IMAGE FILE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS

• US 20090154833A1
• Filed: 11/20/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Maeda, Kenji, Takashima, Toru, Sakaue, Shigeo, Amemiya, Koji, Fujiwara, Satoshi, Katsuura, Hironori, Kobayashi, Hisakazu, Okabe, Yoshimasa
• Granted Patent: US 8,259,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/282
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/175 Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32112 in a separate computer file, document page or paper sheet, e.g. a fax cover sheet H04N1/32122 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

An image file reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction unit that reads an image file from a storage medium storing image files capable of storing plural pieces of image data and reproduces the read image file, a first operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image files stored in the storage medium, and a second operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image data stored in the image file selected by the command received by the first operation unit. The reproduction unit controls selection of image data to be reproduced in a different way according to the operation made on the respective operation units.

Claims

1. An image file reproduction apparatus comprising:

a reproduction unit that reads an image file from a storage medium storing at least one image file capable of storing plural pieces of image data and reproduces the read image file;

a first operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image files stored in the storage medium; and

a second operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image data stored in the image file stored in the storage medium;

wherein

if the first operation unit receives a command, the reproduction unit reproduces predetermined image data stored in the image file selected by the command, and

if the second operation unit receives a command, the reproduction unit reproduces image data selected by the command received by the second operation unit, among the image data stored in the image file selected by the command received by the first operation unit.

2. An image data reproduction apparatus comprising:

a reproduction unit capable of reproducing image data stored in a first image file or a second image file, the first image file storing main image data and image data having a pixel count not equal to that of the main image data, the second image file storing main image data and image data having a pixel count equal to that of the main image data;

a reception unit that receives a frame advance command for reproducing image data different from image data being currently reproduced; and

a control unit that controls the reproduction unit;

wherein,

when the reception unit receives a frame advance command, the control unit controls the reproduction unit such that, when the reproduction unit is reproducing image data stored in the first image file, the reproduction unit reproduces image data stored in an image file different from the image file storing the image data being currently reproduced, and

when the reproduction unit is reproducing image data stored in the second image file, the reproduction unit reproduces image data which is different from the image data being currently reproduced and is stored in the image file storing the image data being currently reproduced.

3. The image data reproduction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit controls the reproduction unit such that, when the reproduction unit is reproducing image data stored in the second image file and there is no image data to be reproduced next as instructed by the frame advance command in the image file storing the image data being currently reproduced, the reproduction unit reproduces image data stored in an image file different from the image file storing the image data being currently reproduced.

4. An image data reproduction apparatus comprising:

a reproduction unit operable to reproduce image data stored in an image file capable of storing plural pieces of image data each having different feature;

a reception unit that receives a command for changing image data to be reproduced by the reproduction unit, from the image data being currently reproduced, to image data stored in an image file different from the image file storing the image data being currently reproduced;

a determination unit that determines whether or not the different image file stores image data having the same feature as that of the image data being currently reproduced, based on information stored in the header of the different image file; and

a decision unit that decides image data to be reproduced by the reproduction unit from the image data stored in the different image file based on the result of the determination by the determination unit, when the reception unit receives a command.