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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hirofumi Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus which can re-allocate image data by removing vacant areas formed as a result of deletion when an image file is deleted from a recording medium of an image recording apparatus of a camera. The image data to be re-allocated are not limited to those in a new image file to be recorded, but include those in already recorded image files. Upon re-allocation, image data are re-allocated so that the track numbers of image files to be re-allocated on the disk sequentially increase.