Video signal recording apparatus with interval recording mode

Claim 2

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) still image forming means for generating a still-image signal; (b) recording means for recording the still-image signal on a recording medium; (c) first setting means for setting a recording period which is required for said recording means to record the still-image signal for one picture and for outputting first time data representing the recording period; (d) controlling means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval still image recording for setting said apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the still-image signal for the recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (e) second setting means for manually setting the predetermined time interval independent of the recording period and outputting second time data relative to the predetermined time interval; (f) comparing means for comparing the first time data with the second time data; and (g) notifying means for receiving an output from said comparing means and, if the first time data is greater than the second time data, then providing output notification to a user of said apparatus.

Claim 3

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said notifying means includes display means for providing, if the first time data is greater than the second time data, visual display indicative of that fact.

Claim 4

An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the first time data.

Claim 5

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means is disabled from setting said apparatus to the interval recording mode if the first time data is greater than the second time data.

Claim 6

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second setting means selects one time interval from among a plurality of different time intervals to set the selected time interval as the predetermined time interval.

Claim 7

An apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising display means for receiving the first time data and displaying, from among the plurality of different time intervals, only the second time data relative to time intervals longer than the recording time indicated by the first time data.

Claim 8

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recording means includes a rotary head for tracing a tape-shaped recording medium which serves as the recording medium, said rotary head recording the still-image signal while forming a multiplicity of parallel tracks on the tape-shaped recording medium.

Claim 9

An apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising motion-image forming means for forming a motion-image signal, and wherein said rotary head records the motion-image signal in a first area of each of the multiplicity of tracks and the still-image signal in a second area thereof.

Claim 10

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) still image forming means for generating a still-image signal; (b) recording means for recording the still-image signal on a recording medium; (c) first setting means for setting a recording period which is required for said recording means to record the still-image signal for one picture and for outputting first time data representing the recording period; (d) controlling means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval still image recording for setting said apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the still-image signal for the recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (e) second setting means for manually setting the predetermined time interval independent of the recording period and outputting second time data relative to the predetermined time interval; (f) comparing means for comparing the first time data with the second time data; and (g) disabling means responsive to said comparing means for disabling said controlling means from setting said apparatus to the interval recording mode if an output of said comparing means indicates that the first time data is greater than the second time data.

Claim 11

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) still image forming means for generating a still-image signal; (b) recording means for recording the still-image signal on a recording medium; (c) first setting means for setting a recording period which is required for said recording means to record the still-image signal for one picture and for outputting first time data representing the recording period; (d) controlling means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval still image recording for setting said apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the still-image signal for the recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (e) second setting means for manually setting the predetermined time interval independent of the recording period and outputting second time data relative to the predetermined time interval; (f) comparing means for comparing the first time data with the second time data; and (g) disabling means responsive to said comparing means for disabling said controlling means from setting said apparatus to the interval recording mode if an output of said comparing means indicates that the first time data is greater than the second time data.

Claim 12

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) still image forming means for generating a still-image signal; (b) recording means for recording the still-image signal on a recording medium; (c) first setting means for setting a recording period which is required for said recording means to record the still-image signal for one picture and for outputting first time data representing the recording period; (d) controlling means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval still image recording for setting said apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the still-image signal for the recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (e) second setting means for manually selecting one time interval from among a plurality of different time intervals to set the selected time interval as the predetermined time interval independent of the recording period, and outputting second time data relative to the predetermined time interval; (f) comparing means for comparing the first time data with a plurality of time data corresponding to the plurality of different time intervals; and (g) display means for receiving the first time data and displaying only time data representing some of the plurality of time intervals which are longer than the recording time indicated by the first time data according to outputs of said comparing means.

