IP Library Granted Patent US 7,995,130
Granted Patent B2
US 7,995,130 · App. 11/420,871 · Granted Aug 9, 2011

Image-recording device

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Patent No.
US 7,995,130
App. No.
11/420,871
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image-recording device comprises a recording processor recording a common still image, to which an identical frame number (a folder-number/file-number pair, for example) is attached, on a plurality of recording media, respectively. A plurality of images, to which an identical frame number is attached, are simultaneously indicated on the screen of a monitor. A candidate image is selected, which should be subjected to a predetermined image process such as deletion operation, from the plurality of images indicated on the screen.

Claims (37)

1. An image-recording device comprising:

a recording processor that records a same still image, to which an identical frame number or identical frame name is attached, in a plurality of recording media, respectively, which are detachably mounted on said image-recording device;

a monitor that displays at least one still image on a screen of the monitor;

an image-indicating processor that simultaneously displays a plurality of images, which are read from said plurality of recording media, with said attached identical frame number or said attached identical frame name, on said screen, the plurality of images corresponding to the same still image; and

an image-selecting processor that selects a candidate image, to be subjected to a predetermined image process, from said plurality of images indicated by said image-indicating processor,

wherein said image-indicating processor displays said plurality of images, on said screen, in a matrix in which said plurality of images are arranged in a single line extending in a first direction in accordance with a type of said recording media, and said plurality of images are arranged in a single line extending in a second direction, different than the first direction, in accordance with a kind of recording format, in which said plurality of images are recorded in said recording media, said images of each kind of recording format and said images of each type of recording media being arranged in only a single line extending in a respective one of said first and second directions and

wherein said image selecting processor, in a first mode in which the plurality of images are arranged in the first direction, displays a plurality of check boxes arranged in the first direction, and in a second mode in which the plurality of images are arranged in the second direction, displays a plurality of check boxes arranged in the second direction.

2. The image-recording device according to claim 1 , wherein said recording processor can record images in different recording formats on said plurality of recording media, and said image-indicating processor simultaneously indicates that said still images recorded are in said different recording formats on the screen.

3. The image-recording device according to claim 2 , wherein said different recording formats comprise a raw data and a compressed data.

4. The image-recording device according to claim 1 , wherein said image-selecting processor selects said candidate image one by one.

5. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein said image-selecting processor selects said candidate image by designating said recording medium.

6. The image-recording device according to claim 2 , wherein said image-selecting processor selects said candidate image by designating said format.

7. The image-recording device according to claim 1 , wherein said image-selecting processor selects all the images displayed on said screen as said candidate image.

8. The image-recording device according to claim 1 , wherein said image-selecting processor selects a plurality of said candidate images such that said candidate images are subjected to different image processes.

9. The image-recording device according to claim 1 , wherein said image-indicating processor simultaneously displays a first image, which has been displayed immediately previously, and a second image, in such a manner that said first image is distinguishable from said second image.

10. An image-recording device comprising:

a recording processor that records a same still image, to which an identical frame number or identical frame name is attached, in an internal memory and on a recording medium, respectively, which is detachably mounted to said image-recording device;

a monitor that displays at least one still image on a screen of the monitor;

an image-indicating processor that simultaneously displays a plurality of images, which are read from said internal memory and said recording medium, with said attached identical frame number or said attached identical frame name, on said screen, the plurality of images corresponding to the same still image; and

an image-selecting processor that selects a candidate image, which is to be subjected to a predetermined image process, from said plurality of images indicated by said image-indicating processor;

wherein said image-indicating processor displays said plurality of images, on said screen, in a matrix in which said plurality of images are arranged in a single line extending in a first direction in accordance with a type of said recording media, and said plurality of images are arranged in a single line extending in a second direction, different than the first direction, in accordance with a kind of recording format, in which said plurality of images are recorded in said recording media, said images of each kind of recording format and said images of each type of recording media being arranged in only a single line extending in a respective one of said first and second directions and

wherein said image selecting processor, in a first mode in which the plurality of images are arranged in the first direction, displays a plurality of check boxes arranged in the first direction, and in a second mode in which the plurality of images are arranged in the second direction, displays a plurality of check boxes arranged in the second direction.

11. An image-recording device comprising:

a recording processor that records a same still image, to which an identical frame number or identical frame name is attached, in a plurality of recording areas provided in an internal memory, respectively;

a monitor that indicates at least one still image on a screen of the monitor;

an image-indicating processor that simultaneously indicates a plurality of images, which are read from said plurality of recording areas, with said attached identical frame number or said attached identical frame name, on said screen, the plurality of images corresponding to the same still image; and

an image-selecting processor that selects a candidate image, to be subjected to a predetermined image process, from said plurality of images indicated by said image-indicating processor;

wherein said image-indicating processor displays said plurality of images, on said screen, in a matrix in which said plurality of images are arranged in a single line extending in a first direction in accordance with a recording area of the plurality of recording areas, and said plurality of images are arranged in a single line extending in a second direction, different than the first direction, in accordance with a kind of recording format, in which said plurality of images are recorded in the recording areas, said images of each kind of recording format and said images of each type of recording area being arranged in only a single line extending in a respective one of said first and second directions and

said image selecting processor, in a first mode in which the plurality of images are arranged in the first direction, displays a plurality of check boxes arranged in the first direction, and in a second mode in which the plurality of images are arranged in the second direction, displays a plurality of check boxes arranged in the second direction.

12. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein said image selecting processor is selectively operable to select said candidate image one by one, to select said candidate image by designating the recording medium, to select said candidate image by designating a format of the recorded image or to select said candidate image by designating all the images displayed on the screen.

13. The image recording device according to claim 10 , wherein said image selecting processor is selectively operable to select said candidate image one by one, to select said candidate image by designating the recording medium, to select said candidate image by designating a format of the recorded image or to select said candidate image by designating all the images displayed on the screen.

14. The image recording device according to claim 11 , wherein said image selecting processor is selectively operable to select said candidate image one by one, to select said candidate image by designating the recording area, to select said candidate image by designating a format of the recorded image, or to select said candidate image by designating all the images displayed on the screen.

15. The image recording device according to claim 10 , wherein said image selecting processor selects a plurality of said candidate images such that said candidate images are subjected to different image processes.

16. The image recording device according to claim 11 , wherein said image selecting processor selects a plurality of said candidate images such that said candidate images are subjected to different image processes.

17. The image recording device according to claim 10 , wherein said image indicating processor simultaneously displays a first image, which has been displayed immediately previously, and a second image, in such a manner that the first image is distinguishable from the second image.

18. The image recording device according to claim 11 , wherein said image indicating processor simultaneously displays a first image, which has been displayed immediately previously, and a second image, in such a manner that the first image is distinguishable from the second image.

19. The image recording device according to claim 1 , said type of recording media comprising at least two different types of recording media, and said kind of recording format comprising at least two different kinds of recording formats.

Assignments (4)
CORPORATE SPLIT Recorded Dec 2, 2011
From: HOYA CORPORATION
To: PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027315/0115 →
CORPORATE SPLIT Recorded Nov 4, 2011
From: HOYA CORPORATION
To: PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027176/0673 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 24, 2011
From: PENTAX CORPORATION
To: HOYA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026494/0728 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2006
From: ISHIBASHI, KOICHI; YAMAGATA, NAOKI
To: PENTAX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017691/0778 →