Digital camera with communication function
In a digital camera having a wireless communicator with a server, a storage controller treats full size image data and display size image data unequally if the full size image data has been already sent to the server. For example, the display size image data is not allowed to be replaced by new digital image data unless the digital camera is not in use over a prescribed time. Own image data and other's image data are treated equally. Image data received from outside and retrieved from inside memory are treated equally. Search key for own image data and related search keys existing in the outside are indicated in a comparable manner. The digital camera receives search key from neighboring advertiser to send it for Internet search of advertisement. Search key received from neighboring notable site is sent for Internet search of photographs of the notable site taken by others.
1. A digital camera with communication function comprising:
an image taking portion configured to capture an image;
a wireless communicator configured to send digital image data derived from the image taking portion to outside of the digital camera and to receive digital image data from outside of the digital camera;
a display configured to display digital image data;
an image storage portion configured to store digital image data derived from the image taking portion and digital image data received through the wireless communicator; and
a storage controller configured to have the wireless communicator newly receive the digital image data from outside of the digital camera, wherein the storage controller stores the newly received digital image data into the image storage portion in response to the receipt of the digital image data through the wireless communicator, by adding the newly received digital image data to the previously existing digital image data in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data differs from the previously existing digital image data, and by overwriting the previously existing digital image data with the newly received digital image data in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data is same as the previously existing digital image data, and wherein updating of same digital image data is made in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data is same as the previously existing digital image data.
2. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the digital image data stored in the image storage portion to be overwritten is digital image data derived from the image taking portion.
3. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the digital image data stored in the image storage portion to be overwritten is digital image data previously received through the wireless communicator.
4. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the digital image data stored in the image storage portion to be overwritten is digital image data derived from another digital camera.
5. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is configured to overwrite the digital image data if the wireless communicator is within the communication range of an access point of the digital camera.
6. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is configured to overwrite the digital image data if baud rate of the wireless communicator is sufficient to receive the digital image data from outside of the digital camera.
7. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is configured to overwrite the digital image data if the wireless communicator is in automatic online state.
8. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the image storage portion is configured to further store thumbnail data for the digital image data.
9. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communicator is configured to further receive thumbnail data for the digital image data.
10. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the outside of the digital camera is a server of the digital image data.
11. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the outside of the digital camera is a backup service for the digital image data.
12. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the outside of the digital camera is a personal computer.
13. The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the storage controller is configured to overwrite the digital image data stored in the image storage portion with the digital image data received through the wireless communicator in response to an identification of a thumbnail data for the digital image data.
14. The digital camera according to claim 13 , wherein the image storage portion is configured to further store the thumbnail data for the digital image data.
15. The digital camera according to claim 13 , wherein the wireless communicator is configured to further receive the thumbnail data for the digital image data.
16. A digital camera with communication function comprising:
an image taking portion configured to capture an image;
a wireless communicator configured to send digital image data derived from the image taking portion to outside of the digital camera and to receive digital image data from outside of the digital camera;
a display configured to display digital image data;
an image storage portion configured to store digital image data derived from the image taking portion and digital image data received through the wireless communicator; and
a storage controller configured to have the image storage portion to store the digital image data newly received from outside of the digital camera into the image storage portion in response to a designation of a thumbnail data for the newly received digital image data, by adding the newly received digital image data to the previously existing digital image data in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data differs from the previously existing digital image data, and by overwriting the previously existing digital image data with the newly received digital image data in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data is same as the previously existing digital image data, and wherein updating of same digital image data is made in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data is same as the previously existing digital image data.
17. The digital camera according to claim 16 , wherein the image storage portion is configured to further store the thumbnail data for the digital image data.
18. The digital camera according to claim 16 , wherein the wireless communicator is configured to further receive the thumbnail data for the digital image data.
19. The digital camera according to claim 1 wherein the storage controller is configured to have the wireless communicator receive the digital image data derived from the image taking portion and sent to outside of the digital camera and to overwrite the digital image data derived from the image taking portion and stored in the image storage portion with the digital image data received through the wireless communicator.
20. A digital camera with communication function comprising:
an image taking portion configured to capture an image;
a wireless communicator configured to send digital image data derived from the image taking portion to outside of the digital camera and to receive digital image data from outside of the digital camera, the received digital image data including a cognate digital image data derived from the image taking portion and sent to outside of the digital camera;
a display configured to display digital image data;
an image storage portion configured to store digital image data derived from the image taking portion and digital image data received through the wireless communicator; and
a storage controller configured to have the wireless communicator newly receive the digital image data from outside of the digital camera, wherein the storage controller stores the newly received digital image data into the image storage portion in response to the receipt of the digital image data through the wireless communicator, by adding the newly received digital image data to the previously existing digital image data in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data is not cognate with the previously existing digital image data, and by overwriting the cognate digital image data derived from the image taking portion and previously existing in the image storage with the cognate digital image data newly received through the wireless communicator if the newly received digital image data is cognate with the previously existing digital image data, and wherein updating of the cognate digital image data is made in the image storage portion if the newly received digital image data is cognate with the previously existing digital image data.