Canon Patent includes Apple's QuickTime File Format Exclusively
On March 23, the US Patent & Trademark Office revealed a patent application filed by Cannon Kabushiki Kaisha (known as Canon Inc.) titled "Recording apparatus using disc-like recording medium." The patent specifically refers to the QuickTime file format more 50 times and is noted prominently in their patent abstract as follows:
"A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording as a QuickTime file a photographed motion image on a disc-like recording medium having plural recording areas different in characteristic. The plural areas include a first area guaranteeing a quick access speed and a second area which ensures a slower access speed than the first area. The recording/reproducing apparatus records a "movie" portion constituting the QuickTime file in the first area and a "media data" portion in the QuickTime file format in the second area."
"A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording as a QuickTime file a photographed motion image on a disc-like recording medium having plural recording areas different in characteristic. The plural areas include a first area guaranteeing a quick access speed and a second area which ensures a slower access speed than the first area. The recording/reproducing apparatus records a "movie" portion constituting the QuickTime file in the first area and a "media data" portion in the QuickTime file format in the second area."
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