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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Atsuhiro Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsuhiro Murata, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup unit, a recording aunit configured to record moving image data on a recording medium and record still image data on the recording medium, a conversion unit configured to convert the still image data recorded on the recording medium into moving image data to generate converted moving image data, a conversion instruction unit configured to instruct generation of the converted moving image data at an arbitrary timing, a management unit configured to manage at least one piece of still image data recorded on the recording medium as one group when the instruction is generated by the conversion instruction unit, and a control unit configured to control the conversion unit to generate a plurality of pieces of converted moving image data, and control the recording unit to finalize the recording medium after the plurality of pieces of converted moving image data are recorded.