Image recording apparatus

• US 20060182481A1
• Filed: 02/16/2006
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sugahara, Kazuhiko
• Application Number:
  US11/354,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20060182481A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 400/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00143 Ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00175 from a still image storage medium H04N1/00172, H04N1/0018 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2129 Recording in, or reproducing from, a specific memory area or areas, or recording or reproducing at a specific moment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/215 Recording a sequence of still pictures, e.g. burst mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding

Abstract

The present invention provides an image recording apparatus having an imaging unit which shoots an image of a subject and a recording unit which records the shot image. The image recording apparatus includes: a film management unit which accepts creation of a virtual film which stores the shot image and setting of the number of images storable in the virtual film that can be shot, creates a film management information prescribing a location where an image to be stored in the virtual film is saved and the set number of images that can be shot, and manages the saving location and the set number of the images to be stored in the virtual film according to the film management information.

Claims

1. An image recording apparatus having an imaging unit which shoots an image of a subject and a recording unit which records the shot image, comprising:

a film management unit which accepts creation of a virtual film which stores the shot image and setting of the number of images storable in the virtual film that can be shot, creates a film management information prescribing a location where an image to be stored in the virtual film is saved and the set number of images that can be shot, and manages the saving location and the set number of the images to be stored in the virtual film according to the film management information.

2. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit which displays the shot image.

3. The image recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays the shot image stored in the virtual film for each virtual film according to the film management information.

4. The image recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays the number of remaining images obtained by subtracting the number of images stored in the virtual film from the number of images that can be shot set for the virtual film.

5. The image recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display unit displays the number of remaining images obtained by subtracting the number of images stored in the virtual film from the number of images that can be shot set for the virtual film.

6. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the film management unit calculates the number of remaining images obtained by subtracting the number of images stored in the virtual film from the number of images that can be shot set for the virtual film.

7. The image recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the film management unit calculates the number of remaining images obtained by subtracting the number of images stored in the virtual film from the number of images that can be shot set for the virtual film.

8. The image recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the film management unit calculates the number of remaining images obtained by subtracting the number of images stored in the virtual film from the number of images that can be shot set for the virtual film.

9. The image recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the film management unit urges creation of a virtual film and setting of the number of images that can be shot for the virtual film if the number of remaining images reaches 0.

10. The image recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the film management unit urges creation of a virtual film and setting of the number of images that can be shot for the virtual film if the number of remaining images reaches 0.

11. The image recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the film management unit urges creation of a virtual film and setting of the number of images that can be shot for the virtual film if the number of remaining images reaches 0.

12. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a folder creation unit which creates a folder corresponding to the virtual film in the recording unit; and

a folder management unit which stores the shot image equal in number to the set number of images that can be shot in the folder,

wherein a location where the shot image is saved includes a location where the folder corresponding to the virtual film is saved.

13. The image recording apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a folder creation unit which creates a folder corresponding to the virtual film in the recording unit; and

a folder management unit which stores the shot image equal in number to the set number of images that can be shot in the folder,

wherein a location where the shot image is saved includes a location where the folder corresponding to the virtual film is saved.

14. The image recording apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a folder creation unit which creates a folder corresponding to the virtual film in the recording unit; and

a folder management unit which stores the shot image equal in number to the set number of images that can be shot in the folder,

wherein a location where the shot image is saved includes a location where the folder corresponding to the virtual film is saved.

15. An image display apparatus comprising:

a reading unit which reads an image recorded by the image recording apparatus according to claim 1, from the recording unit; and

a display unit which displays, for each virtual film, an image stored in the virtual film, the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information.

16. An image display apparatus comprising:

a reading unit which reads an image recorded by the image recording apparatus according to claim 13, from the recording unit; and

a display unit which displays, for each virtual film, an image stored in the virtual film, the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information.

17. An image display apparatus comprising:

a reading unit which reads an image recorded by the image recording apparatus according to claim 14, from the recording unit; and

a display unit which displays, for each virtual film, an image stored in the virtual film, the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information.

18. A print apparatus comprising:

a reading unit which reads an image recorded by the image recording apparatus according to claim 1, from the recording unit;

a designation unit which designates a virtual film in which an image to be printed is stored for the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information; and

a print unit which prints the image stored in the designated virtual film according to the film management information.

19. A print apparatus comprising:

a reading unit which reads an image recorded by the image recording apparatus according to claim 13, from the recording unit;

a designation unit which designates a virtual film in which an image to be printed is stored for the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information; and

a print unit which prints the image stored in the designated virtual film according to the film management information.

20. A print apparatus comprising:

a reading unit which reads an image recorded by the image recording apparatus according to claim 14, from the recording unit;

a designation unit which designates a virtual film in which an image to be printed is stored for the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information; and

a print unit which prints the image stored in the designated virtual film according to the film management information.

21. An image recording method performed by an image recording apparatus having an imaging unit which shoots an image of a subject and a recording unit which records the shot image, the image recording method comprising:

a step of accepting creation of a virtual film which stores the shot image and setting of the number of images that can be shot for the virtual film, a step of creating a film management information prescribing a location where an image to be stored in the virtual film is saved and the set number of images that can be shot, and

a step of managing the saving location and the set number of the images to be stored in the virtual film according to the film management information.

22. An image display method, comprising:

a step of reading an image recorded by the image recording method according to claim 21, from the recording unit; and

a step of displaying, for each virtual film, an image stored in the virtual film, the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information.

23. A print method, comprising:

a step of reading an image recorded by the image recording method according to claim 21, from the recording unit;

a step of designating a virtual film in which an image to be printed is stored for the image read from the recording unit according to the film management information; and

a step of printing the image stored in the designated virtual film according to the film management information.

24. An image recording program performed by an image recording apparatus having an imaging unit which shoots an image of a subject, a recording unit which records the image, and a computing unit, and causes the computing unit to perform the steps of:

accepting creation of a virtual film which stores the shot image and setting of the number of images that can be shot for the virtual film;

creating a film management information prescribing a location where an image to be stored in the virtual film is saved and the set number of images that can be shot; and

managing the saving location and the set number of images to be stored in the virtual film is saved according to the film management information.