JP2001292404A - Digital camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital camera that can select one frame of a photographed moving picture as a print picture and allows a printer to automatically print the selected picture. SOLUTION: The digital camera is provided with a removable flash memory card 122, a photographing means 119 that applies in-frame coding to the photographed moving picture and stores the coded moving picture to the flash memory card 122, a reproduction display means 120 that reproduces and displays the moving picture from the flash memory card 122, a picture selection means 121 that selects a picture of an optional frame to be printed from the moving picture, and a print management information storage means 117 that stores information relating to the selected print image (moving picture print management information file 118) to the flash memory card 122 storing the moving picture (moving picture file 107).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital camera for recording a moving image on a disk or a semiconductor memory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional digital camera is disclosed in
What is described in No. 88808 is known.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a conventional digital camera disclosed in the publication. In FIG.
01 is an objective lens, 1202 is a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), 1203 is an A / D converter, 1204 is a video compression means, 1205 is a file format that can uniquely specify a video compressed to a memory card by a file name. The switch S1 is a shutter, and the switch S1 constitutes a photographing unit 1220.

[0004] Reference numeral 1209 denotes reading means for reading a video file by designating a file name; 1210, video decompression means; 1211, a D / A converter; S2, a reproduction switch;
212 is a liquid crystal, 1213 is a display feed key, 1214 is a display rotation key, 1215 is an image information acquisition means for acquiring information on an image displayed on the liquid crystal, 1217 is an orderer designation key, and 1218 is a print designation key. Constitutes the image selecting means 1221 by the following.

Reference numeral 1222 denotes print management information storage means.
Generate print management information and create a print management information file on the memory card.

Reference numeral 1223 denotes a flash memory card, which is a non-volatile memory that can be removed from the digital camera. This flash memory card 1223 constitutes a removable nonvolatile storage means. A video file 1207 is stored in the flash memory card 1223.
The print management information file 1208 is stored in a DOS format.

Hereinafter, the operation of the conventional digital camera will be described. Now, it is assumed that the shutter button S1 is pressed. Then, the video signal captured from the CCD 1202 is A /
The data is written to the flash memory card 1223 as a file that can be uniquely specified in the memory card 1223 by the D converter 1203, the video compression unit 1204, and the video writing unit 1205. Now, it is assumed that the still image files stored in the flash memory card 1223 by shooting are images shot by users M and N, respectively.

By turning on the reproduction switch S2, the user can view the photographed image on the liquid crystal.
That is, the image reading unit 1209 reads one file, and the image expanding unit 1210 and the D / A converter 121
Through 1, an image is displayed on the liquid crystal 1212. When the user presses the display forward key 1213, the image reading means reads a file different from the image currently being displayed and starts display.

To register an image to be printed by the user M, first, the image to be printed is displayed using the display feed key 1213 and the orderer designation key 1217 is pressed. Then, the video information acquisition unit 1215
09 to obtain the file name of the video being displayed. The print management information storage unit 1222 adds a character string “ORDER” to the front of the file name, and stores the print management information file “PRIN”.
As the first line of T ", the flash memory card 1223
To memorize.

Next, Mr. M uses the display feed key 1213 to display an image to be printed next. At this time, when the print key 1218 is pressed, the video information obtaining unit 1215 obtains the video file name being displayed from the video reading unit 1209. Next, the print management information storage unit 1222 stores the obtained file name in the flash memory card 1223 as the second line of the print management information file “PRINT”.
Thereafter, the file name of the video to be printed is registered by the same operation.

Next, in the same manner, a print management information file is created by Mr. N selecting an image to be printed and registering a file name.

A user inserts a flash memory card into a printing device to print a selected image. Then, the print management information acquisition unit searches for the file “PRINT” and automatically prints the registered still image to be printed according to the contents of the file.

That is, in the conventional digital camera, a means for reproducing a still image from a removable nonvolatile storage medium, a means for selecting an image to be printed from the reproduced still images, and a means for selecting a print image It is configured to record information about a still image on a removable nonvolatile storage medium, and a removable nonvolatile storage medium on which information about a print image is recorded by the digital camera,
By mounting it on a printing device, only the selected still image can be printed.

[0014] Further, the same can be applied to a display system and a communication system, and a photographed still image can be automatically displayed and transmitted without a digital camera.

