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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Masayoshi Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Shigeaki Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Nobuhide Dotsubo, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image signal processing apparatus includes a hard disk. The hard disk is as necessary created with a directory to which time information according to a time counter is assigned. An image file is stored in a latest directory having the latest creation time among a plurality of directories thus created. When a time indicated by the time counter is modified retroactive to the past, a marker is added to a directory having the time information according to the time counter before being modified. The latest directory is detected on the basis of the marker and the time information.