JPH0686202A - Still picture data recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To completely record a still image data signal when recording a moving image signal and a still image data signal of a desired content which requires a long time for recording on the same recording medium. [Structure] When a moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is operated while a predetermined recording mode is set by the still picture recording mode changeover switch 18, a moving picture signal from the camera 1 is displayed by the DSP.
It is processed by the circuit 4 and recorded in the video area of the track of the magnetic tape 29. At this time, the shutter button 19
When is operated, one frame of the moving image signal is written in the frame memory 6, read as a time-extended still image data signal, processed by the PCM processing circuit 8, and recorded in the PCM area of the track of the magnetic tape 29. . Even if the video recording start / stop button 22 or the video recording pause / pause cancel button 2 is operated during the recording of the still image data signal, the video recording can be stopped or paused until the recording of the still image data signal is completed. prohibited.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video signal recording / reproducing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a movie) integrated with a video camera, and still picture data recording for recording and reproducing a moving picture signal and a still picture data signal. Reproduction device

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a video signal recording / reproducing device integrated with a video camera, that is, a so-called movie has been increasing in popularity, and along with it, a device such as a video printer for hard-copying a video signal has been reduced in price. , High performance is progressing. As a result, even ordinary people can easily print and enjoy the video screen, and a single movie can be used as a substitute for a film camera. However, in terms of image quality, it is still inferior to ordinary film photography, so in reality, in many cases, both a movie and a film camera are carried. In order to solve this problem, further improvement in the performance of the video printer is important, but improvement in the image quality of the video signal input to the video printer is also particularly important. Since still images are required to have a considerably high image quality as compared with moving images, there are many problems to be solved in terms of image quality in conventional reproduced still images of video signals.

On the other hand, a technique for recording / reproducing still image data using the PCM area of an 8 mm video tape has recently been receiving attention. This is, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-9380, converts a still picture signal into a digital still picture data signal, and instead of the PCM digital audio signal, a PCM area of an 8 mm video tape. To be recorded in. In this case, since the still image signal is recorded and reproduced as a digital signal on the magnetic tape, the image quality is not deteriorated at all, and the amount of data for one screen of the still image is increased, which is not comparable to the conventional reproduced still image. It becomes possible to obtain a high-quality still image, and it becomes possible to improve the image quality when printed by the above video printer.

[0004]

Considering the recording operation when the moving image signal and the still image data signal are time-divided and recorded on the 8 mm video tape, the moving image signal is recorded in one field per track. However, when a still image signal is recorded as a digital still image data signal, the amount of data is very large (for example, 6 Mbit / frame) in order to obtain a high quality still image. Since the PCM area of the track is short, a still image signal for one field is recorded over several tracks (for example, 720 tracks).

By the way, when recording on an 8 mm video tape, the user gives an instruction to stop recording at an arbitrary time as required. As a result, the recording of the still image signal as well as the moving image signal is stopped. In such a case, the recording operation is stopped when the recording is completed on the track where the recording is performed at the time of the stop instruction, so that there is no problem for the moving image signal, but 1 for the still image data signal. The recording operation is stopped before the recording of the data for the field is completed, and the recording of the still image signal ends midway. In the above-mentioned conventional example, this point was not taken into consideration at all.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a still image data recording / reproducing apparatus which can solve such problems and prevent recording interruption of a still image data signal, and which is most convenient for the user.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention relates to a recording means for recording an encoded still image data signal and an analog moving image signal on a magnetic medium, and a moving image signal recording device. First input means for inputting a recording start and recording stop instruction, means for selecting one of the first and second recording modes of the still image data signal, and an instruction for recording start of the still image data signal In the first recording mode, recording of still image data signals is continuously started at the same time when an instruction to start recording of a moving image signal is input from the first input means. In the first recording mode, when an instruction to stop recording the moving image signal is input from the first input unit, the recording unit stops recording the moving image signal at that time, The second recording mode is the first input method. From the second input means, the instruction to start recording the moving image signal is input, and only the recording of the moving image signal is started, and the instruction to start recording the still image data signal is input from the second input unit in the second recording mode. Only in this mode, the recording of the still image data signal is started, and during the recording of the still image data signal in the second mode, an instruction to stop recording the moving image signal is input from the first input means. Then, the recording of the moving image signal is stopped by the recording means after the recording of the still image data signal is completed.

The second aspect of the present invention further comprises the first aspect of the present invention,
It has a third input means for inputting an instruction to pause and release the recording of the moving picture signal, and in the first recording mode, an instruction to pause the recording of the moving picture signal is inputted from the third input means. Then, at that point, the recording unit temporarily stops recording the moving image signal, and during recording of the still image data signal in the second recording mode, the recording of the moving image signal from the third input unit is temporarily stopped. When the instruction is inputted, the recording of the moving image signal is temporarily stopped by the recording means after the recording of the still image data signal is completed.

A third aspect of the present invention is the same as the first aspect of the present invention.
A moving picture signal is provided from the third input means while the still picture data signal is being recorded in the second recording mode. When the instruction to pause recording is input, the recording means temporarily stops the recording of the moving image signal and the still image data signal at that time, and the first signal is recorded while the recording of the moving image signal and the still image data signal is suspended. When an instruction to stop recording the moving image signal is input from the input means of, the recording means restarts recording of the moving image signal and the still image data signal, and when the remaining recording of the still image data signal is completed, recording of the moving image signal is performed. Stop.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the desired still image is recorded, the second recording mode is set, and the second recording mode is set.
By inputting an instruction to start recording the still image data signal from the input means, the still image data signal of the desired still image can be recorded. During the recording of the still image data signal, the recording operation is continued until the recording of the still image data signal is completed even if the recording of the moving image becomes unnecessary and the instruction to stop the recording of the moving image signal is input from the first input means. Continues. Therefore, the recording of the still image data signal does not stop midway. Therefore, when it is desired to record a desired decisive moment as a still image, even if the recording stop operation is mistakenly performed during the recording of the still image data signal that requires a long time, this still image is recorded in a complete form. It will be.