[0015]

In a conventional digital camera, it is possible to select a print image from still images, but a means for selecting and printing one frame image forming a moving image as a print image is provided. There was a problem of not having it.

In the conventional digital camera, a display image can be selected from still images, but one frame image constituting a moving image is selected as a display image.
There was a problem that there was no means for displaying.

In the conventional digital camera, a communication image can be selected from still images, but one frame image constituting a moving image is selected as a communication image.
There was a problem that there was no means for communication.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to select one frame image constituting a moving image as a print image from a photographed moving image, and to automatically print the selected image by a printing apparatus. And

Also, the present invention provides a method for capturing a moving image,
It is an object of the present invention to be able to select one frame image constituting a moving image as a display image, and to enable the display device to automatically display the selected image.

Further, the present invention provides a method for capturing a moving image,
An object of the present invention is to enable one frame image constituting a moving image to be selected as a communication image, and to enable the communication of the selected image automatically by a communication device.

[0021]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a digital camera, comprising: a detachable nonvolatile storage unit; and a photographing unit for encoding a moving image photographed in the nonvolatile storage unit in a frame and storing the encoded moving image. A reproduction display unit that reproduces and displays a moving image from the nonvolatile storage unit; an image selection unit that selects a print image from the moving image; and information about the print image stored in the same nonvolatile storage unit as the moving image. Print management information storage means.

According to this digital camera, one frame of still image data can be selected as a print image from a moving image, and information relating to the selected print image is stored in the same removable nonvolatile storage as the moving image. Can be recorded in the means. By attaching the removable nonvolatile storage means to the printing apparatus, one of the selected moving images can be stored.
It is possible to print a frame image.

A digital camera according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a removable nonvolatile storage means, an imaging means for encoding a moving image captured in the nonvolatile storage means within a frame and storing the same, and a nonvolatile storage means. Means for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the means, an image selecting means for selecting a display image from the moving images, and display management information for storing information relating to the displayed image on the same non-volatile storage means as the moving image Storage means.

According to this digital camera, one frame of still image data can be selected as a display image from a moving image, and the information relating to the selected display image can be stored in the same removable nonvolatile storage as the moving image. Can be recorded in the means. By attaching this detachable nonvolatile storage means to the display device, it is possible to display one frame image in the selected moving image.

Further, a digital camera according to a third aspect of the present invention comprises a removable nonvolatile storage means, an image capturing means for encoding a moving image captured in the nonvolatile storage means within a frame and storing the same, and a nonvolatile storage means. Means for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the means, image selecting means for selecting a transmission image from the moving image, and communication management information storage for storing information relating to the transmission image in the same non-volatile storage means as the moving image Means.

According to this digital camera, one frame of still image data can be selected as a transmission image from a moving image, and information relating to the selected transmission image can be stored in the same non-volatile storage as the moving image in a removable nonvolatile memory. Can be recorded in the means. By attaching the removable nonvolatile storage means to the communication device, it is possible to transmit one frame image of the selected moving image.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first aspect of the present invention is directed to a non-volatile storage device that is detachable, and a photographic device that encodes a moving image captured in the non-volatile storage device in a frame and stores the coded video.
A reproduction display unit that reproduces and displays a moving image from the nonvolatile storage unit; an image selection unit that selects an arbitrary one-frame image to be printed from the moving image; Print management information storage means for storing the same image in the nonvolatile storage means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-volatile storage unit, a photographic unit for encoding a moving image captured in the non-volatile storage unit in a frame and storing the coded video, and the non-volatile storage unit. A reproducing and displaying means for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the image, an image selecting means for selecting an arbitrary one frame image to be displayed from the moving image, and information on the selected display image being the same as the moving image. Display management information storage means for storing in a nonvolatile storage means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-volatile storage means, a photographic means for encoding a moving image taken in the non-volatile storage means within a frame and storing the same, and the non-volatile storage means. A playback / display unit for playing back and displaying a moving image from an image, an image selecting unit for selecting an arbitrary one-frame image to be transmitted from the moving image, and information relating to the selected transmission image as the same as the moving image. Communication management information storage means for storing in a nonvolatile storage means.

