Image data transfer control in digital imaging system
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1. An information acquisition method for an information processing apparatus which acquires attribute information related to image data of images stored in an external device, comprising:
- detecting whether the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device so that they can communicate with each other; and
acquiring partial information of the attribute information for each of the images when the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device.
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When a digital camera 100 is connected to an information processing apparatus 101 so that they can communicate with each other, the digital camera 100 generates partial information of attribute information related to each image data stored in the camera 100, and transmits the partial information of the attribute information to the information processing apparatus 101.
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1. An information acquisition method for an information processing apparatus which acquires attribute information related to image data of images stored in an external device, comprising:
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detecting whether the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device so that they can communicate with each other; and
acquiring partial information of the attribute information for each of the images when the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 17)
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4. An information processing method for an image recording apparatus which generates attribute information related to image data of stored images, comprising:
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detecting whether the image recording apparatus is connected to an external device so that they can communicate with each other;
generating partial information of the attribute information for each of the images when the image recording apparatus is connected to the external device; and
transmitting the generated partial information of the attribute information to the external device. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 18)
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7. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a connection unit that is connectable to an external device so to be communicated therewith; and
an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information related to image data of images recorded in the external device, wherein said attribute information acquisition unit acquires from the external device partial information of the attribute information for each of the images when the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An image recording apparatus comprising:
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an attribute information generation unit that generates attribute information related to image data of recorded images; and
a transmission unit that transmits the attribute information generated by said attribute information generation unit to an external device, wherein when the image recording apparatus is connected to the external device so that they can communicate with each other, the attribute information generation unit generates partial information of the attribute information for each of the images, and the transmission unit transmits the generated partial information to the external device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An information processing method for a digital imaging system having a digital image generating apparatus and an information processing apparatus, the digital image generating apparatus storing image data of a plurality of generated images as image files in a storage device, said method comprising:
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the image processing apparatus managing a plurality of pieces of attribute information contained in object information related to each of the image files in the digital image generating apparatus in two or more categories; and
the image processing apparatus creating for each of the image files, an object only containing information in a part of the categories out of the plurality of pieces of attribute information when the digital image generating apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 19)
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