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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2006
Takashi Tsujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatsugu Fukunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Miyakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuho Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tsujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatsugu Fukunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Miyakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuho Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image obtained as a result of an image-taking process carried out at a screen rate higher than a standard screen rate is stored in a recording medium in the contemporary video format. To put it more concretely, the image obtained as a result of an image-taking process is supplied at a first screen rate to first compression/coding means for carrying out a compression/coding process at the first screen rate and image data obtained as a result of the compression/coding process is temporarily stored in temporary storage means. After image data output by the first compression/coding means during a predetermined period of time is stored in the temporary storage means, decompression/decoding means reads out the image data from the temporary storage means at a second screen rate lower than the first screen rate, carries out a decompression/decoding process on the image data and stores a result of the decompression/decoding process in recording means.