Electronic photography system
First Claim
1. An image display method for displaying an image shot by an electronic image capturing means, said image capturing means comprising an optical imaging system, image pickup means for converting a focused image to electronic image data, data application means for applying attribute data to said image data, and storage means for storing therein said image data and attribute data in a mutually associated relationship, said method comprising the steps of:
- classifying said image data on the basis of said attribute data for album grouping;
grouping said classified image data into at least one of pages of said albums;
selecting, in an image display mode, the image data of one album from said album grouping, to arrange and display a plurality of said classified image data included in one of pages included in the selected album on a screen;
collectively transferring said image and attribute data from said storage means of said electronic image capturing means to a second storage means;
grouping a plurality of said image and attribute data collectively transferred into a single file list; and
applying a file number for file distinction to said file list for storage.
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Abstract
An electronic photography system which displays an image shot by an electronic image capturing unit. The electronic image capturing unit includes an optical path, an image pickup for converting a focused image to electronic image data, an information inputting device for adding attribute data to the image data, and a storage for storing the image data and attribute data in mutually associated relationship. The system further includes the unit for classifying the image data on the basis of the attribute data for grouping the image data into album groups, and selecting, the album group to display the image data included in the selected album.
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19 Claims
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1. An image display method for displaying an image shot by an electronic image capturing means, said image capturing means comprising an optical imaging system, image pickup means for converting a focused image to electronic image data, data application means for applying attribute data to said image data, and storage means for storing therein said image data and attribute data in a mutually associated relationship, said method comprising the steps of:
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classifying said image data on the basis of said attribute data for album grouping; grouping said classified image data into at least one of pages of said albums; selecting, in an image display mode, the image data of one album from said album grouping, to arrange and display a plurality of said classified image data included in one of pages included in the selected album on a screen; collectively transferring said image and attribute data from said storage means of said electronic image capturing means to a second storage means; grouping a plurality of said image and attribute data collectively transferred into a single file list; and applying a file number for file distinction to said file list for storage. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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2. An image display method for displaying an image shot by an electronic image capturing means, said image capturing means comprising an optical imaging system, image pickup means for converting a focused image to electronic image data, data application means for applying attribute data to said image data, and storage means for storing therein said image data and attribute data in a mutually associated relationship;
- said method comprising the steps of;
classifying said image data on the basis of said attribute data for album grouping; selecting, in an image display mode, the image data of one album from said album grouping to arrange a plurality of images included in a selected album on a screen and display the images; collectively transferring said image and attribute data from said storage means of said electronic image capturing means to a second storage means; grouping a plurality of said image and attribute data collectively transferred into a single file list; and applying a file number for file distinction to said file list for storage. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- said method comprising the steps of;
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8. An electronic image capturing means comprising:
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an optical imaging system; image pickup means for converting a focused image to electronic image data; image capturing control means for shooting a shooting subject under changed shooting conditions by a plurality of times at different time points to obtain a plurality of image data; grouping means for grouping said plurality of image data into at least one group on a basis of shooting time; a differential means for performing a differential operation over one image data of said plurality of image data as reference data and at least one of other image data of said plurality of image data included in said group to obtain at least one of operation result; storage means for storing therein said operation result as attribute data relating to said reference data; and display means for displaying image data on a basis of said reference data and said attribute data. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. An image display method for displaying an image shot by an electronic image capturing means, said image capturing means comprising image pickup means for converting a focused image to electronic image data, data application means for applying attribute data to said image data, and storage means for storing therein said image data and attribute data in mutually associated relationship, said method comprising the steps of:
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classifying said image data on a basis of said attribute data for album grouping; grouping said classified image data into at least one of pages of said album; and displaying, in an image display mode, a selection screen for selecting any one album out of a plurality of albums, to arrange and display a plurality of said classified image data included in one of pages included in the selected album on a screen; and changing at least one of said classified image data on a basis of a shooting condition included in said attribute data.
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11. An image display method for displaying an image shot by an electronic image capturing means, said image capturing means comprising image pickup means for converting a focused image to electronic image data, data application means for applying attribute data to said image data, and storage means for storing therein said image data and attribute data in mutually associated relationship, said method comprising the steps of:
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classifying said image data on the basis of said attribute data for album grouping; displaying, in an image display mode, a selection screen for selecting any album out of a plurality of albums, to arrange a plurality of images included in the selected album on a screen and display the images; and displaying at least one of said plurality of images by rotation, enlargement or reduction.
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12. An image display method for displaying images shot by an electronic image capturing means, said method comprising the steps of:
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generating page data by classifying a set including a plurality of images on a basis of attribute data corresponding to said images, where each page includes a sub-plurality of said images for simultaneous display; and generating control data to arrange said sub-plurality of said images for each page on a basis of said attribute data and said page data, displaying each said page including said sub-plurality of images on a basis of page ordering information generated by said classifying on a screen of a display device, at which time image data for said sub-plurality of said images to be arranged and displayed on each page are processed on a basis of said control data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An image display method for displaying images shot by an electronic image capturing means, said method comprising the steps of:
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generating at least one album by classifying a set including a plurality of images on a basis of attribute data corresponding to said images; generating page data by classifying a set of images included in an album on a basis of said attribute data, where each page includes a sub-plurality of said images for simultaneous display; generating control data to arrange said sub-plurality of said images for each page on a basis of said attribute data and said page data, displaying, in an album display mode, a list of said at least one album on a screen of a display device in a form which displays a format of each of said at least one album corresponding to a classified category of albums; and displaying, in an image display mode, each page including said sub-plurality of said images on a basis of page ordering information generated by said classifying on a screen of a display device, at which time image data for said sub-plurality of said images to be arranged and displayed on each page are processed on a basis of said control data.
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