DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING LAST IMAGE CAPTURE AS DEFAULT TIME
A digital camera includes a clock for keeping time; memory for receiving and storing time updates; and a processor for directing the time updates to be recorded in the memory upon occurrence of any of a plurality of camera operations; wherein a default time for the clock is dynamically updated as the time of the last recorded time in the memory.
1 . A digital camera comprising:
(a) a clock for keeping time;
(b) memory for receiving and storing time updates; and
(c) a processor for directing the time updates to be recorded in the memory upon occurrence of any of a plurality of camera operations; wherein a default time for the clock is dynamically updated as the time of the last recorded time in the memory.
2 . The digital camera as in claim 1 , wherein the memory module is non-volatile memory.
3 . The digital camera as in claim 2 , wherein the camera operation is time of the last captured image.
4 . The digital camera as in claim 2 , wherein the camera operation is time of the last power down.
5 . The digital camera as in claim 2 , wherein the camera operation is time of the last image edit.
6 . The digital camera as in claim 2 , wherein the camera operation is manual reset.
7 . The digital camera as in claim 1 , wherein, when clocking operations are restored after the clock temporarily ceases keeping time, the clock is reset to the default time.
8 . The digital camera as in claim 7 , wherein the clock keeps continuous time after being reset and uses the time of the continuously running clock to be recorded and associated with subsequently captured images.
9 . A digital camera comprising:
(a) a clock for keeping time;
(b) memory for receiving and storing time updates; and
(c) a processor for directing the time updates to be recorded in the memory at any time interval; wherein a default time for the clock is dynamically updated as the time of the last recorded time in the memory.
10 . The digital camera as in claim 9 , wherein the memory module is non-volatile memory.
11 . The digital camera as in claim 9 , wherein, when clocking operations are restored after the clock temporarily ceases keeping time, the clock is reset to the default time.
12 . The digital camera as in claim 11 , wherein the clock keeps continuous time after being reset and uses the time of the continuously running clock to be recorded and associated with subsequently captured images.