In the second aspect of the invention, even if the operation of temporarily stopping the recording of the moving image signal is being performed during the recording of the still image data signal, the temporary recording is not immediately stopped, but the recording of the still image data signal is not completed until the operation is completed. The recording will be temporarily stopped. Therefore, the recording of the still image data signal is not interrupted halfway, and the still image data signal is completely recorded.

In the third aspect of the invention, if the operation of temporarily stopping the recording of the moving image signal is performed during the recording of the still image data signal, the recording is immediately stopped. However, the recording of the moving image signal is not necessary in this recording suspended state. Then, when an instruction to stop recording the moving image signal is input from the first input means, the still image data signal is completely recorded after the remaining portion of the still image data signal is recorded.

As described above, in the second recording mode, the still image can be emphasized in the recording. However, in the present invention, the moving image can be further emphasized, and the recording of the moving image signal is stopped or recorded. It is also possible to set these states together with a pause instruction so that unnecessary moving image signals are not recorded.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a still image data recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment, where 1 is a camera and 2 is a C
DS / AGC circuit, 3 A / D (analog / digital) converter, 4 DSP (digital signal processing) circuit, 5 memory controller, 6 frame memory, 7
Is a P / S (parallel / serial) conversion circuit, 8 is a PCM
Signal processing circuit, 9 D / A (digital / analog) converter, 10 modulation / recording circuit, 11 microphone, 12
Is an FM modulation circuit, 13 and 14 are adders, and 15 is a REC
(Recording) amplifier, 16 and 17 are video heads, 18 is a still picture recording mode changeover switch, 19 is a shutter button, 20 is a still picture recording interface, 21 is a system controller, and 22 is a moving picture recording star. Start / stop button, 23 is a movie recording pose / pause release button, 24
Is a moving picture recording interface, 25 is a servo circuit, 26
Is a spindle motor, 27 is a capstan motor, 28
Is a power source, 29 is a magnetic tape, and 30 is a rotating cylinder.

In FIG. 1, a video signal output from the camera 1 by a CCD image pickup device or the like is appropriately adjusted in signal level by a CDS / AGC circuit 2 and then converted into a digital signal by an A / D converter 3 to be converted into a DSP circuit. 4 is supplied. In the DSP circuit 4, the digital video signal is digitally processed and the signals DSP1 and DSP as the luminance signal Y and the color difference signals (RY) and (BY) of the still image data signal are obtained.
2, DSP3 is output and supplied to the memory controller 5, and signals DSP4 and DSP5 are output as a luminance signal and a chroma signal C of a moving image signal and supplied to the D / A converter 9.

In the D / A converter 9, these signals DS
P4 and DSP5 are analog luminance signal Y and chroma signal C
Are converted to. The luminance signal Y and the chroma signal C are supplied to the modulation / recording circuit 10, the luminance signal Y is FM-modulated, and the chroma signal C has a subcarrier of 3.58M.
The frequency is converted from Hz to about 743 KHz, the respective signals are mixed, and the video signal thus obtained is supplied to the adder 13.

The audio signal output from the microphone 11 is FM-modulated by the FM modulator 12 and then added by the adder 13.
And is mixed with the video signal from the modulation / recording circuit 10. The output signal of the adder 13 is supplied to the adder 14.

On the other hand, from the DSP circuit 4 to the memory controller.
Signal DSP which is the still image data signal supplied to the laser 5.
1, DSP2 and DSP3 are still image signal processed here. Since this still image data signal has a very large amount of data, it cannot be instantaneously recorded in the PCM area of the magnetic tape 29. For this purpose, the memory controller 5
The luminance signal Y and the color difference signals (RY), (BY) of the still image data signal for one screen are temporarily stored in the frame memory 6 made of a semiconductor memory, and thereafter, these are stored in the frame memory. Read from 6 at a recordable speed, P / S
It is supplied to the conversion circuit 7. In the P / S conversion circuit 7, the frame
Luminance signal Y and color difference signal (R
-Y) and (BY) are time-division-multiplexed for each predetermined period into a serial signal, which is supplied with an error correction code by the PCM signal processing circuit 8 and then supplied to the adder 14 to output from the adder 13. It is added to the signal.

The output signal of the adder 14 is the REC amplifier 1
After being amplified by 5, it is supplied to the video heads 16 and 17 attached to the rotary cylinder 30 and recorded on the magnetic tape 29.

FIG. 2 shows a track pattern of the magnetic tape 29. The magnetic tape 29 is wound around the rotary cylinder 30 in a spiral shape by about 210 degrees and runs, and the magnetic tape 29 is alternately scanned by the video heads 16 and 17. As a result, tracks are sequentially formed as shown in FIG. 2. In each of these tracks, the video heads 16, 1
A portion formed by rotation of 185 degrees as a video area is used as an area for recording a mixed signal of a moving image signal and an audio signal from the adder 13, and a portion formed by rotation of the remaining 36 degrees is a PCM area. It is an area for recording a still image data signal from the PCM processing circuit 8. By thus recording the still image data signal in a PCM area different from the video area, new addition, rewriting, and erasing of the still image data signal on the recorded magnetic tape 29 can be freely performed. You can

Returning to FIG. 1, a moving picture recording start / stop button 22 for generating a moving picture recording start / stop button signal S3 by operation to start / stop moving picture recording, and a moving picture by operation. Generates the recording pause / pause release button signal S4 and displays the video recording
A moving image recording pose / pause release button 23 for performing pause (pause) and pause release is provided. In addition, in this embodiment, when recording a still image,
When recording continuously with moving image recording (hereinafter referred to as still image recording continuous mode) and when recording one still image only when the shutter button 19 is pressed during moving image recording (hereinafter referred to as still image recording mode). (Referred to as recording discontinuous mode), and a still image recording mode changeover switch 18 for generating a still image recording mode changeover signal S1 for changing over the mode is provided. .

