Still picture system for high speed reproduction

Details Still picture system for high speed reproduction Still picture system for high speed reproduction

1996-04-29

2000-01-04

Tran, Thai

Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing

Local trick play processing

With randomly accessible medium

386126, 369 48, H04N 576, H04N 5781

Patent

active

060118970

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates to a still picture system adapted for handling, e.g., still picture information formed by reading picture (pictorial image) from negative film or photograph, etc., or still picture information from camera device, video tape recorder equipment or monitor device, etc.


BACKGROUND ART

As a recording system for still picture employed in recent years, a system of taking images of objects by a camera device using photographic film to take a negative film formed thereby to a processing laboratory to carry out development and print to obtain photographs on which respective still pictures of the objects are recorded is popular.
However, when the number of photographs obtained as stated above is increased, the number of albums for carrying out storage or preservation of those photographs is also increased. As a result, there is difficulty in ensuring storage place, and management becomes very troublesome. For this reason, development of such equipments capable of carrying out, with eased, storage and management of still pictures recorded on the photographs is required at present.
This invention has been made in view of such actual circumstances, and its object is to provide a picture recording apparatus, a picture recording method, a picture reproducing (playback) method, a recording medium, and a management method which realize such a still picture system capable of carrying out, with ease, storage and management, etc. of still pictures recorded on photographs or books, etc.


DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

A picture recording apparatus according to this invention is directed to a picture recording apparatus adapted for recording picture data onto a recording means, wherein the apparatus comprises input means for inputting the picture data, picture forming means for forming plural picture data of different resolutions on the basis of the picture data inputted from the input means, compressing means for respectively compressing the picture data of respective resolutions from the picture forming means, recording means for recording compressed picture data compressed by the compressing means onto the recording medium, and control means for controlling the compressing means and the recording means so that data lengths of the compressed picture data recorded on the recording medium becomes a predetermined recording unit of the recording medium.
Namely, the picture recording apparatus according to this invention electrically handles still pictures as picture data. As the input means, scanner equipment for reading pictures (pictorial images) recorded on photographs or books, etc., video tape recorder equipment for reproducing still pictures recorded on a video tape to input them, optical disc reproducing (playback) equipment for reproducing still pictures recorded on an optical disc to input them, and the like are enumerated.
The picture forming means forms plural picture data of different resolutions on the basis of inputted picture data. In a more practical sense, the picture forming means forms, on the basis of the inputted picture data, e.g., high resolution picture data for printer, intermediate resolution picture data for monitor display, and low resolution picture data for displaying as a list (index), etc. respective still pictures recorded on the recording medium.
Then, still picture data of, e.g., three kinds of resolutions formed by the picture forming means as stated above are compressed by the compressing means. In this instance, control means controls the compressing means so that data lengths of the these picture data become a predetermined recording unit. Then, the recording means records the compressed picture data compressed by the compressing means so that the data lengths become the predetermined recording unit onto a recording medium, e.g., rewritable magneto-optical disc or magnetic tape, etc.
Thus, it is possible to preserve the photograph, etc. onto a single recording medium. For this reason, storage ability can be improved without taking broad storage place.

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