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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1991
Koji Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Teruo Hieda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kenji Kyuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakatani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Koichiro Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Abe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshifumi Ishikawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system comprising a recording apparatus including an audio input portion and a recording portion capable of recording an audio signal from the audio input portion on a recording medium, and an audio memory unit detachably attached to the recording apparatus, wherein the memory unit includes a memory capable of storing the audio signal from the audio input portion, and the recording apparatus is arranged to record also the audio signal read out from the memory on the recording medium by the recording portion, thereby making it possible to record a wide variety of audio signals of different kinds on the recording medium in desired timing. Also, this memory unit is utilized to make it possible that in application to the apparatus for recording video signals and audio signals in superimposed relation, the video signal is rewritten only in itself.