In the still image recording continuous mode, by setting this mode by the still image recording mode changeover switch 18, the moving image recording start / stop button 22 is operated to start the moving image recording start / stop button signal. S2
Occurs, the recording of the moving image is started, and at the same time, the continuous recording of the still image is started. Further, when the still image recording discontinuous mode is set, when the shutter signal S2 is generated by pressing the shutter button 19 during moving image recording, one field of the moving image signal at that time is used as a still image data signal. FIG. 2 of multiple tracks of magnetic tape 29
Are sequentially recorded in the PCM area shown in FIG. in this way,
In this embodiment, two types of recording methods for still image data signals can be executed.

Signals S1 and S generated by the operation of the still image recording mode changeover switch 18 and the shutter button 19.
2 is supplied to the system controller 21 via the still image recording interface 20, and a button signal generated by operating the moving image recording start / stop button 22 and the moving image recording pose / pause release button 23. S3, S
4 is also supplied to the system controller 21 via the moving image recording interface 24. System controller 2
Reference numeral 1 is a modulation / recording circuit 1 for applying a still image recording start signal C1 to the memory controller 5 based on the information signal.
0 and the servo circuit 25 are supplied with the video recording start / stop signal C2, the video recording pose / pause release signal C3, and the power supply 2
The power-off permission / inhibition signal C4 is supplied to each of the signals 8, and the above operation is performed. The system controller 21 turns off the power supply 28 for the power off permission / prohibition signal C4.
When the user decides not to do so, the user turns off the power
Even if the switch is operated, the power supply 28 cannot be turned off.

The memory controller 5 receives the still image recording start signal C1 from the system controller 21 by operating the shutter button 19 in the still image recording discontinuous mode. One screen of still image data
The data signal is written in the frame memory 6, and upon completion of the writing, the still image data signal is read from the frame memory 6 at a predetermined speed and supplied to the P / S conversion circuit 7. The servo circuit 25 also compares the pulse representing the rotational phase of the video heads 16 and 17 obtained from a means (not shown) with the reference pulse to generate a control signal, and the control signal produces a spindle motor 26. The rotation of the capstan motor 27 and the capstan motor 27 is controlled. When the system controller 21 supplies the moving picture recording start / stop signal C2 and the moving picture recording pose / pause release signal C3, it responds to this. By controlling the spindle motor 26 and the capstan motor 27, the moving picture recording start / stop state and the moving picture recording pose / pause release state are set.

Here, the rising edge of the still image recording start signal C1 supplied from the system controller 21 which changes from "L" (low level) to "H" (high level) is used as a still image recording start signal. In addition, the moving image is recorded during the period when the moving image recording start / stop signal C2 is "H". Further, the recording of a moving image is posed during the period when the moving image recording pose / pause release signal C3 is "H", and the power cannot be turned off during the period when the power OFF enable / disable signal C4 is "H".

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram showing a specific example of the system controller in FIG. 1, wherein 31 to 34 are input terminals, 35 is a D-type flip-flop circuit, 36 is an inverter circuit, and 37 to. 39 is an AND circuit, 40 is an SR type flip-flop circuit, 41 is a D type flip-flop circuit, 42 and 43 are clock input terminals, and 44 and 45 are A
ND circuit, 46 and 47 counter, 48 AND circuit,
49 and 50 are OR circuits, 51 is an inverter circuit, 52 is an AND circuit, 53 is an output terminal for the still image recording start signal C1, 54 is an output terminal for the power OFF enable / disable signal C4, and 55
Is a video recording start / stop signal C2 output terminal, 5
Reference numeral 6 is an output terminal for the moving picture recording pose / pause release signal C3.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the motion picture recording control operation of this specific example, and FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing the relationship between still picture data recording, motion picture recording stop, and motion picture recording pause. is there.

In FIG. 3, when the still image recording mode switching switch 18 is operated to set the still image recording to the continuous mode, the input terminal 31 receives the "L" still image recording mode switching signal. Although S1 is input, if the still image recording discontinuous mode is set, the "H" still image recording mode switching signal S1 is input. Further, when the shutter button 19 is pressed, the shutter signal S2 of "H" is input to the input terminal 32, but normally the shutter signal S2 of "L" is input.
Has been entered. Further, when the motion picture recording start / stop button 22 and the motion picture recording pose / pause release button 23 are pressed to the input terminals 33 and 34, respectively, the motion picture recording start / stop button signal S3 of "H" is recorded. The pause / pause release button signal S4 is inputted, but these are normally "L".

The operation of this specific example will be described below. First, the case of the still image recording continuous mode will be described. This corresponds to the operation according to steps 401 and 407 in FIG.

In this case, since the still picture recording mode switching signal S1 of "L" is inputted to the input terminal 31, AN
The output of the D circuit 38 becomes "L", and the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 40 also becomes "L". Therefore, the output of the AND circuit 45 is always "L", so that the counter 47 does not receive the clock φ2 from the input terminal 43 and its output Q is always "L". This “L” output Q is supplied to the OR circuit 49.

From the above, in the still image recording continuous mode,
Even if the shutter button 19 is operated, the shutter signal S2
Is cut off by the AND circuit 38 and the still picture recording start operation cannot be accepted.

When the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed in such a state, the moving picture recording start / stop button signal S3 of "H" is inputted from the input terminal 33, whereby the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 becomes ". H ”,
The output Q (-) (inverted output of the output Q) becomes "L",
In this state, further movie recording start / stop button 2
When 2 is pressed, the video recording start / stop button signal S3 of "H" is input from the input terminal 33 again, the flip-flop circuit 35 takes in the output Q (-) of "L", and outputs the output Q of "L". , And the output Q (-) is set to "H". In this case, since the output Q of the counter 47 is "L" and the output of the AND circuit 48 is "L" as described above, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 directly passes through the OR circuit 50 and is output to the output terminal. It is output from 55. This is the moving image recording start / stop signal C2.

Therefore, in this case, when the moving picture recording start / stop button signal S3 first becomes "H", the moving picture is recorded. When the moving picture recording start / stop button signal S3 is "H", the moving picture recording is stopped. Thus, in the still image recording continuous mode, by operating the moving image recording start / stop button 22, it is possible to always control the moving image recording start / stop operation.

