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DIGITAL CAMERA FOR REVIEWING RELATED IMAGES

  • US 20120249853A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2011
  • Published: 10/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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