Image storage queue adapted to store images according to archival status
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1. A method for handling image data within a digital camera having a memory storage unit for storing image data, the camera connectable to an external information handling system adapted to receive image data from the camera, the method comprising:
- storing image data elements in an image storage queue in a chronological order based on time of image capture by the camera;
assigning each image data element an archival status;
indicating said archival status of said image data element;
determining capacity for the camera to add additional image data elements to the image storage queue as a function of said archival status and said chronological order in combination;
detecting when the image storage queue is full;
determining whether at least one image stored in the image storage queue is marked as archived; and
if at least one image is marked as archived, deleting an oldest archived image from the image storage queue.
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Abstract
In a digital camera, images are stored in chronological order in an image storage queue, and the ability of the camera to add additional images to the queue is related to the archival status of the images already in the queue.
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1. A method for handling image data within a digital camera having a memory storage unit for storing image data, the camera connectable to an external information handling system adapted to receive image data from the camera, the method comprising:
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storing image data elements in an image storage queue in a chronological order based on time of image capture by the camera; assigning each image data element an archival status; indicating said archival status of said image data element; determining capacity for the camera to add additional image data elements to the image storage queue as a function of said archival status and said chronological order in combination; detecting when the image storage queue is full; determining whether at least one image stored in the image storage queue is marked as archived; and if at least one image is marked as archived, deleting an oldest archived image from the image storage queue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for handling image data within a digital camera having a memory storage unit for storing image data, the camera connectable to an external information handling system adapted to receive image data from the camera, the method comprising:
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storing image data elements in an image storage queue in a chronological order based on time of image capture by the camera; assigning each image data element an archival status; indicating said archival status of said image data element; determining capacity for the camera to add additional image data elements to the image storage queue as a function of said archival status and said chronological order in combination; archiving one said image data element, said archiving comprising copying said image data element to the external information handling system; and changing said archival status of said image data element to indicate that said data element is archived; determining that the memory storage unit is full; determining that at least one said image data element in said image storage queue has been archived; and deleting from the memory storage unit at least one said archived image data clement according to the chronological order. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A digital camera adapted for connection to an external information handling system, the camera comprising:
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an image acquisition unit; a memory storage unit coupled to the image acquisition unit and configured to store plurality of image data elements chronologically based on time of image capture; and a controller coupled to the image acquisition unit and coupled to the memory storage unit, the controller assigning each image data element an archival status, indicating said archival status of said image data element, and determining capacity for the camera to add additional image data elements to the image storage queue as a function of said archival status and said chronological order in combination, wherein said controller is adapted for; detecting when the image storage queue is full; determining whether at least one image stored in the image storage queue is marked as archived; and if at least one image is marked as archived, deleting an oldest archived image from the image storage queue.
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