Captured image data management method and image capturing apparatus

• US 20090279851A1
• Filed: 04/08/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kimura, Hisao, Kotaka, Nobuhiro, Kawamura, Takayoshi, Moriya, Takuji
• Granted Patent: US 8,705,937 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/239
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A captured image data management method is disclosed. Coverage direction data are input to a recorder-built-in type mage capturing apparatus and the coverage direction data are recorded to a nonvolatile memory and a record medium. The captured image data are obtained as files. A name of the file recorded on the record medium is automatically assigned based on title information contained in the coverage direction data and the assigned file name is recorded to the nonvolatile memory and the record medium.

Claims

1. A captured image data management method, comprising the steps of:

inputting coverage direction data to a recorder-built-in type mage capturing apparatus and recording the coverage direction data to a nonvolatile memory and a record medium;

obtaining the captured image data as files; and

automatically assigning a name of the file recorded on the record medium based on title information contained in the coverage direction data and recoding the assigned file name to the nonvolatile memory and the record medium.

2. The captured image data management method as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the coverage direction data are input to the image capturing apparatus through a USB memory or a disc.

3. The captured image data management method as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the coverage direction data are input to the image capturing apparatus through radio communication.

4. The captured image data management method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a file name of a file to be recorded next time on a view finder.

5. The captured image data management method as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the file name includes a title name and a sequence number which increments by 1 when a file is recorded.

6. The captured image data management method as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the coverage direction contents to be set next time are automatically obtained from the nonvolatile memory and loaded to the control section when a power of the image capturing apparatus is turned on.

7. The captured image data management method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

additionally writing an identifier of a recorded file to the coverage direction data.

8. An image capturing apparatus, comprising:

an image capturing section;

a signal processing section which performs a signal process for a captured image signal received from the image capturing section;

a view finder;

a medium interface section which interfaces with a record medium;

a control section which includes a computer, a nonvolatile memory; and

an operation section, a display section, and an input interface section connected to the control section,

wherein the control section controls at least one of the medium interface section and the input interface section to obtain coverage direction data,

wherein the control section records the coverage direction data to the nonvolatile memory and the record medium, and

wherein the control section automatically assigns a name of a file recorded on the record medium based on title information contained in the coverage direction data and records the assigned file name to the nonvolatile memory and the record medium.