Next, the moving picture recording pose operation when the moving picture is recorded as described above will be described. When the moving picture recording pose / pause release button S4 is pressed, the moving picture recording pause / of "H" is input from the input terminal 34 to the AND circuit 39.
The pause cancel button signal S4 is input, but when the moving image is not recorded, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is output.
Is "L", the output of the AND circuit 39 is "L", the flip-flop circuit 41 is reset by the "L" moving picture recording start / stop signal C2 from the AND circuit 50, and its output Q is It is always "L". The output Q is output from the output terminal 56 via the AND circuit 52 as a moving image recording pause / pause release signal C3. Therefore, the moving picture recording pose cannot be accepted when the moving picture is not recorded.

On the other hand, when the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is "H" and the moving image is recorded,
Press the movie recording pose / pause release button 23
Since the output of the D circuit 39 becomes "H", the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 41 becomes "H", and when the moving picture recording pose / pause release button 23 is pressed next, the moving picture recording pause / Since the pause cancel button signal S4 becomes "H" again, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 41 becomes "L". In this case, since the output of the AND circuit 48 is always "L", the output of the inverter circuit 51 which inverts it is always "H", and the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 41 is directly output from the AND circuit 52 as a moving picture recording pause. / A pause release signal C3 is output from the output terminal 56.

Therefore, in the still image recording continuous mode, if the moving picture recording pose / pause release button 23 is operated during the moving picture recording, the moving picture recording mode and the pause release are alternately performed for each operation. Will be set to.

In the above operation, still image data signals are sequentially recorded during the moving image recording operation. That is, in the still image recording continuous mode, as described above, the still image recording mode switching signal S1 from the input terminal 31 is "L", so the output of the inverter circuit 36 is "H" and the AND circuit. The output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is directly output from 37 and supplied to the AND circuit 44. Here, in the moving image recording stop state, as described above, the flip-flop circuit 41 is reset and its output Q
(-) Is "H", and when the video recording start / stop button 22 is pressed and the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 becomes "H", the output of the AND circuit 37 is also "H".
And the clock φ1 input from the input terminal 42 becomes A
It is supplied to the counter 46 via the ND circuit 44. At the same time, the counter 46 resets the moving image recording start / stop signal C2 to "H" and is released. The counter 46 counts this clock φ1 and outputs the still image data signal to the magnetic tape.
A pulse having a period equal to the time required for recording in the memory 29 is generated and supplied to the OR circuit 49. In the still image recording continuous mode, since the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 40 is "L", even if the moving picture recording start / stop signal C2 becomes "H" and the counter 47 is released from reset.
Since the counter 47 does not count and the output Q of this counter 47 is "L", the above-mentioned pulse from the counter 46 passes through the OR circuit 49 and the still image recording start signal C1.
Is output from the output terminal 53. The memory controller 5 shown in FIG. 1 writes a still image data signal for one screen into the frame memory 6 at every moment when the still image recording start signal C1 rises from "L" to "H", and thereafter, the Tee
Start recording on page 29.

As described above, when the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed to start the moving picture recording in the continuous still picture recording mode, the recording of the still picture data signal is started at the same time, and the moving picture is being recorded. The still image data signal is sequentially recorded.

When the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed to stop the moving picture recording, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 becomes "L", the output of the AND circuit 37 becomes "L", and the clock φ1 is output. Are not supplied to the counter 46. Further, since the "L" moving picture recording start / stop signal C2 is supplied to the reset terminal of the counter 46, the output Q of the counter 46 becomes "L" and the still picture recording start signal C1 is outputted from the output terminal 53. The output of the still image data signal is stopped without being output. In this case, the last recorded still image data signal is the magnetic data.
The recording may be interrupted before it is completely recorded on page 29.

When the moving picture recording pose / pause release button 23 is pressed to enter the moving picture recording pause state, the output Q (-) of the flip-flop circuit 41 becomes "L".
The clock φ1 is not output from the AND circuit 44. For this reason, the counter 46 stops its operation during the moving image recording mode and stops the continuous recording of still images. However, the moving image recording position / pause release button 23 is pressed again to switch the moving image recording mode. When it is released, the clock φ1 becomes the AND circuit 4 again.
4 is supplied to the counter 46, the counter 46 restarts the counting operation and restarts the continuous recording operation of the still image data signal.

As described above, in the still image recording continuous mode, the recording of the still image data signal is started at the same time when the recording of the moving image is started, and the continuous recording operation of the still image data signal is performed during the recording of the moving image. . In addition, the operation of stopping and pausing the moving image recording can be always performed even during the recording of the still image data signal. However, when the moving image recording is stopped, the still image data signal that is being recorded at the end may not be completely recorded on the magnetic tape 29. The above is the operation of steps 401 and 407 in FIG.

Next, the case of the still image recording discontinuous mode will be described. In this case, "H" is applied to the input terminal 31.
Since the still image recording mode switching signal S1 is input, the output of the inverter circuit 36 is always "L". Therefore, the output of the AND circuit 37 is always “L”, the clock φ1 of the counter 46 is not supplied, the counting operation is not performed, and the output Q is always “L”.

When the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed in this state, the moving picture recording start / stop signal C2 of "H" is output from the output terminal 55 from the above, and the moving picture recording is started. At this time, since the output Q (-) of the flip-flop circuit 41 is "H", when the shutter button 19 is pressed and the shutter signal S2 of "H" is input to the input terminal 32, the output of the AND circuit 38 is "H".
And the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 40 becomes "H".
And the clock φ2 from the input terminal 43 becomes the AND circuit 4
5 is supplied to the counter 47. The output Q of the counter 47 is "H" for a period equal to the time required to record the still image data signal on the magnetic tape 29, and the output terminal 5 is output via the OR circuit 49 as the still image start signal C1.
It is output from 3. The output Q (-) of the counter 47 becomes "H" as the output Q becomes "L", and at the rising edge thereof, the flip-flop circuit 40 is reset and its output Q becomes "L". As a result, the counter 47 stops the counting operation. The memory controller 5 shown in FIG. 1 writes a still image data signal for one screen to the frame memory 6 at the moment when the still image start signal C1 rises from "L" to "H", and the magnetic tape is read. Recording of the still image data signal to the group 29 is started.

