Image manipulating system including means for assigning a file name

• US 5,794,226 A
• Filed: 12/04/1996
• Issued: 08/11/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoneyama, Kaoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Christopher B.
• Application Number:
  US08/760,673
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 395/600, 707/1-10, 707/200-206, 707/511
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/04 Arrangements for preventing, inhibiting, or warning against double recording on the same blank or against other recording or reproducing malfunctions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/06 by counting or timing of machine operations
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content storing computer data in solid state memories G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9261 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

An image manipulating system according to the present invention can perform interval recording for repeatedly recording supplied image information at predetermined time intervals. Herein, a limit value of recording time intervals designative depending on an applicable type of information recording medium; such as, a memory card, floppy disk, hard disk, or the like is stored for each type of information recording medium in an EEPROM. A CPU prevents selection of a recording time interval exceeding the limit value, and eventually sets a time interval. Thus, the present invention provides a user-friendly image manipulating system capable of achieving interval recording in as strict compliance as is possible responsive to a demand.

Claims

1. An image manipulating system having a means for assigning a file name for information to be recorded so that said information can be formatted as a file and then stored in an employed recording medium, wherein:

said means autonomously creates part of said file name so that part of said file name cannot be designated arbitrarily while the other part thereof can be designated arbitrarily.

2. An image manipulating system having a means for assigning a file name for information to be recorded so that said information can be formatted as a file specified with an associated directory and then stored in an employed recording medium, wherein:

said means creates said file name so that said file name includes a directory number of said associated directory.

3. A method for creating a file name for information to be stored as a file in a recording medium, said file name having a first and second group of characters, comprising the steps of:

(a) enabling an operator to select the first group of characters responsive to a request for selecting a file name;

(b) automatically selecting characters for said second group of characters responsive to selection of the first group of characters.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein step (b) further comprises selecting characters for said second group which are unique to the file which they identify.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of selecting characters for said second group which includes searching a directory for an empty directory location, selecting an empty directory location, creating the second group of characters representing the selected empty directory location and identifying the selected directory location as occupied.

6. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of displaying at least the first group of characters selected by the operator.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein said system has at least two different types of recording media, each having a character assigned thereto to uniquely identify each recording medium and further comprising:

(c) combining the character identifying a selected recording medium with the first and second group of characters to provide a file name which uniquely identifies a file.