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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1999
Chihiro Motono, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiro Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image recording/reproducing apparatus and its method which is capable of readily extracting a still image from a moving image for recording, a still image designated by the user is extracted from a moving image inputted from image input/output means (C C ) or from a moving image reproduced by moving image recording means ( ), and the extracted still image is recorded in still image recording means ( ); thereby making it possible to readily extract a still image from a moving image and record the extracted still image, without interconnecting a plurality of devices as required before, and highly improving the usability in consequence.