A fourth invention according to the present invention is directed to a non-volatile storage device which is detachable, a non-volatile storage device, a photographing device for encoding a moving image photographed in the non-volatile storage device within a frame and storing it, and the non-volatile storage device. A reproducing and displaying means for reproducing and displaying a moving image from an image, an image selecting means for selecting an arbitrary one frame image as a still image from the moving image, and a processing instruction sequence for the selected still image data, And management information storage means for storing the same in the same non-volatile storage means.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital camera according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 101 is an optical system, 102 is an image sensor, 103 is an A / D converter, 104 is a moving image signal processing circuit, 105 is intra-frame encoding processing means, and 106 is intra-frame encoded for a memory card. REC is a recording switch for writing the moving image in a file form that can be uniquely identified by a file name, and REC is a recording switch, and these constitute an imaging unit 119.

Reference numeral 108 denotes reproduction means for reading a moving image file by specifying a file name; 109, decoding processing means for decoding a moving image file encoded in a frame; 110, a display image storage memory; 111, a display signal processing circuit , 11
2 is a liquid crystal display (hereinafter simply referred to as liquid crystal), 11
Reference numeral 3 denotes a reproduction control input unit for controlling reproduction, frame advance, and the like, and these constitute a reproduction display unit 120.

Reference numeral 114 denotes print information input means for specifying a print image or print file for selecting a print image; and 115, a moving image information obtaining means for obtaining information on a video being displayed on the liquid crystal. Constitute.

Reference numeral 116 denotes print management information generating means for generating print management information, and recording means 106 for creating a moving image print management information file on a memory card, and these constitute a print management information storage means 117.

Reference numeral 122 denotes a flash memory card, which is a non-volatile memory that is detachable from the digital camera. This flash memory card 122 constitutes a removable nonvolatile storage means. Flash memory card 1
A moving image file 107 and a moving image print management information file 118 are stored in the DOS format 22.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the printing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes print management information acquisition means for acquiring the moving image print management information file 118 on the flash memory card 122. A print control unit 202 issues a print instruction according to the acquired print management information. Reference numeral 203 denotes an image selection / reading unit that reads one frame image selected from the moving image file 107 on the flash memory card 122, and 204 denotes a decoding processing unit that decodes an intra-frame coded image read by the image selection / reading unit 203. , 205 is a print image storage memory for storing the decoded frame image,
Reference numeral 206 denotes a print signal processing circuit that performs signal processing specific to printing on the frame image stored in the print image storage memory 205, and 207 denotes a printing unit that prints according to print control.

FIG. 3 shows a moving image file 10 according to the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing the contents of FIG. In FIG. 3, the inside of the moving image file 107 is composed of a plurality of intra-frame encoded frame images.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first example of the contents of the moving image print management information file 118 according to the present invention. 4, the contents of the moving image print management information file 118 include:
The number of lines indicates the number of information in the moving image print management information file 118. The image designation indicates that there is a frame image to be printed in the moving image file. The designated file name indicates a moving image file name to be printed. The frame designation indicates the number of the frame from the beginning of the moving image file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a directory structure in which the moving image print management information file 118 according to the present invention is stored. In FIG. 5, the moving image print management information file 11
8 and the like, the still image file and the moving image file have independent directory structures.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second example of the contents of the moving image print management information file 118 according to the present invention. FIG.
This is an example of the moving image print management information file 118 when a page break is specified.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an output result of the printing device or the display device according to the present invention.

The operation of the digital camera according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described below. FIG.
Suppose now that the recording switch REC is pressed. Then, the optical image of the subject formed by the optical system 101 is captured by the image sensor 102 as a moving image signal. The captured moving image signal is converted from analog to digital by the A / D converter 103, and the moving image signal processing circuit 1
At 04, signal processing is performed. The moving image signal on which the signal processing has been performed is intra-frame encoded by the intra-frame encoding processing unit 105 in units of one frame. The recording means 106 writes the intra-frame encoded moving image into the memory card in the form of a file that can be uniquely specified by a file name.

Now, by shooting, the moving image file “AA”
A. MOV ”,“ BBB. MOV ”is a flash memory card 12
2 is assumed to be stored inside.

FIG. 3 shows a moving image file 10 according to the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing the contents of FIG. In FIG. 3, the inside of the moving image file 107 is composed of a plurality of intra-frame encoded still images (for example, JPEG images). Since the image is intra-frame coded, the frame image can be decoded by reading out the frame unit.

