Image manager and digital camera

• US 20080180532A1
• Filed: 11/05/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: Ohmura, Akira
• Granted Patent: US 8,243,168 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.11
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/326 used signal is a video-frame or a video-field (P.I.P.)
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00129 with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/324 intermediate the transmitter and receiver terminals, e.g. at an exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3288 Storage of two or more complete document pages or image frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3295 Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3298 Checking or indicating the storage space

Abstract

An image manager includes a communicator that communicates with a server computer storing image data, a detector that detects a storage capacity of image data stored into the server computer by the communicator and a controller that controls download of image data stored into the server computer in response to a detection result of the detector.

Claims

1. An image manager comprising;

a register that registers information about image data as management data, and

an obtaining device that obtains information to register into management data for controlling image data based upon schedule data.

2. The image manager according to claim 1, wherein the schedule data is created by scheduling management software.

3. The image manager according to claim 2, further comprising a connector that communicably connects to a mobile device,

wherein the schedule data is created by scheduling management software activated by the mobile device and the scheduling management software is obtained via the connector.

4. The image manager according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining device obtains an image title to be registered into management data based upon the schedule data.

5. The image manager according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining device obtains a keyword to be registered into management data based upon the schedule data.

6. The image manager according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining device obtains information of management data based upon information about a shooting date/time of image data and the schedule data.

7. An image manager comprising;

a register that registers information about image data as management data,

a connector that communicably connects to a mobile device, and

an obtaining device that obtains information to register into management data for controlling image data based upon data from the mobile device.

8. The image manager according to claim 7, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone and the obtaining device obtains information of management data based upon any of e-mail data, schedule data or chronicle call data.