama & Associates, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is capable of processing image data of different modes without any special conversion process. The apparatus includes a discriminator which discriminates an image data format chosen from among a plurality of image data formats each defined by corresponding displaying format inclusive of aspect ratio format or pixel number format. An auxiliary data recorder records an auxiliary data representative of a chosen data format in a predetermined area of a recording medium. The operation of the discriminator depends on the state of a selecting element disposed on the image processing apparatus for choosing the image data format, thereby suiting it to an user's convenience when recording provided image data in an applied recording medium. The auxiliary data recorder operates in such a manner that the auxiliary data is capable of being reproduced while maintaining a correlation between the auxiliary data and the corresponding image data.