Claim 13

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) still image forming means for generating a still-image signal; (b) recording means for recording the still-image signal on a recording medium; (c) first setting means for setting a recording period which is required for said recording means to record the still-image signal for one picture and for outputting first time data representing the recording period; (d) controlling means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval still image recording for setting said apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the still-image signal for the recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (e) second setting means for manually selecting one time interval from among a plurality of different time intervals to set the selected time interval as the predetermined time interval independent of the recording period, and outputting second time data relative to the predetermined time interval; (f) comparing means for comparing the first time data with a plurality of time data corresponding to the plurality of different time intervals; and (g) display means for receiving the first time data and displaying only time data representing some of the plurality of time intervals which are longer than the recording time indicated by the first time data according to outputs of said comparing means.

Claim 14

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) recording means for recording a video signal on a recording medium; (b) setting means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval recording for setting the apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the video signal for a predetermined recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (c) selection means for selecting the predetermined recording period among a plurality of predetermined periods; (d) manually operable means for manually selecting the predetermined time interval among a plurality of time intervals independent of the predetermined recording period; (e) comparing means for comparing the predetermined recording period selected by said selection means with the predetermined time interval selected by said manually operable means; and (f) notifying means for receiving an output from said comparing means and for providing output notification to a user of said apparatus when the predetermined recording period is longer than the predetermined time interval.

Claim 15

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) recording means for recording a video signal on a recording medium; (b) setting means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval recording for setting the apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the video signal for a predetermined recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (c) selection means for selecting the predetermined recording period among a plurality of predetermined periods; (d) manually operable means for manually selecting the predetermined time interval among a plurality of time intervals independent of the predetermined recording period; (e) comparing means for comparing the predetermined recording period selected by said selection means with the predetermined time interval selected by said manually operable means; and (f) notifying means for receiving an output from said comparing means and for providing output notification to a user of said apparatus when the predetermined recording period is longer than the predetermined time interval.

Claim 16

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) recording means for recording a video signal on a recording medium; (b) setting means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval recording for setting the apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the video signal for a predetermined recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (c) selection means for selecting the predetermined recording period among a plurality of predetermined periods; (d) manually operable means for manually selecting the predetermined time interval among a plurality of time intervals independent of the predetermined recording period; (e) comparing means for comparing the predetermined recording period selected by said selection means with the predetermined time interval selected by said manually operable means; and (f) inhibiting means for inhibiting said setting means from setting the apparatus to the interval recording mode when an output of said comparing means indicates that the predetermined recording period is longer than the predetermined time interval.

Claim 17

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) recording means for recording a video signal on a recording medium; (b) setting means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval recording for setting the apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the video signal for a predetermined recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (c) selection means for selecting the predetermined recording period among a plurality of predetermined periods; (d) manually operable means for manually selecting the predetermined time interval among a plurality of time intervals independent of the predetermined recording period; (e) comparing means for comparing the predetermined recording period selected by said selection means with the predetermined time interval selected by said manually operable means; and (f) inhibiting means for inhibiting said setting means from setting the apparatus to the interval recording mode when an output of said comparing means indicates that the predetermined recording period is longer than the predetermined time interval.

Claim 18

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) recording means for recording a video signal on a recording medium; (b) setting means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval recording for setting the apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the video signal for a predetermined recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (c) selection means for selecting the predetermined recording period among a plurality of predetermined periods; (d) manually operable means for manually selecting the predetermined time interval among a plurality of time intervals independent of the predetermined recording period; (e) comparing means for comparing the predetermined recording period selected by said selection means with the plurality of time intervals; and (f) display means responsive to said comparing means for displaying only time data representing some of the plurality of time intervals which are longer than the recording period selected by said selection means.

Claim 19

A video signal recording apparatus comprising: (a) recording means for recording a video signal on a recording medium; (b) setting means responsive to input to said apparatus for interval recording for setting the apparatus to an interval recording mode in which said recording means records the video signal for a predetermined recording period at intervals of a predetermined time interval; (c) selection means for selecting the predetermined recording period among a plurality of predetermined periods; (d) manually operable means for manually selecting the predetermined time interval among a plurality of time intervals independent of the predetermined recording period; (e) comparing means for comparing the predetermined recording period selected by said selection means with the plurality of time intervals; and (f) display means responsive to said comparing means for displaying only time data representing some of the plurality of time intervals which are longer than the recording period selected by said selection means.