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Granted Patent B2
US 12,477,236 · App. 18/607,431 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Imaging apparatus

Inventors: Wataru Okamoto (Osaka, JP); Akira Seto (Osaka, JP); Shinichi Yamamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H04N23/80H04N23/62
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Patent No.
US 12,477,236
App. No.
18/607,431
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, a controller, and a user interface. The image sensor captures a subject image to generate imaging data. The controller performs repair processing to generate a moving image file from a corrupted file, the moving image file being capable of reproducing a moving image indicated by the imaging data, the corrupted file having a defect as the moving image file. The user interface inputs a user operation related to the repair processing. The controller receives a user operation selecting a specific corrupted file from one or more of corrupted files via the user interface, and performs the repair processing on the selected corrupted file in response to the user operation.

Claims (28)

1 . An imaging apparatus comprising:

an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate imaging data;

a controller that performs repair processing to generate a moving image file from a corrupted file, the moving image file being capable of reproducing a moving image indicated by the imaging data, the corrupted file having a defect as the moving image file; and

a user interface that inputs a user operation related to the repair processing, wherein

the controller

receives a user operation selecting a specific corrupted file from one or more of corrupted files via the user interface, and

performs the repair processing on the selected corrupted file in response to the user operation.

2 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display that displays information, wherein

the controller

acquires file information on each corrupted file from a recording medium in which the one or more of corrupted files are stored, in response to a predetermined menu operation in the user interface, and

causes the display to display the acquired file information.

3 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the controller receives the user operation selecting the specific corrupted file via the user interface, with the acquired file information being displayed on the display.

4 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the file information includes at least one of a recording start time, a recording time, an identification number, or a file name of the corrupted file.

5 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display that displays information, wherein

the controller causes the display to display information indicating an execution time of the repair processing, on or before performing the repair processing on the specific corrupted file.

6 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller

receives, on performing the repair processing on the specific corrupted file, a user operation instructing interruption of the repair processing via the user interface, and

interrupts the repair processing on the specific corrupted file in response to the user operation instructing the interruption.

7 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the controller

receives, after interrupting the repair processing on the specific corrupted file, a user operation instructing restart of the repair processing on the specific corrupted file via the user interface; and

restarts the repair processing on the specific corrupted file in response to the user operation instructing the restart.

8 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the defect in the corrupted file is corruption in management information used for reproducing the moving image, and

the controller performs the repair processing on the corrupted file by generating, based on the corrupted file, the management information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2024
From: OKAMOTO, WATARU; SETO, AKIRA; YAMAMOTO, SHINICHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068027/0120 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-045722 · Mar 22, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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