Digital camera capable of outputting image data to external apparatus
View Patent ↗A digital camera is provided with a plurality of group specifying keys for specifying a use purpose of a photographed picture. In an external flash memory of the digital camera that stores the photographed pictures, a plurality of index files that correspond to the group specifying keys are generated. When any one of the plurality of group specifying keys is pressed when at least one of the recorded pictures are displayed, file names of those displayed pictures are sequentially entered in an index file corresponding to that pressed group specifying key. When using the picture file, a personal computer reads out a plurality of picture files described in an index file corresponding to a desired use purpose to then conduct the corresponding processes based on that index file.
1. An image data managing apparatus comprising:
a display section for displaying a plurality of index files which are already produced and stored in an index file storage section, and each of which contains at least one identifier which respectively identifies an image data piece;
a first selecting section for selecting via a manual operation a desired index file from the plurality of index files displayed by the display section; and
a control section for executing image processing on at least one image data piece among image data pieces stored in an image storage section, said at least one image data piece being identified by the at least one identifier contained in the desired index file selected by the first selecting section via the manual operation;
wherein the index file storage section and the image storage section are provided in a digital camera, and the image data managing apparatus further comprises a first receiving section for receiving the plurality of index files stored in the index file storage section in the digital camera; and
wherein:
said display section displays the plurality of index files received by the first receiving section;
said control section comprises: (i) an output section for outputting to the digital camera a transfer request signal for requesting transfer of the at least one image data piece identified by the identifier contained in the selected index file, and (ii) a second receiving section for receiving from the digital camera the image data piece requested to be transferred by the transfer request signal output from the output section; and
said control section executes image processing on the image data piece received by the second receiving section.
2. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the index file storage section and the image storage section are provided on a recording medium which is removably provided in a main body of the digital camera.
3. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a second selecting section for selecting via a manual operation a desired image processing from a plurality of kinds of image processing, wherein the control section executes the image processing selected by the second selecting section on the image data piece identified by the identifier contained in the selected index file.
4. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the index file storage section stores a plurality of kinds of index files; and
said control section executes image processing determined based on a kind of the selected index file on the image data piece identified by the identifier contained in the selected index file.
5. An image data managing apparatus comprising:
display means for displaying a plurality of index files which are already produced and stored in an index file storage section, and each of which contains at least one identifier which respectively identifies an image data piece;
first selecting means for selecting via a manual operation a desired index file from the plurality of index files displayed by the display means; and
control means for executing image processing on at least one image data piece among image data pieces stored in an image storage section, said at least one image data piece being identified by the at least one identifier contained in the desired index file selected by the first selecting means via the manual operation;
wherein the index file storage section and the image storage section are provided in a digital camera, and the image data managing apparatus further comprises first receiving means for receiving the plurality of index files stored in the index file storage section in the digital camera; and
wherein:
said display means displays the plurality of index files received by the first receiving means;
said control means comprises: (i) output means for outputting to the digital camera a transfer request signal for requesting transfer of the at least one image data piece identified by the identifier contained in the selected index file, and (ii) second receiving means for receiving from the digital camera the image data piece requested to be transferred by the transfer request signal output from the output means; and
said control means executes image processing on the image data piece received by the second receiving means.
6. An image data managing apparatus comprising:
a first selecting section for selecting via a manual operation a desired kind of image processing from a plurality of kinds of image processing as a kind of image processing for an index file which is already produced and stored in an index file storage section, and which contains identifiers which respectively identify image data pieces; and
a control section for executing the kind of image processing selected by the selecting section on identified image data pieces among image data pieces stored in an image storage section, said identified image data pieces being identified by the identifiers contained in the index file already produced and stored in the index file storage section;
wherein the index file storage section and the image storage section are provided in a digital camera, and the image data managing apparatus further comprises a first receiving section for receiving the index file stored in the index file storage section in the digital camera; and
wherein:
said control section comprises: (i) an output section for outputting to the digital camera a transfer request signal for requesting transfer of the image data pieces identified by the identifiers contained in the index file received by the first receiving section, and (ii) a second receiving section for receiving from the digital camera the image data pieces requested to be transferred by the transfer request signal output from the output section; and
said control section executes the selected kind of image processing on the image data pieces received by the second receiving section.
7. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a display section for displaying contents of the plurality of kinds of image processing, wherein the first selecting section selects the contents of the desired kind of image processing via the manual operation from the contents of the plurality of kinds of image processing which are displayed by the display section.
8. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the index file storage section and the image storage section are formed on a recording medium which is removably provided in a main body of the digital camera.
9. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of kinds of image processing comprises copy processing, display processing and print processing.
10. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a second selecting section for selecting via a manual operation a desired index file from a plurality of said index files which are already produced and stored in the index file storage section;
wherein the first selecting section selects via the manual operation an arbitrary kind of image processing from the plurality of kinds of image processing as a kind of image processing for the index file selected by the second selecting section.
11. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the control section executes the kind of image processing selected by the first selecting section, without incorporating information indicating the kind of image processing into the index file.
12. The image data managing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the control section executes the kind of image processing selected by the first selecting section, without determining a kind of image processing to be executed based on information included in the index file.
13. An image data managing apparatus comprising:
selecting means for selecting via a manual operation a desired kind of image processing from a plurality of kinds of image processing as a kind of image processing for an index file which is already produced and stored in an index file storage section and which contains identifiers which respectively identify image data pieces; and
control means for executing the kind of image processing selected by the selecting means on identified image data pieces among image data pieces stored in an image storage section, said identified image data pieces being identified by the identifiers contained in the index file already produced and stored in the index file storage section;
wherein the index file storage section and the image storage section are provided in a digital camera, and the image data managing apparatus further comprises first receiving means for receiving the index file stored in the index file storage section in the digital camera; and
wherein:
said control means comprises: (i) output means for outputting to the digital camera a transfer request signal for requesting transfer of the image data pieces identified by the identifiers contained in the index file received by the first receiving means, and (ii) second receiving means for receiving from the digital camera the image data pieces requested to be transferred by the transfer request signal output from the output means; and
said control means executes the selected kind of image processing on the image data pieces received by the second receiving means.