IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SAME

• US 20090103129A1
• Filed: 10/08/2008
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kurosawa, Takahiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,804,143 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/001 specially adapted for transmission via digital wireline networks H04N1/00098 takes precedence
• 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 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0013 Arrangements for the control of the connected apparatus by the still picture apparatus arrangements for the control of a still picture apparatus by the connected apparatus H04N2201/0074; control of image communication with the connected apparatus H04N2201/0015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A technique of directly and simply operating image data stored in an external storage device using a camera is provided. To accomplish this, an image processing device connectable to a network, comprises a connection unit configured to connect to an imaging device, an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data captured by the imaging device from an external device on the network, in accordance with a user operation on the imaging device, and a display control unit configured to display the image data acquired by the acquisition unit and image data stored in the imaging device in accordance with a display unit of the imaging device.

Claims

1. An image processing device connectable to a network, comprising:

a connection unit configured to connect to an imaging device;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data captured by the imaging device from an external device on the network, in accordance with a user operation on the imaging device; and

a display control unit configured to display the image data acquired by the acquisition unit and image data stored in the imaging device to a display unit of the imaging device in a form that allows acquisition sources thereof to be identified.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires image data corresponding to a layout of an image in the display unit.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a collection unit configured to collect attribute information about image data captured by the imaging device from the external storage device, depending on connection with the imaging device,

wherein the acquisition unit acquires image data from the external device based on the collected attribute information.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transmission unit configured to transmit image data acquired by the acquisition unit to a data output device on the network in accordance with a user operation on the imaging device.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit prereads image data or acquires image data in divided amounts as appropriate.

6. A method for controlling an image processing device connected to a network and an imaging device, comprising:

acquiring image data captured by the imaging device from an external device on the network, in accordance with a user operation on the imaging device; and

displaying the acquired image data in the acquiring step and image data stored in the imaging device to a display unit of the imaging device in a form that allows acquisition sources thereof to be identified.

7. A computer-readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions for controlling an image processing device connected to a network and an imaging device, the medium comprising:

computer-executable instructions for acquiring image data captured by the imaging device from an external device on the network, in accordance with a user operation on the imaging device; and

computer-executable instructions for displaying the acquired image data in the acquiring step and image data stored in the imaging device to a display unit of the imaging device in a form that allows acquisition sources thereof to be identified.