Digital camera and method which displays a page number of a displayed page

• US 6,674,472 B1
• Filed: 12/14/1998
• Issued: 01/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Tsutsui, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Christensen, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): GENCO, BRIAN C
• Application Number:
  US09/210,709
• Time in Patent Office: 1,849 Days
• Field of Search: 348/231.99, 348/333.01, 348/333.05, 707/104.1, 345/838, 345/835, 715/503
• US Class Current: 348/333.05
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• 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 1/00448 horizontally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3216 of a job size, e.g. a number of images, pages or copies, size of file, length of message
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3232 of a page, copy or picture number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A digital camera includes a memory configured to store image data including thumbnail image data and a display configured to display the thumbnail image data. Further, a controller is configured to control the display of the thumbnail image data and to display page data with the thumbnail image data. The page data can include data of a currently displayed page and data of a total number of pages, and further an operator can set and reset the number of thumbnail images which form one page. Further, the operator can change this setting of the number of thumbnail images in one page while selecting a specific thumbnail image of a currently displayed page of thumbnail image data. The controller can calculate the total number of pages in a currently displayed page, and can recalculate this data if the number of thumbnail images in a page is reset by an operator. Further, each of the pages can be accessed sequentially and the first and last pages can be viewed as sequential pages. Segment data can also be displayed and can be recalculated if a number of thumbnail images which form one page is reset by an operator.

Claims

1. A digital camera, comprising:

a memory configured to store image data including thumbnail image data;

a display configured to display the thumbnail image data;

a controller configured to control display of the thumbnail image data in pages and configured to display page data with the thumbnail image data; and

an input configured to receive an input to set a number of thumbnail image data to be displayed in one page, wherein the input is further configured to receive a reset input to reset the number of thumbnail image data to be displayed in one page when one thumbnail image data of a displayed page is selected, and such that the selected thumbnail image data is displayed on a reset page, and

wherein the display is further configured to display for each thumbnail image both a file number and a segment number, the file number representing an order in which each respective thumbnail image data is stored in the memory and the segment number representing an order of displaying each respective thumbnail image in one page, and the controller is further configured to recalculate the segment number based on the reset input to reset the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

2. A digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the page data includes data of a currently displayed page and data of a total number of pages of thumbnail image data.

3. A digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising a selector configured to consecutively display sequential pages of the thumbnail image data.

4. A digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to calculate at least one of a total number of pages of thumbnail image data and a currently displayed page number from the input to set the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

5. A digital camera according to claim 3, wherein a last page and a first page are sequential pages.

6. A digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to calculate at least one of a currently displayed page number and a total number of pages of thumbnail image data based on the reset input to reset the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

7. A digital camera, comprising:

memory means for storing image data including thumbnail image data;

display means for displaying the thumbnail image data;

control means for controlling display of the thumbnail image data in pages and controlling display of page data with the thumbnail image data; and

input means for receiving an input for setting a number of thumbnail image data in one page, wherein the input means can further receive a reset input for resetting the number of thumbnail image data in one page when one thumbnail image data of a displayed page is selected, and such that the selected thumbnail image data is displayed on a reset page, and

wherein the display means further displays for each thumbnail image both a file number and a segment number, the file number representing an order in which each respective thumbnail image data is stored in the memory and the segment number representing an order of displaying each respective thumbnail image in one page, and the control means further recalculates the segment number based on the reset input for resetting the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

8. A digital camera according to claim 7, wherein the page data includes data of a currently displayed page and data of a total number of pages of thumbnail image data.

9. A digital camera according to claim 7, further comprising selector means for selecting to consecutively display sequential pages of the thumbnail image data.

10. A digital camera according to claim 7, wherein the control means further calculates at least one of a total number of pages of thumbnail image data and a currently displayed page number from the input for setting the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

11. A digital camera according to claim 9, wherein a last page and a first page are sequential pages.

12. A digital camera according to claim 7, wherein the control means further calculates at least one of a currently displayed page number and a total number of pages of thumbnail image data based on the reset input for resetting the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

13. A control method for a digital camera, comprising the steps of:

storing image data including thumbnail image data;

displaying the thumbnail image data;

controlling display of the thumbnail image data in pages and display of page data with the thumbnail image data; and

a step of inputting a setting for a number of thumbnail image data in one page, wherein the step of inputting can further reset the number of thumbnail image data in one page when one thumbnail image data of a displayed page is selected, and such that the selected thumbnail image data is displayed on a reset page;

wherein the display step further displays for each thumbnail image both a file number and a segment number, the file number representing an order in which each respective thumbnail image data is stored in the memory and the segment number representing an order of displaying each respective thumbnail image in one page, and the controlling step further recalculates the segment number based on the setting input to reset the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

14. A control method for a digital camera according to claim 13, further comprising a step of selecting to consecutively display sequential pages of the thumbnail image data.

15. A control method for a digital camera according to claim 13, further comprising a step of displaying a file number for each thumbnail image data.

16. A control method for a digital camera according to claim 13, wherein the controlling step further calculates at least one of a total number of pages of thumbnail image data and a currently displayed page number from the setting input to set the number of thumbnail image data in one page.

17. A control method for a digital camera according to claim 14, wherein a last page and a first page are sequential pages.

18. A control method for a digital camera according to claim 13, wherein the controlling step further calculates at least one of a currently displayed page number and a total number of pages of thumbnail image data based on the setting input to reset the number of thumbnail image data in one page.