An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film having a storage medium which information for each frame is readable from and writable on, the reproducing apparatus includes a pick-up device for picking up the image from the film; a read and write device for reading and writing frame information from and on the storage medium in a specified relative movement to the film; a drive device for rendering the specified relative movement and such special relative movement as fast transporting, rewinding; a directing device for directing the special relative movement; and a controller for keeping the drive device from rendering the special relative movement when the information reading and writing is performed.
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/806,655, filed Feb. 26, 1997; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/649,500 filed on May 17, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,652,618; which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/179,034 filed on Jan. 6, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,541,644.
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Jan 11, 1993 [JP] 5-002661 Jan 11, 1993 [JP] 5-002727 Jan 11, 1993 [JP] 5-0027148
In a scanner having a film image input unit for reading images from developed film stowed in a cartridge and a cartridge film holding unit capable of being detachably attached to the image input unit and of holding the cartridge, a locking mechanism is used to restrain the film holding unit from being detached from the image input unit immediately before or after pulling the film out of the cartridge is started. It is therefore possible to prevent the imperfect run or rewind of the cartridge film due to a careless operation. It can also be prevented that loaded film is soiled or flawed.
An information processing apparatus and process for dealing with moving pictures. A storage stores still pictures corresponding to scene switchovers of the moving pictures, and time stamps of the scene switchovers. A display controller provides a display control to display, given a reference position on the screen, the still pictures in positions at distances from the reference position. Those distances reflect differences between a time stamp corresponding to the reference position and the time stamp of the scene switchovers.
In an digital video disk player the timely acquisition of specific data types is particularly important during trick mode operation. During trick modes a controller can provide enhanced control capability by employing interrupt requests having priorities that differ from those used during normal play mode operation. A method for controlling a microcontroller in digital disk apparatus having at least two reproducing modes. The method comprises the steps of prioritizing the microcontroller interrupts during a first reproducing mode, and in a second reproducing mode reordering the microcontroller interrupt priorities.
