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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinji Katsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/928 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/928 ;
Abstract
A recording apparatus for storing input video and audio data temporarily in a memory, reading out back the video and audio data from the memory and recording the video and audio data into a recording medium wherein a storage-size of the memory is found and video data to be stored in the memory is thinned in accordance with the storage-size so that audio data of a minimum required amount can be stored in the memory to prevent continuity of audio data recorded in the recording medium from becoming unsustainable.