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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2010
Nobuo Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuo Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for an apparatus including an acquisition unit for acquiring moving image data, and a recording unit for recording the acquired moving image data in a loaded recording medium, includes determining whether the recording medium is a recordable and non-erasable recording medium, and if the recording medium is a recordable and non-erasable recording medium, controlling the recording unit so as to automatically stop recording of the moving image data according to the fact that a predetermined time has elapsed from the recording start of the moving image data, and if the recording medium is not a recordable and non-erasable recording medium, controlling the recording unit so as not to automatically stop recording of the moving image data, even if the predetermined time has elapsed from the recording start of the moving image data.