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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

  • US 7,319,484 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2003
  • Issued: 01/15/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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