As described above, in the still image recording discontinuous mode, every time the shutter button 19 is pressed during recording of a moving image, one frame of the moving image signal at that moment is recorded in the magnetic tape 29 as a still image data signal. It However, the shutter button 19 is pressed to send the still image data signal to the magnetic tape 29.
Since the operation of the counter 47 is not affected even if the shutter button 19 is pressed again during recording, the operation of the shutter button 19 is not accepted in this case.

When the shutter signal S2 is not input and the counter 47 is not operating during recording of a moving image, the output Q of the counter 47 is "L", and the output of the AND circuit 48 is "L". It is supplied to the OR circuit 50. Therefore, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is directly output from the OR circuit 50. Therefore, in this case, when the moving image recording start / stop button signal S3 is input, the moving image recording is stopped. However, when the shutter signal S2 is input and the counter 47 is operating, the output Q of the counter 47 becomes "H", the output of the AND circuit 48 becomes "H", and the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 becomes O regardless of "H" or "L"
The output of the R circuit 50 is held at "H" and is in a moving image recording state. As a result, moving image recording cannot be stopped during operation of the counter 47, that is, during recording of a still image data signal on the magnetic tape 29.

As described above, in the still image recording discontinuous mode, it is possible to always stop the moving image recording except when recording the still image (steps 401, 402, 40 in FIG. 4).
6) While the still image data signal is being recorded on the magnetic tape 29 by pressing the shutter button 19, the recording of the moving image cannot be stopped (steps 401 to 404 in FIG. 4) and the still image data signal is being recorded. When the motion picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed, the motion picture recording is automatically stopped after the recording of the still picture data signal on the magnetic tape 29 is completed (step 401 to FIG. 4). 403, 405).
Note that to in step 403 of FIG. 4 is the time required to record a still image data signal for one screen, and from the input of the shutter signal S2 until the output Q of the counter 47 becomes “L”. It's time.

If the shutter signal S2 is not input during recording of a moving image and the counter 47 is not operating, A
The output of the ND circuit 48 becomes "L", and the inverter circuit 5
Since the output of “H” of 1 is supplied to the AND circuit 52,
The output Q of the flip-flop circuit 41 is directly output from the output terminal 56 via the AND circuit 52. This makes it possible to pause / pause moving image recording. However, when the shutter signal S2 is input and the counter 47 is operating, the output of the AND circuit 48 is "H".
Since the output of the inverter circuit 51 becomes "L", the output of the AND circuit 52, that is, the moving picture recording pause / pause release signal C3 is always "L", and the moving picture recording pause release state is maintained. As a result, while the counter 47 is operating, moving image recording cannot be paused.

As described above, in the still picture recording discontinuous mode, the motion picture recording can be always posed except when the still picture data signal is recorded, as in the motion picture recording stop operation (see FIG. Steps 401, 402, 40 of 4
6) When the shutter button 19 is pressed to record a still image data signal on the magnetic tape 29, the moving image cannot be recorded (steps 401 to 40 in FIG. 4).
4) If the moving picture recording pose / pause release button 23 is pressed during recording of the still picture data signal, the moving picture is recorded after the recording of the still picture data signal on the magnetic tape 29 is completed. Automatically pose (steps 401 to 403, 40 in FIG. 4)
5).

When the shutter button 19 is pressed during the moving picture recording position, the output Q (-) of the flip-flop circuit 41 is "L" at this time, so the output of the AND circuit 38 is "L". Therefore, the operation of the shutter button 19 cannot be accepted.

In the still image recording discontinuous mode, if the power supply 28 of FIG. 1 is turned off while the still image data signal is being recorded in the magnetic tape 29, the still image data at the moment when the shutter button 19 is pressed. The signal cannot be recorded completely on tape 29. Therefore, the output Q of the counter 47 is output from the output terminal 56 as the power-off enable / disable signal C4 and supplied to the power supply 28. As a result, during the operation period of the counter 47, the power source 2
Since the power-off enable / disable signal 4 of "H" cannot be turned off at 8, the recording interruption of the still picture data signal due to an erroneous operation can be prevented. Next, the still picture recording discontinuous mode The operation will be further described with reference to FIG. Figure 5
Now, let us say that the magnetic tape 29 travels in the direction of the arrow in the figure. Now, assuming that the time point C is the time point when the shutter button 19 is pressed and the period from the time point C to the time point D is the recording period of the still image data signal, A, other than the recording period C-D of the still image data signal, Video recording starts at the point indicated by B /
When the stop button 22 or the motion picture recording pause / pause release button 23 is pressed, motion picture recording stop and motion picture recording pose operations are possible, but at time points A ′ and B ′.
As shown by, during the recording period CD of the still image data signal, the moving image recording start / stop button 22 and the moving image recording port are displayed.
When the close / pause release button 23 is pressed, the moving image recording stop or the moving image recording pose operation is performed after the end of the recording period CD of the still image data signal. Therefore, the still image data signal at the moment of pressing the shutter button 19 is surely recorded in the magnetic tape 29.

As described above, according to the system controller 21 shown in FIG. 3, when the still image data signal is continuously recorded together with the moving image signal (still image recording continuous mode), the moving image is always recorded. Although it is possible to stop and pose, the shutter button 1
When recording by operation 9 (still image recording discontinuous mode
2), it is not possible to stop or pose moving image recording while a still image data signal is being recorded on the magnetic tape 29. Therefore, the still image data signal at the moment when the shutter button 19 is pressed is surely recorded on the magnetic tape 29. In the still image recording continuous mode, the moving image recording can be stopped or raised at any time, so that the still image data signal is not completely recorded in the magnetic tape 29. In some cases.

In the still picture recording discontinuous mode, the reason why the recording stop or the position of the moving picture is not accepted while the still picture data signal is being recorded on the magnetic tape 29 is that the shutter button 19 is pushed. When a still image is recorded, the user often selects and records a decisive moment, that is, a very important scene or a scene to be left as a still image. This is because it is not preferable to interrupt the. Therefore, the next operation such as exchange of the magnetic tape cannot be performed until the recording of the still image data signal is completed.
Although there are some problems in usability, it is important to surely record the still image data signal on the magnetic tape 29, so that the moving image recording is automatically stopped or paused after the recording of the still image data signal is completed. To control.

