Imaging apparatus and imaging method
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1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- imaging means for imaging a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees to obtain image data of the scene;
temporary storage means for storing the image data obtained by imaging by said imaging means; and
control means for controlling said temporary storage means to store the image data obtained by imaging by said imaging means, and, when a predetermined storage condition has been satisfied, extracting image data to be stored from said temporary storage means and adding metadata to the extracted image data to perform a storage process.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus including: imaging means for imaging a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees to obtain image data of the scene; temporary storage means for storing the image data obtained by imaging by the imaging means; and control means for controlling the temporary storage means to store the image data obtained by imaging by the imaging means, and, when a predetermined storage condition has been satisfied, extracting image data to be stored from the temporary storage means and adding metadata to the extracted image data to perform a storage process.
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43 Claims
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1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
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imaging means for imaging a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees to obtain image data of the scene; temporary storage means for storing the image data obtained by imaging by said imaging means; and control means for controlling said temporary storage means to store the image data obtained by imaging by said imaging means, and, when a predetermined storage condition has been satisfied, extracting image data to be stored from said temporary storage means and adding metadata to the extracted image data to perform a storage process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An imaging method comprising the steps of:
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(a) imaging a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees to obtain image data of the scene; (b) temporarily storing the image data obtained by imaging in said step (a); (c) determining whether a predetermined storage condition has been satisfied; and (d) when said step (c) has determined that the predetermined storage condition has been satisfied, extracting image data to be stored from the image data temporarily stored in said step (b), adding metadata to the extracted image data, and performing a storage process. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
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an imaging section configured to image a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees to obtain image data of the scene; a temporary storage section configured to store the image data obtained by imaging by said imaging section; and a control section configured to control said temporary storage section to store the image data obtained by imaging by said imaging section, and, when a predetermined storage condition has been satisfied, extract image data to be stored from said temporary storage section and add metadata to the extracted image data to perform a storage process.
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