Image pickup apparatus

• US 6,522,830 B2
• Filed: 07/15/1997
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamagami, Taku
• Primary Examiner(s): Chevalier, Robert
• Application Number:
  US08/914,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20010046370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,044 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.591, H04/N.726, G11/B 2.700, 386/95, 386/96, 386/97, 386/46, 386/54, 386/75, 386/52, 386/104, 386/4, 386/109, 386/1, 386/55, 386/107, 386/117, 360/178
• US Class Current: 386/240
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/665 involving internal camera communication with the image sensor, e.g. synchronising or multiplexing SSIS control signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

The image pickup apparatus has a camera which encodes object image data, further comprises a recording unit 101 for recording image data, a connector 200 for connecting the camera with an expansion card 111 including a signal processor 701 for processing image data stored in the recording unit 101, and a memory and bus controller 102 for controlling image data, and the Ad signal processor 701 controls so that program data transmitted from the camera 100 is written in a flash ROM 703 via an expansion bus interface 201.

Claims

1. A recording apparatus which encodes object image data and records it, comprising:

recording circuit for recording the image data as an image file; and

adding circuit for adding specific information to files on which predetermined automatic image transintting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail is to be performed later with a reproducing apparatus so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of image data files stored in said recording circuit.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is a file name.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is flag information in a file.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is directory information where files are stored.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a character recognition circuit which converts a character in the image data into character data.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said adding circuit comprises a display circuit for displaying that recognition process by the character recognition circuit is under process.

7. A reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising an operation circuit for detecting an image data file having predetermined specific information and for executing an automatic character recognition process or a predetermined automatic image transmitting process.

8. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said operation circuit comprises a circuit for automatically performing a character recognition process on the image data file.

9. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said operation circuit comprises a transmitter for transmitting the image data file automatically.

10. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said operation circuit comprises a processor for processing image of the image data file automatically.

11. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein character sequences in text file information produced by automatically applying character recognition process on the image data file are searched, and an original image of the searched text information and images relating to the original image are searched.

12. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said operation circuit comprises a display for displaying that the predetermined automatic character recognition process or automatic image transmitting process is under execution.

13. A recording and reproducing apparatus which records object image as object image data, and reproducing the object image data, comprising:

recording circuit for recording the image data as an image file;

first operation circuit for adding specific information to files in which automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail is to be performed later when the image data is being reproduced so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of image data files stored in said recording circuit; and

second operation circuit for detecting the image data files recorded with the specific information by said first operation circuit, and performing said automatic image transmitting process.

14. A reproducing apparatus comprising:

reproducing circuit for reproducing a recorded image data file; and

operation circuit for detecting predetermined specific information recorded with said image data file and for executing a predetermined automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail on said image data file corresponding to said specific information,

wherein said image data file with said predetermined specific information is recorded by a recording apparatus which encodes object image data and records it; and

wherein said recording apparatus comprises, recording circuit for recording the image data as said image data file; and

adding circuit for adding said predetermined specific information to files on which said automatic image transmitting process is to be performed later when the image data is being reproduced so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of said image data files by said operation circuit.

15. A method for recording, which encodes object image data and records it, comprising:

recording the image data as an image file; and

adding specific information to files on which a predetermined automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail is to be performed later with a reproducing apparatus so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of recorded image data files.

16. A method for recording and reproducing, which records an object image as object image data, and reproduces the object image data, comprising:

recording the image data as an image file;

adding specific information to files on which automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail is to be performed later when the image data is being reproduced so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of recorded image data files; and

detecting the image data files recorded with the specific information, and performing said automatic image transmitting process when the image data is being reproduced.

17. A reproducing method comprising:

reproducing an image date file;

detecting predetermined specific information recorded with said image data file; and

executing a predetermined automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail when the image data is being reproduced on said image data file corresponding to said specific information,

wherein said image data file with said predetermined specific information is recorded by a recording apparatus which encodes object image data and records it; and

wherein said recording apparatus comprises, recording circuit for recording the image data as said image data file; and

adding circuit for adding said predetermined specific information to files on which said predetermined automatic image transmitting process is to be performed later when the image data is being reproduced so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of said image data files during said detecting step.

18. An article manufacture comprising:

a computer readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therein, said computer usable program code containing executable instructions that when executed, cause a computer to perform the steps of,

recording object image data as an image data file; and

adding specific information to files on which a predetermined automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail is to be performed later with a reproducing apparatus so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of recorded image data files.

19. An article manufacture comprising:

a computer readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therein, said computer usable program code containing executable instructions that when executed, cause a computer to perform the steps of recording an object image as object image data and reproducing the object image data, including the steps of,

recording the image data as an image file;

adding specific information to files on which automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail is to be performed later when the image data is being reproduced so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of recorded image data files; and

detecting the image data files recorded with the specific information, and performing said automatic image transmitting process when the image data is being reproduced.

20. An article manufacture comprising:

a computer readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therein, said computer usable program code containing executable instructions that when executed, cause a computer to perform the steps of,

reproducing an image data file;

detecting predetermined specific information recorded with said image data file; and

executing a predetermined automatic image transmitting process of transmitting a corresponding image file to an external apparatus by electric mail on said image data file corresponding to said specific information,

wherein said image data file with said predetermined specific information is recorded by a recording apparatus which encodes object image data and records it; and

wherein said recording apparatus comprises, recording circuit for recording the image data as said image data file; and

adding circuit for adding said predetermined specific information to files on which said predetermined automatic image transmitting process is to be performed later when the image data is being reproduced so that the corresponding image file can be automatically detected out of said image data files during said step of detecting.