On the other hand, in the still image recording continuous mode, the reason why the recording stop and the position of the moving image signal are accepted while the still image data signal is being recorded on the magnetic tape 29 is that the still image data is continuously recorded together with the moving image signal. When a signal is recorded, the still image in this case is not the one selected by the user, and since it is recorded as a moving image on the magnetic tape 29, the still image data is not recorded in the middle and is interrupted. However, there is not much problem, and in this case, priority was given to usability.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing another specific example of the system controller 21 in FIG. 1, in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the control operation in moving image recording of this specific example, and FIG. 8 is a timing chart showing the relationship between still image data recording and moving image recording stop and moving image recording pause.

This concrete example is different from the concrete example shown in FIG. 3 in that the inverter circuit 51 and the AND circuit 52 are removed, and the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 41 forms the moving picture recording pause / pause release signal C3. The flip-flop circuit 41 is different in that it is reset by the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35.

First, the case of the still image recording continuous mode will be described. In this case, similarly to the specific example of FIG. 3, the recording of the still image data signal is started at the same time as the recording of the moving image is started, and the still image data signal is continuously recorded during the recording of the moving image. Further, the operation of stopping and pausing the moving image recording can be performed at any time during the still image recording (steps 701 and 707 in FIG. 7). Also in this case, when the moving image recording is stopped, the still image data signal recorded last may not be completely recorded on the magnetic tape 29.

Next, the case of the still image recording discontinuous mode will be described. Video recording start / stop button 22
When is pressed and the moving picture recording start / stop button signal S3 is input from the input terminal 33, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 becomes "H" and the moving picture recording is started in the same manner as the specific example shown in FIG. At this time, the output Q (-) of the flip-flop circuit 41 is "H", and the shutter button 19 is pressed after the start of moving image recording to input the input terminal 32.
When the shutter signal S2 of "H" is input to, the output of the AND circuit 38 becomes "H". Therefore, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 40 becomes “H”, and the clock φ2 from the input terminal 43 passes through the AND circuit 45 and the counter 47.
Is supplied to. Therefore, the counter 47 uses this clock φ
2 is counted, and its output Q is the time "H" required to record a still image data signal for one screen on the magnetic tape 29.
Then, the signal passes through the OR circuit 49 and is output from the output terminal 53 as the still image recording start signal C1. The flip-flop circuit 40 is reset at the fall of the output Q of the counter 47. As a result, in the still image recording discontinuous mode, when the shutter button 19 is pressed during moving image recording, a still image data signal for one screen is recorded in the magnetic tape 29 at that moment.

During recording of a moving image, when the shutter signal S2 is not supplied and the counter 47 is not operating, the output Q of the counter 47 is "L" and the output of the AND circuit 48 is "L". It is supplied to the OR circuit 50. Therefore, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is ORed as it is.
Video recording start / stop signal C2 through circuit 50
Is output from the output terminal 55. However, when the shutter signal S2 is input and the counter 47 is operating, the output Q of the counter 47 becomes "H", so that the output of the AND circuit 48, and thus the output of the OR circuit 50 becomes "H". The moving picture recording start / stop signal C2 is kept at "H". As a result, counter 4
Video recording start / stop button 2 during operation of 7
Even if you press 2, you cannot stop movie recording. As a result, in the still image recording discontinuous mode, the moving image recording can be stopped at any time except when the still image data signal is recorded (step 701 in FIG. 7).
702, 706), when the shutter button 19 is pressed to record a still image data signal on the magnetic tape 29,
The moving picture recording cannot be stopped (steps 701 to 704 in FIG. 7), and if the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed during recording of the still picture data signal, the still picture data signal After the recording on the magnetic tape 29 is completed, the moving image recording is automatically stopped (step 701 in FIG. 7).
~ 703,705).

When the moving picture recording pose / pause release button 23 is pressed during recording of a moving picture, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is "H", so that the moving picture recording pause / pause release button signal S4 is supplied to the AND circuit 39. It is supplied to the flip-flop circuit 41 via the output Q of which becomes “H”. Therefore, the moving picture recording pause / pause signal C3 becomes "H", and the moving picture recording pause state is immediately entered. Therefore, in this case, by operating the movie recording pose / pause release button 23 at any time during movie recording, the pose of movie recording and the pause release operation can be controlled (FIG. 7).
704, 705, 706, 707).

Here, the still image data signal is sent to the magnetic tape 2
When the moving picture recording pose is operated during recording in 9, the output Q (-) of the flip-flop circuit 41 is "L".
Therefore, the output of the AND circuit 45 becomes "L", and the counting operation of the counter 47 is stopped. After that, when the moving picture recording pose / pause release button 23 is pressed again, the output Q (−) of the flip-flop circuit 41 becomes “H” and the clock φ2 is supplied to the counter 47 via the AND circuit 45. The counter 47 starts the counting operation again, and the remaining still image data signal is recorded in the magnetic tape 29.

On the other hand, when the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed during the above-mentioned moving picture recording pause in which the recording of the still picture data signal is stopped, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is "L". However, the output Q of the counter 47
Is "H" even when the counter operation is stopped, so the AND circuit 48
Output becomes "H". Therefore, the output of the OR circuit 50 is also "H", and the moving image recording start / stop signal C2
Is held at "H" and the movie recording is not stopped.
However, in this case, since the "L" output Q of the flip-flop circuit 35 is supplied to the reset terminal of the flip-flop circuit 41, the output Q of the flip-flop circuit 41 becomes "L", and the moving image recording pose is It will be canceled. The output Q (-) of the flip-flop circuit 41 is "H".
Therefore, the clock φ2 is supplied again to the counter 47 via the AND circuit 45, and as a result, the counter 47 restarts the counting operation. Therefore, in this case, when the recording of the remaining still image data signal to the magnetic tape 29 is restarted and the recording of the still image data signal is completed, the counter 4
The output Q of 7 becomes "L", the moving picture recording start / stop signal C2 output from the OR circuit 50 also becomes "L", and the moving picture recording is automatically stopped. That is, when the moving image recording is to be stopped during the moving image recording pause of the recording of the still image data signal, the moving image recording is stopped after the still image data signal is completely recorded.

