IP Library Granted Patent US 7,612,806
Granted Patent B2
US 7,612,806 · App. 10/502,751 · Granted Nov 3, 2009

Digital camera

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Patent No.
US 7,612,806
App. No.
10/502,751
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital camera comprises an internal memory, an insertion port into which a storage medium is inserted; an imaging device; a storage control device that stores an image taken by the imaging device in one of the internal memory and the storage medium inserted into the insertion port; and a residual capacity display device that displays information on residual capacity to store the image by the storage control device.

Claims (33)

1. A digital camera comprising:

an imaging device;

an insertion port into which a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is capable of being inserted,

an internal memory; and

a capacity control device that controls so as to secure temporal storage capacity to temporally store an image data taken by the imaging device in the internal memory when the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is inserted into the insertion port, wherein

the capacity control device secures the temporal storage capacity of the internal memory in response to capacity of the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite.

2. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein:

the capacity control device secures the temporal storage capacity of the internal memory in response to capacity of the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite.

3. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein:

the internal memory is a volatile memory.

4. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein:

the internal memory is a buffer memory for image processing work.

5. The digital camera according to claim 1 further comprising:

a residual capacity calculation device that decides capacity obtained by subtracting capacity of the image data stored in the internal memory from residual capacity of the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite as residual capacity for recording image data taken by the imaging device.

6. The digital camera according to claim 5 further comprising:

a residual capacity display control device that converts the residual capacity calculated by the residual capacity calculation device to a record frame number of the image data and displays a record frame number thereof.

7. The digital camera according to claim 1 further comprising:

a battery attachment device;

a battery power capacity detector that detects residual capacity of a battery power attached to the battery attachment device; and

an image record control device that records the image data temporally stored in the internal memory in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite corresponding to the residual capacity of the battery power detected by the battery power capacity detector.

8. The digital camera according to claim 1 further comprising:

a battery attachment device;

a battery power capacity detector that detects residual capacity of a battery power attached to the battery attachment device; and

a record notification device that notifies so as to record the image data temporally stored in the internal memory in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite corresponding to the residual capacity of the battery power detected by the battery power capacity detector.

9. The digital camera according to claim 1 further comprising:

a battery attachment device; and

a dismantle warning device that warns so as not to dismantle a battery when the image data is stored in the internal memory.

10. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein:

format of the image data to be stored in the internal memory is equal to format of image data to be recorded in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite.

11. The digital camera according to claim 10 , wherein:

the image data stored in the internal memory is EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) image data.

12. The digital camera according to claim 10 , wherein:

information about a folder to be recorded in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite set at a shooting is also stored in the internal memory along with the image data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2006
From: NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: NIKON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017653/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2005
From: YOKONUMA, NORIKAZU; KAZAMI, KAZUYUKI; TANAKA, MASAHIDE; OHTA, TADASHI; OHMURA, AKIRA; ITOU, MASAHARU
To: NIKON CORPORATION; NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 016185/0238 →