By turning on the reproduction switch of the reproduction control input means 113, the user can view the captured moving image on the liquid crystal 112. That is, the reproduction unit 108
Reads out one moving image file and decodes it.
9. decoding the intra-frame encoded frame image in 9;
It is stored in the display image storage memory 110. The display signal processing circuit 111 performs signal processing such as display γ correction and contour correction on the frame image stored in the display image storage memory 110, so that a moving image is displayed on the liquid crystal 112. When the user presses the frame advance key of the reproduction control input means 113, a still image for each frame can be displayed on the liquid crystal 112 by frame advance.

In order for the user to select and register a video to be printed from a moving image file, first, the user selects a moving image file to be printed, for example, “AAA.MOV” by the reproduction control input means 113 and reproduces by the reproduction means 108. Display on the liquid crystal 112 and press the print file designation key. Then, the moving picture information acquiring means 115 is
To get the name of the video file being displayed. The print management information generating means 116 attaches a character string “IMAGE SRC FILE =” to the front of the file name, and the recording means 106 stores the moving image print management information file “AUTPRINT.MAK” in the flash memory card 122 as the first line. I do.

Next, the user uses the frame advance key to
It is assumed that the image of the third frame of the moving image file "AAA.MOV" is first displayed as the image to be printed. At this time, when the print designation key of the print information input unit 114 is pressed, the moving image information acquiring unit 115 acquires, from the reproducing unit 108, the name of the moving image file being displayed and the information of the frame of the moving image data. The print management information storage unit 117 stores “IMAGE SRC FRAM
= ”Followed by the file name and frame specification, and the movie print management information file“ AUTPRINT. The second line of the MAK “is stored in the flash memory card 122. Thereafter, a frame image to be printed is selected from the moving image file and stored in the flash memory card 122 by a similar operation, and up to the fourth line in FIG. Is created.

Next, when the user wants to print from another moving image file, the user selects the moving image file to be printed by the same operation, designates the frame, and specifies 5 to 5 in FIG.
A moving image print management information file up to the eighth line is created.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a directory structure in which a moving image print management information file according to the present invention is stored. In FIG. 5, a control file such as a moving image print management information file, a still image file, and a moving image file have independent directory structures. With such a directory structure, the flash memory card 12
When a file is automatically searched from step 2, search for a control file or a moving image file can be facilitated.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the printing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The operation of the printing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the user sets the flash memory card 1 in the printing apparatus 200 to print the selected video.
22 is attached. Then, the print management information acquisition unit 201
Finds a file named “AUTPRINT.MAK” and notifies the print control unit 202 and the image selection / reading unit 203 of the contents of the file.

Upon receiving the contents of the moving image print management information file “AUTPRINT.MAK”, the image selection / reading means 203 searches the moving image file in the flash memory card 122 for a print designation file, and reads the moving image file according to the frame designation information. Reads the image of the specified frame from the top. The read frame image encoded in the frame is decoded by the decoding processing unit 204 and stored in the print image storage memory 205. The frame image stored in the print image storage memory 205 is subjected to signal processing such as gradation correction and contour correction peculiar to printing by the print signal processing circuit 206, and the printing unit 207 performs printing in accordance with the instruction of the printing control unit 202.

With this configuration, a moving image print management information file having, as information, a frame image to be printed from a moving image file photographed by a digital camera can be stored on the same flash memory card as the moving image file. it can.

As described above, the name of the moving image display management information file is determined to be “AUTPRINT.MAK” or the like. Thus, after the flash memory card is inserted into the printing apparatus 200, it is possible to automatically print a frame image selected from a moving image file without a digital camera.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second example of the contents of the moving image print management information file according to the present invention. FIG. 6 shows an example of a moving image print management information file when a page break is specified.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an output result of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

The operation of printing when a page break is designated will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG.

