Electronic imaging apparatus and electronic imaging system
First Claim
1. A digital image apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a display unit that displays the digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a setting unit that sets a recipient of the digital image information; and
a communication unit that transmits the digital image information stored in the storage unit to a recipient set through the setting unit, further comprising;
an updating unit that updates transmission history information including recipient information indicating a recipient of the digital image information each time the digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit and stores the updated transmission history information into the storage unit in correspondence to the digital image information, wherein;
when the digital image information stored in the storage unit is displayed, the display unit also displays transmission history information pertaining to the digital image information in correspondence to the digital image information.
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Abstract
A digital image apparatus includes: a storage unit in which digital image information is stored; a display unit that displays the digital image information stored in the storage unit; a setting unit that sets a recipient of the digital image information; and a communication unit that transmits the digital image information stored in the storage unit to a recipient set through the setting unit, and further includes: an updating unit that updates transmission history information including recipient information indicating a recipient of the digital image information each time the digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit and stores the updated transmission history information into the storage unit in correspondence to the digital image information, and when the digital image information stored in the storage unit is displayed, the display unit also displays transmission history information pertaining to the digital image information in correspondence to the digital image information.
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1. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a display unit that displays the digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a setting unit that sets a recipient of the digital image information; and
a communication unit that transmits the digital image information stored in the storage unit to a recipient set through the setting unit, further comprising;
an updating unit that updates transmission history information including recipient information indicating a recipient of the digital image information each time the digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit and stores the updated transmission history information into the storage unit in correspondence to the digital image information, wherein;
when the digital image information stored in the storage unit is displayed, the display unit also displays transmission history information pertaining to the digital image information in correspondence to the digital image information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information and additional information related to the digital image information are stored;
a communication unit that receives digital image information from an outside image originator and stores the digital image information into the storage unit;
a recording unit that records reception information related to reception of digital image information at the communication unit as additional information related to the digital image information; and
a batch processing unit that extracts digital image information satisfying a predetermined condition pertaining to image transmission or image reception from a plurality of sets of digital image information stored in the storage unit based upon reception information recorded by the recording unit as the additional information and executes batch processing on all sets of the digital image information thus extracted. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19)
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14. A digital image apparatus, comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information and additional information related to the digital image information are stored;
a communication unit that transmits digital image information stored in the storage unit to outside image recipients;
a recording unit that records recipient information indicating a recipient of digital image information transmitted by the communication unit as additional information related to the digital image information; and
a batch processing unit that extracts digital image information which has been previously transmitted to a specific recipient from a plurality of sets of digital image information stored in the storage unit based upon recipient information recorded by the recording unit as additional information and erases all the digital image information that has been extracted from the storage unit in a batch. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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15. A digital image apparatus, comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information and additional information related to the digital image information are stored;
a communication unit that transmits digital image information stored in the storage unit to outside image recipients;
a recording unit that records recipient information indicating a recipient of digital image information transmitted by the communication unit as additional information related to the digital image information; and
a batch processing unit that extracts from the storage unit digital image information that has never been transmitted to a specific recipient among a plurality of sets of digital image information stored in the storage unit based upon recipient information recorded as additional information by the recording unit and transmits all the digital image information that has been extracted to the specific recipient through the communication unit in a batch.
