Recording apparatus and recording method

Title: Recording apparatus and recording method

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080292280, Recording apparatus and recording method.

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4. An imaging apparatus, comprising: imaging means for imaging an object; an interface connectable to an external computer; a buffer memory for temporarily storing and outputting streaming data from said imaging means at a data transfer rate that is lower than a data transfer rate of said interface; recording means for temporarily storing data output from said buffer memory and said interface in a recording buffer and recording the data on a recording medium; a detecting means for detecting a connection with the external computer through the interface; wherein said recording means switches the buffer size of said recording buffer based on detection of the connection with the external computer.

5. The imaging apparatus of claim 4, wherein the buffer size of the recording buffer is bigger when the external computer is connected than when the external computer is not connected.

6. A method of recording an image, comprising: imaging an object; enabling a connection to receive data from an external computer through an interface; storing and outputting streaming data at a data transfer rate that is lower than a data transfer rate of said interface; storing said output streaming data and data from said interface in a recording buffer and recording the data on a recording medium; a detecting means for detecting a connection with the external computer through the interface; wherein said recording means switches the buffer size of said recording buffer based on detection of the connection with the external computer.

7. The imaging apparatus of claim 4, wherein the buffer size of the recording buffer is bigger when the external computer is connected than when the external computer is not connected.

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