First, a moving image file to be printed is selected and displayed on the liquid crystal 112 by the reproduction / display means 120. At this time,
By pressing the print file designation key, the moving image file name to be printed can be registered in the moving image print management information file “AUTPRINT.MAK”. Next, an arbitrary one-frame image of the moving image file is displayed as a video to be printed using the frame advance key. At this time, by pressing the print designation key of the print information input means 114, an image of any one frame of the moving image file to be printed can be registered in the moving image print management information file "AUTPRINT.MAK". Thereafter, a frame image to be printed is selected from the moving image file and stored in the flash memory card 122 by a similar operation. Then, up to the fifth line in FIG. 6 is created. Next, when the page break designation key of the print information input unit 114 is pressed, a character string "PAGE" is added after the character string "JOB =", and the sixth line in FIG. 6 is created. ”PA
GE "indicates a page break. Thereafter, a frame image to be further printed is selected from the moving image file and stored in the flash memory card 122. Then, the moving image print management information file" AUTPRINT. Create a MAK.

To print a frame image selected from a moving image file photographed by the digital camera of the present invention, first, the user mounts the flash memory card 122 on the printing apparatus 200 to print the selected frame image. Then, the print management information acquisition unit 201 sets “AU”
TPRINT. A file “MAK” is searched for, and the contents of the file are printed by the print control unit 202 and the image selection read unit 203
Notify.

Upon receiving the contents of the moving image print management information file "AUTPRINT.MAK", the image selection and reading means 203 searches for the specified file from the moving image files in the flash memory card 122, and uses the frame specifying information to start the moving image file. From the specified frame. The read frame image encoded in the frame is decoded by the decoding processing unit 204 and stored in the print image storage memory 205. The image selection and reading means 203 repeats this operation until a page break command, and stores the frame image in the print image storage memory 205. Printing control means 20
2 waits for printing until a page break command. The frame image stored in the print image storage memory 205 is subjected to print-specific signal processing such as gradation correction and contour correction adapted to the printing unit by the print signal processing circuit 206, and the printing unit 207 follows the instruction of the printing control unit 202. Perform multi-printing. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an output result of the printing apparatus. This is an example in which four frame images up to a page break command are multi-printed.

With this configuration, a moving image print management information file created with information (for example, frame number, multi-printing, etc.) relating to a frame image to be printed from a moving image file photographed by a digital camera is the same as the moving image file. Can be stored on a flash memory card.

As described above, the name of the moving image print management information file is determined to be “AUTPRINT.MAK” or the like. Thus, after the memory card is inserted into the printing apparatus, the multi-print of the selected image can be automatically performed without a digital camera.

In this embodiment, the operation has been described with the removable nonvolatile storage means as a flash memory card. However, similar effects can be obtained by using a removable nonvolatile storage medium such as a disk. be able to.

In the present embodiment, by shooting a moving image file as a one-frame still image file, a still image file to be printed is selected and the selected still image file is selected in the same manner as in a conventional digital camera. Can be recorded in the same removable non-volatile storage device as the still image file, and by mounting the removable non-volatile storage device in the printing device, the selected still image can be printed. can do.

In the present embodiment, the operation has been described using the page break information as the print management information. However, the user name, date, title, print type, number of prints, rotation information, etc. is there. Printing can be performed based on the print management information, or printing can be performed with the print management information.

(Embodiment 2) FIGS. 8 and 9 show the configuration of a display system using a digital camera according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 8, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 8, reference numeral 814 denotes a display information input unit for designating a display for selecting a display image and a display file. The display information input unit 814 constitutes an image selection unit 821 with the moving image information acquisition unit 115. Reference numeral 816 denotes a display management information generation unit that generates display management information, and forms a display management information storage unit 817 with the recording unit 106. A moving image display management information file 818 is stored in the flash memory card 122 in the DOS format.

In the present embodiment, similarly to the print system, the moving image file name selected by the user on the digital camera and the frame number of the specified frame image in the moving image file are stored as a moving image display management information file on the memory card. create. It is assumed that the created moving image display management information file describes at least a file name to be transmitted and a frame designation as in the print management information file shown in FIG.

The user mounts the flash memory card 122 on the display device 900 shown in FIG. 9 to display the selected video. Then, the display management information acquisition means 90
1 searches for a file named "AUTDISP.MAK" and notifies the display control means 902 and the image selection / reading means 903 of the contents of the file.