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20. A digital image system having a first digital image apparatus and a second digital image apparatus, wherein:
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the first digital image apparatus comprises;
a first storage unit in which digital image information is stored; and
a first communication unit transmits digital image information stored in the first storage unit to the outside and also transmits control information for restricting a further transmission of the digital image information to an outside party from a recipient by attaching the control information to the digital image information; and
the second digital image apparatus comprises;
a second storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a second communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the first communication unit and control information attached to the digital image information, stores the received digital image information and control information into the second storage unit and transmits digital image information stored in the second storage unit to the outside; and
a control unit that imposes restrictions on transmission executed by the second communication unit of the received digital image information to the outside based upon the control information attached to the received digital image information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 36)
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23. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the outside and control information attached to the digital image information, stores the received digital image information and control information into the storage unit and transmits received digital image information stored in the storage unit to the outside; and
a control unit that imposes restrictions on a transmission executed by the communication unit of received digital image information stored in the storage unit to the outside, based upon the control information attached to the received digital image information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A digital image system having a first digital image apparatus and a second digital image apparatus, wherein:
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the first digital image apparatus comprises;
a first storage unit in which digital image information is stored; and
a first communication unit that transmits digital image information stored in the first storage unit to the outside and also transmits control information that sets restrictions on processing to be executed on the digital image information at a recipient by attaching the control information to the digital image information being transmitted; and
the second digital image apparatus comprises;
a second storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a second communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the first communication unit and control information attached to the digital image information and stores the received digital image information and control information into the second storage unit; and
a processing unit that executes a specific processing on received digital image information stored in the storage unit; and
a control unit that controls the processing executed by the processing unit on the received digital image information having the control information attached based upon the control information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from outside and control information attached to the digital image information and stores the received digital image information and control information into the storage unit;
a processing unit that executes predetermined processing on digital image information stored in the storage unit; and
a control unit that controls the processing executed by the processing unit on received digital image information having the control information attached in conformance to the control information. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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37. A digital image system having a first digital image apparatus and a second digital image apparatus, wherein:
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the first digital image apparatus comprises;
a first storage unit in which digital image information is stored; and
a first communication unit that transmits digital image information stored in the first storage unit to an outside recipient and transmits image identification information for enabling identification of the digital image information; and
command information for directing the recipient of the digital image information to execute processing on the digital image information to the recipient of the digital image information after the digital image information is transmitted to the outside; and
the second digital image apparatus comprises;
a second storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a second communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted by the first communication unit and stores the received digital image information into the second storage unit, detects sender information indicating the sender of the digital image information, stores the detected sender information in correspondence to the digital image information into the second storage unit, and receives the command information and the image identification information transmitted from the first communication unit after receiving the digital image information;
a processing unit that executes predetermined processing on digital image information stored in the second storage unit; and
a control unit that detects originator information indicating an originator of command information received by the second communication unit and engages the processing unit to execute processing on received digital image information specified by using the image identification information based upon the command information if the detected sender information matches the sender information stored in the second storage unit in correspondence to the received digital image information. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the outside and stores the received digital image information into the storage unit, also detects originator information indicating an originator of the digital image information, stores the originator information in correspondence to the digital image information into the storage unit and receives command information transmitted from the outside to execute processing on the digital image information and the image identification information enabling identification of the digital image information after receiving the digital image information;
a processing unit that executes predetermined processing on digital image information stored in the storage unit; and
a control unit that detects originator information indicating an originator of command information received by the communication unit and engages the processing unit to execute processing on received digital image information specified by using the image identification information based upon the command information if the detected originator information matches the originator information stored in the second storage unit in correspondence to the received digital image information.
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41. A digital image system having a first digital image apparatus and a second digital image apparatus, wherein:
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the first digital image apparatus comprises;
a first storage unit, in which digital image information is stored; and
a first communication unit that transmits digital image information stored in the first storage unit to the outside and also transmits icon image information which enables a visual identification of a sender, a photographer or an owner of the digital image information by attaching the icon image information to the digital image information; and
the second digital image apparatus comprises;
a second storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored in the second storage unit;
a second communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the first communication unit and icon image information attached to the digital image information and stores the received digital image information and icon image information into the second storage unit; and
a control unit that engages the display unit to display the icon image information attached to the received digital image information in correspondence to the received digital image information when displaying the digital image information received by the second communication unit at the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the outside and icon image information attached to the digital image information to enable a visual identification of an originator, a photographer or an owner of the digital image information and stores the received digital image information and icon information into the storage unit; and
a control unit that engages the display unit to display the icon image information attached to received digital image information received through the communication unit in correspondence to the received digital image information when displaying the received digital image information at the display unit.
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49. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a display unit having a substantially quadrangular display screen and displays digital image information stored in the storage unit at the display screen;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the outside and icon image information attached to the digital image information to enable a visual identification of an originator, a photographer or an owner of the digital image information and stores the received digital image information and icon image information into the storage unit; and
a control unit that engages the display unit to display the icon image information attached to digital image information received by the communication unit by superimposing the icon image information over the received digital image information in a peripheral area of the display screen in a size smaller than the received digital image information when displaying the received digital image information at the display unit.
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50. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information and icon image information that enables a visual identification of originators of digital image information are stored in correspondence to the individual originators;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from an outside originator, stores the received digital image information into a storage unit and also stores originator information indicating the originators of the digital image information into the storage unit by attaching the originator information to the digital image information; and
a control unit that reads out icon image information corresponding to the originator information attached to digital image information received by the communication unit when displaying the received a digital image information at the display unit and engages the display unit to display the icon image information in correspondence to the received digital image information.
