Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof

• US 20060164535A1
• Filed: 01/19/2006
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Oyama, Yasufumi
• Granted Patent: US 7,522,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/215 Recording a sequence of still pictures, e.g. burst mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/216 Arrangements for recording on different types of storage medium, e.g. IC card or magnetic tape; Recording on a plurality of storage media
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/218 Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion

Abstract

When image shooting is performed in a mode that records plural images in response to a single shooting instruction and deletion is instructed on a shot-image confirmation screen that displays the shot image data immediately after the shooting, the plural image data generated by the same shooting instruction are all collectively deleted. On the contrary, in a playback mode, when deletion is instructed to one of the plural image data shot by the same shooting instruction, only the one image that has been instructed for deletion is deleted. This feature improves usability of the image sensing apparatus capable of recording plural images in response to a single shooting instruction.

Claims

1. An image sensing apparatus having a single-image shooting mode for generating single image data in response to a single shooting instruction, and a plural-image shooting mode for generating plural image data in response to a single shooting instruction, comprising:

a display control unit adapted to display shot image data immediately after shooting;

a detection unit adapted to detect existence or absence of a delete instruction during displaying of the shot image data; and

a deletion unit adapted to delete, upon detection of a delete instruction, only the shot image data being displayed if the shot image data being displayed is generated by shooting in the single-image shooting mode, and deletes the shot image data being displayed as well as other image data generated by shooting in the plural-image shooting mode if the shot image data being displayed is generated by shooting in the plural-image shooting mode.

2. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control unit displays immediately after shooting only one image data among a plurality of shot image data generated by shooting in the plural-image shooting mode.

3. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of image data generated by shooting in the plural-image shooting mode includes normal image data which has been shot with a normal shooting parameter and generated by performing normal image processing, and modified image data which has been generated by changing at least the shooting parameter or an image processing content from that of the normal image data,

wherein the image data displayed immediately after shooting is the modified image data.

4. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the shooting parameter is an exposure parameter, focus, or white balance.

5. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image processing is at least one of encoding, color processing, and filtering.

6. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the shooting parameter is an exposure parameter or focus.

7. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image processing is at least one of encoding, color processing, filtering, and white balance.

8. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said shooting instruction is pressing of a shutter button, and when a shutter button pressing state is maintained continuously from the shooting instruction, said display control unit continues the displaying of the shot image data immediately after shooting.

9. The image sensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a playback mode for viewing shot image data recorded in a recording medium, in a case where a delete instruction is given to one of the plurality of shot image data generated by shooting in the plural-image shooting mode, said deletion unit deletes only the one shot image data that has been instructed for deletion.

10. A control method of an image sensing apparatus having a single-image shooting mode for generating single image data in response to a single shooting instruction, and a plural-image shooting mode for generating plural image data in response to a single shooting instruction, comprising:

a display step of displaying shot image data immediately after shooting;

a detection step of detecting existence or absence of a delete instruction during displaying of the shot image data; and

a deletion step of deleting, upon detection of a delete instruction, only the shot image data being displayed if the shot image data being displayed is generated by shooting in the single-image shooting mode, and deleting the shot image data being displayed as well as other image data generated by shooting in the plural-image shooting mode if the shot image data being displayed is generated by shooting in the plural-image shooting mode.