The still image data signal is sent to the magnetic tape 29.
If you operate the movie recording pose during recording,
Since the output Q of the counter 47 remains "H", the power supply OF
The F enable / disable signal C4 becomes "H", and the power supply 28 cannot be turned off. Thereby, also in this case, it is possible to prevent interruption of still image recording due to an erroneous operation.

Next, the operation in the still image recording discontinuous mode will be described with reference to FIG. Here, in FIG. 8, the magnetic tape 29 travels in the direction of the arrow in the figure. Each time point A, B, A ', B', C, D is the same as in FIG.
When the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 and the moving picture recording pause / pause release button 23 are pressed at the time points A and B other than the recording period CD of the still picture data signal, the moving picture recording is stopped or raised. The operation is possible, and even if the moving picture recording pose / pause release button 23 is pressed while the still image data signal is being recorded on the magnetic tape 29 (time point B ′), the moving picture recording pose operation is performed. Is possible. However, when the moving picture recording start / stop button 22 is pressed within this period C-D (time point A '), the moving picture recording stop operation ends the recording of the still picture data signal on the magnetic tape 29. Will be done later. Therefore, the shutter button 1
The still image data signal at the moment when 9 is pressed is surely recorded in the magnetic tape 29.

As described above, in the system controller 21 shown in FIG. 6, when a still image is continuously recorded together with a moving image (still image recording continuous mode), the moving image recording is stopped or stopped at any time. However, when still image data is recorded by operating the shutter button 19 during moving image recording (still image recording discontinuous mode), the still image data signal to the magnetic tape 29 is transferred. As long as the recording is in progress, you cannot stop the recording of the moving image. Also, in this case, although the movie recording pose is possible, it is not possible to immediately stop the movie recording during this pose, and when the movie recording start / stop button 22 is pressed, After the pause is automatically released and the remaining still image data signal is recorded in the magnetic tape 29, the recording of the moving image is stopped. Therefore, the shutter button 19
Make sure that the still image data signal at the moment you press is magnetic tape 2
9 is recorded. On the other hand, in the case of the still image recording continuous mode, the recording of the moving image can be stopped or posed at any time, but the still image data signal is completely transferred to the magnetic tape 29. It may not be recorded.

Here, in the system controller 21 shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, even if the shutter button 19 is operated in the still image recording continuous mode in which a still image is always recorded together with the moving image, the still image is stopped at this moment. It is not possible to record the image data signal. However, the recording of the continuous still image is interrupted, the still image at the moment when the shutter button 19 is pressed is preferentially recorded on the magnetic tape, and the continuous still image recording is restarted after the recording of this still image is completed. It may be controlled to. At this time, in the period in which the still image data signal at the moment when the shutter button 19 is pressed is recorded in the magnetic tape 29, the still image is surely recorded on the magnetic tape 2 by controlling not to accept the motion recording stop operation.
9 to be recorded.

In the above embodiment, when the shutter button 19 is pressed in the still image recording discontinuous mode, the next operation of the shutter button 19 is performed until the recording of the still image data signal on the magnetic tape 29 is completed. However, if the shutter button 19 is pressed,
The recording of the still image data signal up to now may be interrupted so that a new still image data signal can be preferentially recorded.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the operation of the shutter button 19 can be accepted only during the recording of the moving image, but even if the shutter button 19 is pressed while the recording of the moving image is stopped, the still image data at that moment is received. It is also possible to store the signal in the memory and start recording the moving image and record the still image data signal in the memory on the magnetic tape 29.

Finally, moving image recording during recording of a still image data signal will be described. When the still image recording discontinuous mode is set by the system controller 21 shown in FIG. 3, when the shutter button 19 is pressed, the still image data signal for one screen at that moment is recorded. If the motion picture recording start / stop button 22 or pause / pause release button 23 is pressed during recording of the data signal on the magnetic tape 29, the magnetic tape 2 is surely pressed.
In order to record a still image data signal for one screen at 9, the moving image recording is automatically stopped or paused after the recording of the still image data signal is completed. Therefore, an unnecessary moving image signal is recorded during the period from when the moving image recording start / stop button 22 or the moving image recording pause / pause release button 23 is pressed until the moving image recording stop or the moving image recording pause is actually entered. Similarly, also in the case of the system controller 21 shown in FIG. 6, in the still image recording discontinuous mode, the moving image recording start / stop button 2 is used while the still image data signal is being recorded on the magnetic tape 29.
When 2 is pressed, an unnecessary moving image signal is recorded until the recording of the still image data signal for one screen is completed.

In order to solve this problem, during the above period, the video signal input from the camera 1 is transferred to the magnetic tape 29.
Instead, the color title signal is superimposed and recorded in the video area (FIG. 2) of the magnetic tape 29 instead. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent unnecessary recording of the moving image signal. Also, instead of the color title signal, the PCM still image data signal is sent to the magnetic tape 2.
It is also possible to record in 9 video areas (FIG. 2). In this case, the video area of the magnetic tape 29 and the PCM
The same still image will be recorded in the area.

Here, the case where the PCM still image data signal is recorded as a moving image signal as described above will be further described. In this case, in FIG. 1, the frame memory 6
A frame memory other than the above is provided, and the same still image data signal as the still image data signal stored in the frame memory 6 is stored therein, and the luminance signal Y, the color difference signals (RY) and ( The memory controller 5 repeatedly reads (BY) from the original time axis and continuously supplies it to the DSP circuit 4, and the DSP circuit 4 converts it into a luminance signal Y and a chroma signal C and outputs it as a moving image signal. As a result, the same still image data signal as the PCM still image data signal is input to the D / A converter 9 for recording, so that it is possible to prevent unnecessary recording of a moving image signal. In this case, the system controller 21 to the memory controller 5 and the DS
It goes without saying that the switching signal is output to the P circuit 4.

