IP Library Granted Patent US 8,823,816
Granted Patent B2
US 8,823,816 · App. 13/749,245 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Imaging apparatus including a search condition setting unit for setting a search condition of image data and a non-transistory storage medium storing a program for setting a search condition of image data

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Patent No.
US 8,823,816
App. No.
13/749,245
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus sets a search condition of image data so as to contain a condition that image data to be searched is created between a latest send image data that has most recently been sent among pieces of image data, which are read from a storage unit and sent to a display device or which are sent from either the imaging apparatus or other imaging apparatus to the display device, and image data that is created at the earliest time after the latest send image data has been created among the pieces of the image data stored in the storage unit; determines image data to be sent to the display device from among pieces of image data stored in each of the imaging apparatus and the other imaging apparatus, based on a search result sent from the other imaging apparatus as a response to the sent search condition.

Claims (27)

1. An imaging apparatus configured to capture an image and create electronic image data of the image, the imaging apparatus comprising:

a wireless communicating unit that transmits and receives information including the image data to and from each of other imaging apparatus having same configuration and a television device that displays the image;

a storage unit that stores therein the image data of the image captured by the imaging apparatus;

a display unit that displays the image data;

a searching unit that searches for image data that satisfies a predetermined condition among pieces of the image data stored in the storage unit;

a search-condition setting unit that sets a search condition for searching for image data captured by either the imaging apparatus or the other imaging apparatus, the search condition including a condition that a shooting location of an image of the image data is within a preset distance from a shooting location of an image of latest send image data;

a send-image-data determining unit that determines image data to be sent to the television device among the pieces of image data stored in each of the imaging apparatus and the other imaging apparatus, based on a search result sent from the other imaging apparatus as a response to the search condition that has been set by the search-condition setting unit and sent to the other imaging apparatus; and

a control unit that performs control of causing the display unit to display the image data stored in the storage unit when a first playback mode is selected, and performs control of causing corresponding one of the imaging apparatus and the other imaging apparatus to send, every time the send-image-data determining unit determines image data to be sent to the television device, the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit to the television device when a second playback mode is selected.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when receiving search conditions of image data from the other imaging apparatus, the searching unit searches for image data based on the search conditions that have been received from the other imaging apparatus.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the other imaging apparatus stores therein the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit, the control unit performs control of sending to the other imaging apparatus an instruction to send the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit to the television device.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein when receiving search conditions of image data from the other imaging apparatus, the searching unit searches for image data based on the search conditions that have been received from the other imaging apparatus.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein when the storage unit stores therein the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit, the control unit performs control of sending the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit to the television device.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein when receiving search conditions of image data from the other imaging apparatus, the searching unit searches for image data based on the search conditions that has been received from the other imaging apparatus.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the other imaging apparatus stores therein the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit, the control unit performs control of sending to the other imaging apparatus an instruction to send the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit to the imaging apparatus.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein when receiving search conditions of image data from the other imaging apparatus, the searching unit searches for image data based on the search conditions that has been received from the other imaging apparatus.

9. The imaging apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein when the storage unit stores therein the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit, the control unit performs control of sending the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit to the television device.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein when receiving search conditions of image data from the other imaging apparatus, the searching unit searches for image data based on the search conditions that have been received from the other imaging apparatus.

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the storage unit stores therein the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit, the control unit performs control of sending the image data determined by the send-image-data determining unit to the television device.

12. The imaging apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein when receiving search conditions of image data from the other imaging apparatus, the searching unit searches for image data based on the search conditions that has been received from the other imaging apparatus.

13. A non-transitory recording medium that stores therein an imaging apparatus program that, when executed by an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that captures an image and creates electronic image data of the image, a storage unit that stores therein the created image data, and a display unit that displays the image data, causes the imaging apparatus to wirelessly transmit and receive information including the image data to and from each of other imaging apparatus having same configuration and a television device that displays the image, wherein

the imaging apparatus program causes the imaging apparatus to repeatedly execute

setting a search condition for searching for image data captured by either the imaging apparatus or the other imaging apparatus, the search condition including a condition that a shooting location of an image of the image data is within a preset distance from a shooting location of an image of latest send image data;

sending a search request of image data based on the search condition set at the setting;

receiving a search result sent from the other imaging apparatus as a response to the search request sent at the sending;

determining image data to be sent to the television device from among the pieces of image data stored in each of the imaging apparatus and the other imaging apparatus;

controlling to cause the display unit to display the image data stored in the storage unit when a first playback mode is selected; and

controlling to cause corresponding one of the imaging apparatus and the other imaging apparatus to send, when the image data to be sent to the television device is determined at the determining, the image data determined at the determining to the television device when a second playback mode is selected.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058294/0274 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 15, 2015
From: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036616/0332 →