Image processing method, an image processing apparatus, an image input device, a photographing device, a photographing system, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium
First Claim
1. An image input apparatus comprising:
- an image input unit that inputs image data representing a captured image;
a compression unit that compresses the input image data;
a receiving unit that receives data from an external device;
a memory that stores the compressed image data and the received data; and
a control unit that (a) disables said receiving unit from receiving the data from the external device, if the data from the external device is streaming data, and (b) determines whether to receive the data from the external device using information as to a remaining capacity of said memory and an estimated amount of the data from the external device, if the data from the external device is not streaming data.
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Abstract
A method for processing images comprises the steps of performing the reception of data through the net work, inputting image data obtainable in accordance with the designated input mode, managing the storage of the data received in the receiving step and the image data inputted in the input step to the memory, and intervening between the operations of the reception step and the input step in accordance with the storage management in the controlling step. With the method thus structured, the compression ratio of the input image is heightened by changing the current photographing mode if the added value of the estimated reception data through communicating means and the data side of photographed image predetermined by the current photographing mode should exceed the remainders of memory in the storage, hence making it possible to implement the compatibility of immediacy between the image input and the communication by dealing with any sudden reception during photographing.
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6 Claims
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1. An image input apparatus comprising:
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an image input unit that inputs image data representing a captured image; a compression unit that compresses the input image data; a receiving unit that receives data from an external device; a memory that stores the compressed image data and the received data; and a control unit that (a) disables said receiving unit from receiving the data from the external device, if the data from the external device is streaming data, and (b) determines whether to receive the data from the external device using information as to a remaining capacity of said memory and an estimated amount of the data from the external device, if the data from the external device is not streaming data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of controlling an image input apparatus, wherein the image input apparatus includes (a) an image input unit that inputs image data representing a captured image, (b) a compression unit that compresses the input image data, (c) a receiving unit that receives data from an external device, and (d) a memory that stores the compressed image data and the received data, the method comprising the steps of:
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disabling the receiving unit from receiving data from the external device, if the data from the external device is streaming data; and determining whether to receive the data from the external device using information as to a remaining capacity of the memory and an estimated amount of the data from the external device, if the data from the external device is not streaming data. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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Current AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
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Original AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
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InventorsYoshida, Shigeo, Ono, Satoshi, Matsumoto, Shinichi, Seki, Takayuki, Ohara, Keiji, Sonobe, Hiraku
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Primary Examiner(s)Ye; Lin
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Assistant Examiner(s)JERABEK, KELLY L
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Application NumberUS10/429,863Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,715 DaysField of Search348/231.99, 348/231.1, 348/231.2, 348/333.01, 348/333.02, 348/333.04, 348/207.1, 711/171, 711/172US Class Current348/231.1CPC Class CodesH04N 1/21 Intermediate information st...H04N 1/2112 using still video camerasH04N 1/2137 with temporary storage befo...H04N 2101/00 Still video camerasH04N 2201/0077 Types of the still picture ...