Upon receiving the contents of the moving image display management information file "AUTDISP.MAK", the image selection and reading means 903 searches for the specified file from the moving image files in the flash memory card 122, and starts the moving image file based on the frame specification information. From the specified frame. The read intra-frame encoded frame image is decoded by the decoding processing circuit 904 and stored in the display image storage memory 905. The display image processing circuit 906 performs display-specific signal processing such as γ correction and contour correction on the frame image stored in the display image storage memory 905, and
07 performs display according to the instruction of the display control means 902.

With this configuration, a moving image display management information file 818 having, as information, a frame image to be displayed from a moving image file photographed by a digital camera is stored on the same flash memory card 122 as the moving image file 107. Can be done.

As described above, the name of the moving image display management information file is determined to be “AUTDISP.MAK” or the like. This allows
After a memory card is inserted into the display device 900, display can be performed while automatically switching images without a digital camera.

In this embodiment, the operation has been described with the removable nonvolatile storage means as a flash memory card. However, similar effects can be obtained by using a removable nonvolatile storage medium such as a disk. be able to.

In the present embodiment, a still image file to be displayed is selected by photographing a moving image file as a one-frame still image file in the same manner as in a conventional digital camera. Can be recorded in the same removable nonvolatile storage means as the still image file, and by attaching this removable nonvolatile storage means to the printing apparatus, the selected still image can be displayed. can do.

In the present embodiment, the operation has been described using the file name and the frame number as the display management information. However, the user name, date, title, display type, display time, rotation information Etc. The display can be performed based on the display management information, or the display management information can be entered and displayed.

(Embodiment 3) FIGS. 10 and 11 show the configuration of a communication system using a digital camera according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. 10, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 10, reference numeral 1014 denotes a communication information input unit for designating a transmission image or a transmission file for selecting a transmission image, and the image selection unit 1021 is constituted by the moving image information acquisition unit 115. Reference numeral 1016 denotes communication management information generating means for generating communication management information,
The communication management information storage means 817 is configured by the above. 10
Reference numeral 18 denotes a moving image communication management information file stored in the flash memory card 122 in the DOS format.

In this embodiment, as in the print system, the moving image file name selected by the user on the digital camera and the frame number of the specified frame image in the moving image file are stored as a moving image communication management information file on the memory card. create. It is assumed that the created moving image communication management information file describes at least a file name to be transmitted and a frame designation as in the print management information file shown in FIG.

The user inserts the flash memory card 122 into the communication device 1100 shown in FIG. 11 to transmit the selected video. Then, the communication management information acquisition means 1
101 searches for a file “AUTSEND.MAK” and notifies the contents of the file to the communication control unit 1102 and the image selection and reading unit 1103.

Upon receiving the contents of the moving image communication management information file "AUTSEND.MAK", the image selection and reading means 1203 searches for the specified file from the moving image files in the flash memory card 122, and uses the frame specifying information to start the moving image file. From the specified frame. The read intraframe encoded frame image is decoded by the decoding processing unit 1104 and stored in the transmission image storage memory 1105. Transmission image storage memory 1105
The communication signal processing circuit 1106
Performs signal processing specific to communication such as contour correction and compression, and the communication unit 1107 performs transmission in accordance with an instruction from the communication control unit 1102.

With this configuration, a moving image communication management information file having, as information, a frame image to be transmitted from a moving image file photographed by a digital camera can be stored on the same flash memory card as the moving image file. it can.

As described above, the name of the moving image communication management information file is determined to be “AUTSEND.MAK” or the like. This allows
After a memory card is inserted into a communication device, transmission can be performed while automatically switching images without a digital camera.

In this embodiment, the operation has been described with the removable nonvolatile storage means as a flash memory card. However, similar effects can be obtained by using a removable nonvolatile storage medium such as a disk. be able to.

Further, in the present embodiment, by capturing a moving image file as a one-frame still image file, a still image file to be transmitted is selected and a selected still image file is selected in the same manner as in a conventional digital camera. Can be recorded in the same removable nonvolatile storage means as the still image file, and by attaching this removable nonvolatile storage means to the communication device,
The selected still image can be transmitted.

In the present embodiment, the operation has been described using the file name and the frame number for the communication management information. However, the user name, date, title, transmission type, number of transmissions, rotation information Etc. Transmission can be performed based on these pieces of communication management information, or transmission can be performed by including these pieces of communication management information.

