Apparatus and method for photography, apparatus and method for setting weight, and programs therefor
View Patent ↗When an image obtained with use of a digital camera is deleted, deletion information including time and date of photography thereof is generated and recorded in a memory card. When an image obtained by photography is stored in the memory card, the deletion information is referred to, and a weight is set for the photographed image according to the number of deleted images photographed within a predetermined time before and/or after photography of the image, and added to the image.
1. A photography apparatus, comprising:
an imaging unit for obtaining an image by photography;
a storage memory for storing the image;
an input unit for receiving an instruction to delete the image;
a memory control unit for deleting the image regarding which the instruction to delete has been received, from the storage memory; and
a deletion information generation unit for generating deletion information including time and date of photography of the deleted image,
wherein the deletion information generation unit generates the deletion information as a 0-byte hidden file.
2. The photography apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a weight setting unit for setting a weight regarding the photographed image according to a number of deleted images photographed before and/or after a time and a date of photography of the image, with reference to the deletion information.
3. A photography apparatus, comprising:
an imaging unit for obtaining an image by photography;
a storage memory for storing the image;
an input unit for receiving an instruction to delete the image;
a memory control unit for deleting the image regarding which the instruction to delete has been received, from the storage memory;
a deletion information generation unit for generating deletion information including time and date of photography of the deleted image; and
a weight setting unit for setting a weight regarding the photographed image according to a number of deleted images photographed before and/or after a time and a date of photography of the image, with reference to the deletion information.
4. The photography apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the weight setting unit sets the weight by multiplying the number of deleted images by a predetermined number.
5. The photography apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the weight setting unit sets the weight regarding the photographed image according to the number of deleted images photographed within a predetermined time period before and/or after the time and date of photography of the image.
6. A weight setting method, comprising:
setting a weight of the image obtained through photography using a photography method, according to a number of deleted images photographed before and/or after the time and date of photography of the image with reference to the deletion information, said photography method comprising:
receiving an instruction to delete an image obtained by photography and stored in a storage memory;
deleting the image regarding which the instruction to delete has been received; and
generating deletion information including a time and a date of photography of the deleted image.
7. The weight setting method according to claim 6 , wherein the weight is set by multiplying the number of deleted images by a predetermined number.
8. The weight setting method according to claim 6 , wherein the weight is set regarding the photographed image according to the number of deleted images photographed within a predetermined time period before and/or after the time and date of photography of the image.
9. A storage medium tangibly embodying a program for causing a computer to execute a weight setting method, comprising:
setting a weight of the image obtained by the program for causing the computer to execute a photography method, according to a number of deleted images photographed before and/or after the time and date of photography of the image with reference to the deletion information, said photography method comprising:
receiving an instruction to delete an image obtained by photography and stored in a storage memory;
deleting the image regarding which the instruction to delete has been received; and
generating deletion information including a time and a date of photography of the deleted image.
10. The storage medium tangibly embodying the program for causing the computer to execute a weight setting method according to claim 9 , wherein the weight is set by multiplying the number of deleted images by a predetermined number.
11. The storage medium tangibly embodying the program for causing the computer to execute a weight setting method according to claim 9 , wherein the weight is set regarding the photographed image according to the number of deleted images photographed within a predetermined time period before and/or after the time and date of photography of the image.