Appliance and method of using same having a delete capability for saved data
First Claim
1. A digital camera, comprising:
- a photoelement array for capturing image data;
a memory for saving said image data;
a processor in communication with said memory;
a display in communication with said processor for exhibiting said image data; and
program code stored in said memory and executed by said processor, said program code comprising a delete page module for purging said image data from said memory.
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Abstract
A hand-held image capture and communication appliance and method of using same are provided wherein images may be captured and saved in an internal memory. The appliance includes a processor for manipulating and exhibiting the images on a built-in display screen. Program code stored in the internal memory and executed by the processor includes a delete page module for purging the memory of captured images when they are no longer needed. The delete page module includes a code segment for displaying an animation, which, in the preferred embodiment, is designed to convey the concept to the user that a delete operation is irreversible. One implementation of the animation shows the deleted page or group of pages turn into ashes, which is a metaphor for the permanence of the delete operation. A confirmation prompt is provided prior to carrying out the delete operation to inform the user how many pages or images will be deleted and what percentage of memory will be freed. In addition, the confirmation prompt allows further consideration by the user before the delete request is fulfilled.
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28 Claims
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
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a photoelement array for capturing image data;
a memory for saving said image data;
a processor in communication with said memory;
a display in communication with said processor for exhibiting said image data; and
program code stored in said memory and executed by said processor, said program code comprising a delete page module for purging said image data from said memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A digital camera, comprising:
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capturing means for acquiring image data;
storage means for saving said image data;
processing means in communication with said storage means;
display means in communication with said processing means for exhibiting said image data; and
program code stored in said storage means and executed by said processing means, said program code comprising a delete page module for purging said image data from said storage means. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for purging image data from a digital camera, comprising the steps of:
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capturing image data on a photoelement array in the digital camera;
saving the image data in a memory;
implementing a processor to communicate with said memory;
exhibiting the image data on a display in communication with the processor; and
executing program code stored in said memory by the processor, wherein the program code operates to purge the image data from the memory. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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