DIGITAL CAMCORDER HAVING DISPLAY UNIT

Abstract

The digital camcorder of the present invention is a digital camcorder which records an image of an object as a moving image on a recording medium, and displays an image corresponding to a period from start of image taking to a predetermined time on a screen while recording a currently taken image.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a digital camcorder according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operational flow diagram of the digital camcorder of FIG. 1.

FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C are schematic view illustrating examples of display screens on the digital camcorder of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a second embodiment of the digital camcorder of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operational flow diagram of the digital camcorder of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a third embodiment of the digital camcorder of the present invention.

FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C are diagrams illustrating intermittent operation of recording/reproducing in the digital camcorder of FIG. 6.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating memory control of the digital camcorder of the FIG. 6.

FIG. 9 is an operational flow diagram of the digital camcorder of FIG. 6.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating memory control of the digital camcorder of FIG. 6.

Claims

1. A digital camcorder for recording an image of an object as a moving image on a recording medium, comprising: an image capturing optical system;a recording medium drive for recording an image obtained through the image capturing optical system on the recording medium;a display for displaying the obtained image; andan image display processing portion for causing the display to display an image corresponding to a period from start of image taking to a predetermined time during the image taking.

2. The digital camcorder according claim 1, further comprising: a fist memory for retaining a currently taken image, wherein the image retained in the first memory is recorded on the recording medium by the recording medium drive; anda second memory for retaining an image from start of image taking to a predetermined time, wherein the image corresponding to a period from start of the image taking to the predetermined time is read out from the second memory and displayed on the display.

3. The digital camcorder according claim 1, further comprising: a memory for temporarily retaining a currently taken image, wherein the recording medium drive intermittently records the image retained in the memory on the recording medium; anda circuit for setting an area in which an image corresponding to a period from start of image taking to a predetermined time is retained, as an area where overwriting is inhibited, wherein the image corresponding to a period from start of the image taking to the predetermined time is read out from the memory and displayed on the display.

4. The digital camcorder according claim 1, wherein the image corresponding to a period from start of the image taking to the predetermined time is displayed in a screen on which a currently taken image is displayed.

5. The digital camcorder according claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a flash memory, and the image corresponding to a period from start of the image taking to the predetermined time is read out from the flash memory and displayed on the display.