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51. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information and icon image information that enables a visual identification of originators of digital image information are stored in correspondence to the individual originators;
a display unit that includes a substantially quadrangular display screen and displays digital image information stored in the storage unit at the display screen;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from an outside originator, stores the received digital image information into the storage unit and also stores originator information indicating the originator of the digital image information into the storage unit by attaching the originator information to the digital image information; and
a control unit that reads out icon image information corresponding to the originator information attached to digital image information received by the communication unit from the storage unit, when displaying the received digital image information at the display unit, and engages the display unit to display the icon image information by superimposing the icon image information over the received digital image information in a peripheral area of the display screen in a size smaller than the received digital image information.
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52. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
an image-capturing unit that captures digital image information and stores the captured digital image information into the storage unit;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the outside and stores the received digital image information into the storage unit;
a decision-making unit that makes a decision as to whether a given set of digital image information stored in the storage unit is digital image information captured by the image-capturing unit or digital image information received from the outside by the communication unit;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored in the storage unit; and
a notification unit that provides a notification if digital image information stored in the storage unit, which is brought up on display at the display unit, is digital image information having been received from the outside based upon results of a decision made by the decision-making unit.
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53. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
an image-capturing unit that captures digital image information and stores the captured digital image information into the storage unit;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from the outside and stores the received digital image information into the storage unit;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a first decision-making unit that makes a decision as to whether a given set of digital image information stored in the storage unit is digital image information captured by the image-capturing unit or digital image information received from the outside by the communication unit;
a second decision-making unit that makes a decision as to whether or not the digital image information stored in the storage unit has ever been displayed at the display unit; and
a notification unit that provides a notification if any set of received digital image information that has never been displayed at the display unit is present among the digital image information received by the communication unit based upon results of a decision made by the first decision-making unit and results of a decision made by the second decision-making unit.
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54. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which a plurality of sets of digital image information are stored;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a selection unit that selects a desired set of digital image information by referencing the digital image information displayed at the display unit;
a processing unit that executes predetermined processing on digital image information selected by the selection unit;
a setting unit that individually sets disallow information for digital image information to disallow the processing by the processing unit on the digital image information; and
a control unit that disallows display of digital image information for which the disallow information is set by the setting unit at the display unit when selecting digital image information through the selection unit. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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57. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which a plurality of sets of digital image information are stored;
a setting unit that sets a recipient of digital image information to be transmitted by the communication unit;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored in the storage unit after the digital image information recipient is set by the setting unit;
a selection unit that selects desired digital image information by referencing the digital image information displayed by the display unit;
the communication unit that transmits the digital image information selected by the selection unit to the recipient set by the setting unit;
a recording unit that records recipient information indicating the recipient to which the digital image information is transmitted for the transmitted digital image information when the communication unit transmits the digital image information to the recipient set by the setting unit; and
a control unit that disallows a display of digital image information for which recipient information indicating a recipient matching the recipient set by the setting unit at the display unit.
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58. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from outside and stores the received digital image information into the storage unit;
a display unit that displays digital image information stored at the storage unit;
an erase unit that erases digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a recording unit that records “
displayed”
information for digital image information displayed at the display unit; and
a control unit that disallows an erasure by the erase unit of received digital image information for which the “
displayed”
information has not been recorded from the storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (62)
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59. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that receives digital image information transmitted from outside and stores the received digital image information into the storage unit;
an erase unit that erases digital image information stored in the storage unit;
an automatic setting unit that automatically sets digital image information being received by the communication unit as erase disallowed to disallow an erasure by the erase unit of the received digital image information; and
a control unit that disallows an erasure by the erase unit of received digital image information set as erase disallowed from the storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (60)
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61. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that transmits digital image information stored in the storage unit to the outside;
an erase unit that erases digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a disallow unit that individually sets digital image information stored in the storage unit as erase disallowed to disallow an erasure of the digital image information by the erase unit;
a clearing unit that automatically clears an erase-disallow setting for digital image information being transmitted by the communication unit if the digital image information being transmitted has been set as erase disallowed; and
a control unit that disallows or allows an erasure by the erase unit of the digital image information from the storage unit based upon information indicating whether the erase-disallowed setting has been selected for the digital image information or the erase-disallowed setting for the digital image information has been cleared by the disallow unit or the clearing unit.
