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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1997
Shigeo Yamagata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasutomo Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahiro Takei, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes among other functions a recording arrangement which has first and second recording modes, such as field-and frame-recording modes, and is capable of varying the number of picture planes to be recorded per unit time is arranged to control the recording speed setting range to be different between recording speeds for the first recording mode and recording speeds for the second recording modes; and, in the event of setting of a recording speed which can be set for the first recording mode but cannot be set for the second mode, the recording speed is automatically changed to a recording speed which can be set for the second recording mode.