DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING LAST IMAGE CAPTURE AS DEFAULT TIME

• US 20100289921A1
• Filed: 05/14/2009
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Napoli, Thomas A., White, Timothy J.
• Application Number:
  US12/465,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20100289921A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.5
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 5/00 Setting, i.e. correcting or changing, the time-indication radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• 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 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

A digital camera includes a clock for keeping time; memory for receiving and storing time updates; and a processor for directing the time updates to be recorded in the memory upon occurrence of any of a plurality of camera operations; wherein a default time for the clock is dynamically updated as the time of the last recorded time in the memory.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising:

(a) a clock for keeping time;

(b) memory for receiving and storing time updates; and

(c) a processor for directing the time updates to be recorded in the memory upon occurrence of any of a plurality of camera operations;

wherein a default time for the clock is dynamically updated as the time of the last recorded time in the memory.

2. The digital camera as in claim 1, wherein the memory module is non-volatile memory.

3. The digital camera as in claim 2, wherein the camera operation is time of the last captured image.

4. The digital camera as in claim 2, wherein the camera operation is time of the last power down.

5. The digital camera as in claim 2, wherein the camera operation is time of the last image edit.

6. The digital camera as in claim 2, wherein the camera operation is manual reset.

7. The digital camera as in claim 1, wherein, when clocking operations are restored after the clock temporarily ceases keeping time, the clock is reset to the default time.

8. The digital camera as in claim 7, wherein the clock keeps continuous time after being reset and uses the time of the continuously running clock to be recorded and associated with subsequently captured images.

9. A digital camera comprising:

(a) a clock for keeping time;

(b) memory for receiving and storing time updates; and

(c) a processor for directing the time updates to be recorded in the memory at any time interval;

wherein a default time for the clock is dynamically updated as the time of the last recorded time in the memory.

10. The digital camera as in claim 9, wherein the memory module is non-volatile memory.

11. The digital camera as in claim 9, wherein, when clocking operations are restored after the clock temporarily ceases keeping time, the clock is reset to the default time.

12. The digital camera as in claim 11, wherein the clock keeps continuous time after being reset and uses the time of the continuously running clock to be recorded and associated with subsequently captured images.