DIGITAL CAMERA FOR REVIEWING RELATED IMAGES
First Claim
1. A digital camera system for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, comprising:
- an image sensor for capturing a digital image;
an optical system for forming an image of a scene onto the image sensor;
a softcopy display;
a user interface including one or more user interface elements, wherein one of the user interface elements is an image capture control;
a data processing system;
a storage memory for storing captured images; and
a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to implement a method for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, wherein the instructions include;
sensing an activation of the image capture control at a nominal image capture time;
capturing a group of related digital still images of the scene at a sequence of image capture times including a primary digital still image captured substantially at the nominal image capture time;
storing the group of related digital still images in the storage memory, together with information indicating that the digital still images are related;
providing one or more user interface elements for enabling a user to select a stored group of related digital still images for review on the softcopy display;
providing one or more user interface elements for enabling the user to designate a subset of the digital still images in a selected group of related digital still images for deletion; and
providing one or more user interface elements to initiate the deletion of a designated subset of digital still images from the selected group of related digital still images.
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Abstract
A digital camera system for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, comprising: an image sensor for capturing a digital image; a user interface including one or more user interface elements; a storage memory; and a program memory storing instructions configured to cause a data processing system to implement a method for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images. The instructions include: capturing and storing a group of related digital still images of the scene at a sequence of image capture times; providing a user interface for enabling a user interface to select a stored group of related digital still images for review; providing a user interface for enabling the user to delete a subset of the digital still images.
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21 Claims
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1. A digital camera system for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, comprising:
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an image sensor for capturing a digital image; an optical system for forming an image of a scene onto the image sensor; a softcopy display; a user interface including one or more user interface elements, wherein one of the user interface elements is an image capture control; a data processing system; a storage memory for storing captured images; and a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to implement a method for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, wherein the instructions include; sensing an activation of the image capture control at a nominal image capture time; capturing a group of related digital still images of the scene at a sequence of image capture times including a primary digital still image captured substantially at the nominal image capture time; storing the group of related digital still images in the storage memory, together with information indicating that the digital still images are related; providing one or more user interface elements for enabling a user to select a stored group of related digital still images for review on the softcopy display; providing one or more user interface elements for enabling the user to designate a subset of the digital still images in a selected group of related digital still images for deletion; and providing one or more user interface elements to initiate the deletion of a designated subset of digital still images from the selected group of related digital still images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A digital camera system for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, comprising:
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an image sensor for capturing a digital image; an optical system for forming an image of a scene onto the image sensor; a softcopy display; a user interface including one or more user interface elements, wherein one of the user interface elements is an image capture control; a data processing system; a storage memory for storing captured images; and a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to implement a method for capturing and reviewing a group of related digital still images, wherein the instructions include; sensing an activation of the image capture control at a nominal image capture time; capturing a group of related digital still images of the scene at a sequence of image capture times including a primary digital still image captured substantially at the nominal image capture time; storing the group of related digital still images in the storage memory, together with information indicating that the digital still images are related; providing one or more user interface elements for enabling a user to select a stored group of related digital still images for review on the softcopy display; and providing one or more user interface elements for enabling the user to change which digital still image in the group of related digital still images is designated to be the primary digital still image.
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