DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS ON IMAGE DATA STORED IN AN EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE

• US 20140320683A1
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• 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 9,456,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.3
• 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
• 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. (canceled)

2. An image processing device comprising:

a memory configured to store first image data;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit identification information of the image processing device to an external storage device;

a receiving unit configured to receive second image data associated with the identification information of the image processing device from the external storage device via a network; and

a display control unit configured to control displaying both the first image data and the second image data on a display in accordance with an instruction.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2, further comprising an imaging unit configured to capture an image,

wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive the second image data corresponding to image data captured by the imaging unit from the external storage device in response to the transmission of the identification information.

4. The image processing device according to claim 2, further comprising an input unit configured to input an instruction to display a plurality of pieces of image data on the display,

wherein the display control unit is configured to control displaying both the first image data and the second image data on a display in accordance with the instruction to display the plurality of pieces of image data on the display.

5. An image processing method comprising:

storing first image data in a memory;

transmitting identification information of an image processing device to an external storage device;

receiving second image data associated with the identification information of the image processing device from the external storage device via a network; and

controlling displaying both the first image data and the second image data on a display in accordance with an instruction.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising capturing an image,

wherein the receiving step includes receiving the second image data corresponding to captured image data from the external storage device in response to the transmission of the identification information.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising inputting an instruction to display a plurality of pieces of image data on the display,

wherein the controlling step includes controlling displaying both the first image data and the second image data on a display in accordance with the instruction to display the plurality of pieces of image data on the display.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause an image processing device to:

store first image data on a memory;

transmit identification information of the image processing device to an external storage device;

receive second image data associated with the identification information of the image processing device from the external storage device via a network; and

control displaying both the first image data and the second image data on a display in accordance with an instruction.