Information processing apparatus, its control method, and storage medium

• US 7,249,317 B1
• Filed: 09/22/2000
• Issued: 07/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kohno, Akihiro, Kato, Eiji, Nakagawa, Hisao, Yamakawa, Tadashi, Kamei, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore; William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US09/667,638
• Time in Patent Office: 2,496 Days
• Field of Search: 715/515, 715/513, 715/501.1, 348/211.9, 348/238, 348/1.15, 348/159, 348/537, 348/539, 709/203, 709/230
• US Class Current: 715/209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00448 horizontally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0097 Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/215 Recording a sequence of still pictures, e.g. burst mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32106 separate from the image data, e.g. in a different computer file
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3252 Image capture parameters, e.g. resolution, illumination conditions, orientation of the image capture device H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

This invention allows easy update of an image to be included in a document which is submitted on the network. For this purpose, data that set the image sensing times and image sensing states of a camera (111) the pan angle, tilt angle, and zoom ratio of which can be varied, are stored in an HD (106). If one of the stored times has been reached, image sensing is done in accordance with the set contents, and the obtained image is stored in the HD (106). Upon launching a candidate edit program, an old document inserted with images is displayed on a CRT (103). When a desired image is designated, it is substituted by a new, sensed image candidate corresponding to that designation position. The created document is then uploaded to a WWW server.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus for submitting document information including a plurality of images via a network, said apparatus comprising:

an image pickup unit;

a schedule setting unit adapted to set, in advance, an image pickup position and a image pickup time of said image pickup unit as schedule information and store the schedule information in a memory;

an image storage unit adapted to store an image which is obtained by said image pickup unit in accordance with the schedule information stored in the memory;

a first display unit adapted to display the images in the document information which had been created;

a first designation unit for designating an image among the plurality of images in the document information displayed by said first display unit, to be replaced with an image newly stored in said image storage unit, and displaying the designated image in a different manner from non-designated images;

a second display unit adapted to display images newly stored in said image storage unit;

a second designation unit for designating a new image among the images displayed by said second display unit and displaying the designated image in a different manner from non-designated images displayed by said second display unit;

a document creation unit adapted to create new document information by substituting the image designated by said second designation unit for the designated image, designated by said first designation unit, in the document information; and

means for storing an image prepared in advance, and substituting an image among the plurality of images in the document information, which is not changed, by the image prepared in advance.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for transferring the document information created by said document creation unit to a network server.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document information is HTML document information.

4. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus for submitting document information including a plurality of images via a network, said method comprising:

the step of setting, in advance, an image pickup position and an image pickup time of an image pickup unit as schedule information and storing the schedule information in a memory;

the step of storing an image which is obtained by the image pickup unit in accordance with the schedule information stored in the memory;

the first display step of displaying the images in the document information which had been created;

the first designation step of designating an image among the plurality of images in the document information displayed by said first display step, to be replaced with an image newly stored in said image storage step, and displaying the designated image in a different manner from non-designated images;

the second display step of displaying images newly stored in said image storage step;

the second designation step of designating a new image among the images displayed by said second display step and displaying the designated image in a different manner from non-designated images displayed by said second display step;

the step of creating new document information by substituting the image designated by said second designation step for the image, designated by said first designation step, in the document information; and

the step of storing an image prepared in advance, and substituting an image among the plurality of images in the document information, which is not changed, by the image prepared in advance.

5. A storage medium that stores a computer program code for an information processing apparatus which comprises image input means and submits document information including a plurality of images via a network, the code comprising:

a program code of the step of setting, in advance, an image pickup position and an image pickup time of an image pickup unit as schedule information and storing the schedule information in a memory;

a program code of the step of storing an image which is obtained by said image pickup unit in accordance with the schedule information stored in the memory;

a program code of the first display step of displaying the images in the document information which had been created;

a program code of the first designation step of designating an image among the plurality of images in the document information displayed by said first display step, to be replaced with an image newly stored in said image storage step, and displaying the designated image in a different manner from non-designated images;

a program code of the second display step of displaying images newly stored in said image storage step;

a program code of the second designation step of designating a new image among the images displayed by said second display step and displaying the designated image in a different manner from non-designated images displayed by said second display step;

a program code of the step of creating new document information by substituting the image designated by said second designation step for the image, designated by said first designation step, in the document information; and

a program code of the step of storing an image prepared in advance, and substituting an image among the plurality of images in the document information, which is not changed, by the image prepared in advance.