Next, a case where the color title signal is recorded as a moving image signal as described above will be described. In this case, the luminance signal Y and the color difference signals (RY) and (B-) of the color title screen separately provided in the DSP circuit 4 are provided.
Y) is supplied. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent unnecessary recording of the moving image signal as well.

As described above, during the recording of the still image data signal on the magnetic tape 29, the DSP is pressed during the period from the pressing of the moving image recording start / stop button 22 or the pause / pause release button 23 to the actual stop or pause. Since the PCM still image data signal or the color title signal is input to the circuit 4, it is possible to prevent unnecessary recording of the moving image signal. In this case, by inputting the switching signal to the system controller 21, it is possible to select which of the moving image signal, the PCM still image signal and the color title signal is recorded during the above period.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
A first mode in which continuous still image recording is started at the same time as an instruction to start recording a moving image, and a second mode in which a still image is recorded at that moment only when an instruction to start still image recording is input during moving image recording. The first mode, which can be set with the mode, enables recording stop and recording pause at any time,
Since the still image data signal is interrupted in the middle, the usability is improved, and in the second mode, the recording of the moving image can be stopped or the recording can be temporarily stopped after the recording of the still image data signal on the magnetic tape is completed. A still image for one screen will be completely recorded.

Further, according to the present invention, the recording of the still image data signal can be paused even in the second mode, but at this time also, the user gives an instruction to stop the recording during the recording pause. In this case, since the recording of the moving image is automatically stopped after the remaining still image data signal is automatically recorded on the magnetic tape, the still image data signal at the decisive moment is surely recorded on the magnetic tape. As described above, the method of stopping the recording and the method of temporarily stopping the recording are changed according to the method of starting the recording of the still image data signal. Is greatly improved.

Further, according to the present invention, when the recording of the moving picture is stopped automatically or the recording is temporarily stopped after the recording of the still picture data signal on the magnetic tape, the PCM still picture signal or the moving picture signal from the camera is used. Since the color title signal is recorded in the moving image signal recording area, it is possible to prevent unnecessary recording of a moving image.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a still image data recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a track pattern on a magnetic tape.

3 is a circuit diagram showing a specific example of the system controller in FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 according to the specific example shown in FIG.

5 is a timing diagram showing the relationship between still image data recording and moving image recording stop / pause in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing another specific example of the system controller in FIG.

7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 according to the specific example shown in FIG.

8 is a timing chart showing the relationship between still image data recording and moving image recording stop / pause in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 7.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 camera 3 A / D conversion circuit 4 DSP circuit 5 memory controller 6 frame memory 7 parallel / serial conversion circuit 8 PCM processing circuit 9 D / A conversion circuit 10 modulation / recording circuit 16, 17 video head 18 still image recording mode selector switch 19 Shutter button 21 System controller 22 Video recording start / stop button 23 Video recording pause / pause release button 28 Power supply 29 Magnetic tape S1 Still image recording mode switching signal S2 Shutter signal S3 Video recording start / stop button signal S4 Video recording pause / pause Release button signal C1 Still image recording start signal C2 Video recording start / stop signal C3 Video recording pause / pause release signal C4 Power OFF enable / disable signal

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A video signal recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing a moving image signal and a still image data signal on a recording medium, and recording means for recording the encoded still image data signal and analog moving image signal on a magnetic medium. First input means for inputting an instruction to start recording a moving image signal and still image data signal, second input means for inputting an instruction to start recording a still image data signal, and the first and second input means And a means for controlling the recording means in response to an instruction from the first input means, the means for controlling controlling the recording means in response to an instruction to start recording from the first input means, and continuously recording the video signal. Means for recording still image data signals,
A still image data recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: a unit for controlling the recording unit in response to a recording start instruction from the second input unit to start recording a still image data signal at the time of the instruction. 2. A video signal recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing a moving image signal and a still image data signal on a recording medium, and recording means for recording the encoded still image data signal and an analog moving image signal on a magnetic medium. First inputting instructions to start and stop recording of video signals
The input means, the means for selecting one of the first and second recording modes for the still image data signal, and the second input means for inputting an instruction to start recording the still image data signal, The first recording mode is a mode in which recording of a still image data signal is continuously started at the same time when an instruction to start recording of a moving image signal is input from the first input means. Then, when an instruction to stop recording the moving image signal is input from the first input unit, the recording unit stops recording the moving image signal and the still image data signal at that time, and the second recording mode Is input with an instruction to start recording a moving image signal from the first input means, only recording of the moving image signal is started, and an instruction to start recording a still image data signal is input from the second input means. Recording of the still image data signal starts only when In the second mode, when the instruction to stop recording the moving image signal is input from the first input unit during recording of the still image data signal in the second mode, the recording is stopped after the still image data signal is recorded. A still image data recording / reproducing apparatus characterized in that recording of a moving image signal is stopped by a recording means. 3. The third input means according to claim 2, further comprising a third input means for inputting an instruction to pause and cancel the pause of the recording of the moving image signal, and in the first recording mode, from the third input means. When an instruction to pause recording of a moving image signal is input, the recording means pauses recording of a moving image signal and a still image signal at that time, and during recording of a still image data signal in the second recording mode, Still image data recording / reproducing, characterized in that, when an instruction to pause recording of a moving image signal is input from the third input means, the recording of the moving image signal is suspended by the recording means after the recording of the still image data signal is completed. apparatus. 4. The recording apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a third input unit for inputting an instruction to pause and release the recording of the moving image signal, during recording of the still image data signal in the second recording mode, When an instruction to pause recording of the moving image signal is input from the third input means, the recording means temporarily stops recording of the still image data signal and the moving image signal at that time, and the moving image signal and still image data signal When a recording stop instruction of the moving image signal is input from the first input means during the recording pause of, the recording means restarts the recording of the moving image signal and the still image data signal, and the remaining of the still image data signal. A still image data recording / reproducing apparatus characterized in that the recording of a moving image signal is stopped upon completion of the recording. 5. A fourth means for controlling a power source according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein the fourth means until the recording of the still image data signal is completed in the second recording mode. A still image data recording / reproducing device characterized by prohibiting power-off.