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63. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
an image selection unit that selects desired digital image information from sets of digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a communication unit that transmits the digital image information selected by the image selection unit to the outside through a communication line;
an estimating unit that estimates lengths of transmission time required to transmit the selected digital image transmission each in correspondence to one of a plurality of image transmission conditions which differently affect the transmission time when the selected digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit to the outside;
a display unit that displays the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated lengths of transmission time each corresponding to one of the image transmission conditions;
an image transmission condition selection unit that manually selects an image transmission condition by referencing the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated lengths of transmission time each corresponding to one the image transmission conditions displayed at the display unit; and
a control unit that engages the communication unit to transmit the digital image information to the outside through the communication line in conformance to the image transmission condition selected by the image transmission condition selection unit. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69)
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64. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
an image selection unit that selects desired digital image information from sets of digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a communication unit that transmits the digital image information selected by the image selection unit to the outside through a communication line;
an estimating unit that estimates lengths of transmission time required to transmit the selected digital image information each in correspondence to one of a plurality of image transmission conditions which differently affect the transmission time when the selected digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit to the outside;
an image transmission condition selection unit that automatically selects an image transmission condition achieving a shortest estimated transmission time length based upon the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated lengths of transmission time each corresponding to one of the image transmission conditions; and
a control unit that engages the communication unit to transmit the digital image information to the outside through the communication line in conformance to the image transmission condition selected by the image transmission condition selection unit.
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65. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that automatically transmits the digital image information stored in the storage unit to the outside through a communication line;
an estimating unit that estimates lengths of transmission time required to transmit the digital image information each in correspondence to one of a plurality of image transmission conditions which differently affect the transmission time when the digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit to the outside;
an image transmission condition selection unit that automatically selects an image transmission condition achieving a shortest estimated transmission time length based upon the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated lengths of transmission time each corresponding to the individual image transmission conditions; and
a control unit and engages the communication unit to automatically transmit the digital image information to the outside through the communication line in conformance to the image transmission condition selected by the image transmission condition selection unit.
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70. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
an image selection unit that selects desired digital image information from sets of digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a communication unit that transmits the digital image information selected by the image selection unit to the outside through a communication line;
an estimating unit that estimates transmission fees to be incurred to transmit the digital image information each in correspondence to one of a plurality of image transmission conditions which differently affect the transmission fee to be incurred when the selected digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit to the outside;
a display unit that displays the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated transmission fees each corresponding to one of the image transmission conditions;
an image transmission condition selection unit that manually selects one image transmission condition by referencing the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated transmission fees each corresponding to one of the image transmission conditions displayed at the display unit; and
a control unit that engages the communication unit to transmit the digital image information to the outside through the communication line in conformance to the image transmission condition selected by the image transmission condition selection unit. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76)
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71. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
an image selection unit that selects desired digital image information from sets of digital image information stored in the storage unit;
a communication unit that transmits the digital image information selected by the image selection unit to the outside through a communication line;
an estimating unit that estimates transmission fees to be incurred to transmit the digital image information each in correspondence to one of a plurality of image transmission conditions which a differently affect the transmission fee to be incurred the selected digital image information is transmission by the communication unit to the outside;
an image transmission condition selection unit that automatically selects an image transmission condition with a lowest estimated transmission fee based upon the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated transmission fees each corresponding to one of the image transmission conditions; and
a control unit that engages the communication unit to transmit the digital image information to the outside through the communication line in conformance to the transmission condition selected by the image transmission condition selection unit.
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72. A digital image apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit in which digital image information is stored;
a communication unit that automatically transmits digital image information stored in the storage unit to the outside through a communication line;
an estimating unit that estimates transmission fees to be incurred to transmit the digital image information each in correspondence to one of a plurality of image transmission conditions which a differently affect the transmission fee to be incurred the digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit to the outside;
an image transmission condition selection unit that automatically selects an image transmission condition with a lowest estimated transmission fee based upon the plurality of image transmission conditions and the estimated transmission fees each corresponding to one of the image transmission conditions; and
a control unit that engages the communication unit to automatically transmit the digital image information to the outside through the communication line in conformance to the image transmission condition selected by the image transmission condition selection unit.
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