[0087]

As described above, according to the digital camera of the present invention, the removable nonvolatile storage means, the photographing means for encoding a moving image photographed in the nonvolatile storage means within a frame and storing the same, Reproduction display means for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the sexual storage means, image selection means for selecting a print image from the moving images, and print management for storing information about the print image in the same non-volatile storage means as the moving image Information storage means, a one-frame image can be selected as a print image from a moving image, and information relating to the selected print image can be recorded in the same removable non-volatile storage means as the moving image. With this configuration, it is possible to print one frame image in a selected moving image by attaching the removable nonvolatile storage unit to a printing apparatus. It is possible to provide a digital camera to realize Kill printing system, the effect is obtained that.

According to the digital camera of the present invention,
Detachable nonvolatile storage means, photographing means for encoding and storing a moving image photographed in the nonvolatile storage means in a frame, reproduction display means for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the nonvolatile storage means, An image selection unit for selecting a display image from among them; and a display management information storage unit for storing information relating to the display image in the same non-volatile storage unit as the moving image, wherein one frame image is displayed as a display image from the moving image. The removable nonvolatile storage means can be selected and the information related to the selected display image can be recorded in the same removable nonvolatile storage means as the moving image. A digital camera that realizes a display system capable of displaying one frame image in a selected moving image by being mounted on a digital camera can be provided. The effect is obtained that.

According to the digital camera of the present invention,
Detachable nonvolatile storage means, photographing means for encoding and storing a moving image photographed in the nonvolatile storage means in a frame, reproduction display means for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the nonvolatile storage means, An image selection unit for selecting a transmission image from among them; and a communication management information storage unit for storing information related to the transmission image in the same non-volatile storage unit as the moving image. The removable nonvolatile storage means can be selected and the information related to the selected transmission image can be recorded in the same removable nonvolatile storage means as the moving image. A digital camera that realizes a communication system capable of transmitting one frame image of a selected moving image by being mounted on a digital camera can be provided. The effect is obtained that.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital camera according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a printing apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents of a moving image file according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first example of the contents of a print management information file according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a directory structure in which print management information files are stored in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second example of the contents of the print management information file according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an output result of a printing device or a display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital camera according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital camera according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional digital camera.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Optical system 102 Image sensor 103 A / D converter 104 Video signal processing circuit 105 In-frame encoding processing means 106 Recording means 107 Video file 108 Reproduction means 109 Decoding processing means 110 Display image storage memory 111 Display signal processing circuit 112 Liquid crystal 113 playback control input means 114 print information input means 115 moving picture information obtaining means 116 print management information generating means 117 print management information storage means 118 moving picture print management information file 119 shooting means 120 playback display means 121 image selection means 122 flash memory card

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A removable nonvolatile storage means, an imaging means for encoding and storing a moving image captured in the nonvolatile storage means in a frame, and a reproduction for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the nonvolatile storage means Display means; image selecting means for selecting an arbitrary one-frame image to be printed from a moving image; and print management for storing information about the selected print image in the same non-volatile storage means as the moving image. A digital camera comprising information storage means. 2. A removable non-volatile storage unit, an imaging unit for encoding a moving image captured in the non-volatile storage unit in a frame and storing the same, and a reproduction unit for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the non-volatile storage unit Display means, image selecting means for selecting an arbitrary one frame image to be displayed from a moving image, and display management for storing information relating to the selected display image in the same non-volatile storage means as the moving image A digital camera comprising information storage means. 3. A removable non-volatile storage unit, an imaging unit that encodes a moving image captured in the non-volatile storage unit within a frame and stores the same, and a reproduction unit that reproduces and displays a moving image from the non-volatile storage unit Display means; image selecting means for selecting an arbitrary one-frame image to be transmitted from a moving image; and communication management for storing information on the selected transmitted image in the same non-volatile storage means as the moving image. A digital camera comprising information storage means. 4. A removable nonvolatile storage means, an imaging means for encoding a moving image captured in the nonvolatile storage means within a frame and storing the same, and a reproduction for reproducing and displaying a moving image from the nonvolatile storage means Display means; image selecting means for selecting an arbitrary one-frame image as a still image from a moving image; and a processing instruction sequence for the selected still image data stored in the same non-volatile storage means as the moving image A digital camera comprising: