JP2000092437A5

JP2000092437A5 - Imaging device and imaging method

Info

Publication number: JP2000092437A5
Application number: JP1998262846A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 1998-09-17
Publication date: 2005-10-20

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
この発明は、撮影画像を外部記憶媒体に記憶する撮像装置および撮像方法に関する。 [0001]
[Technical field to which the invention belongs]
The present invention relates to an imaging device and an imaging method for storing captured images in an external storage medium.

従って、この発明の目的は、動画記録機能を持つことができ、連続する動きの複数の静止画像データをパーソナルコンピュータで広く利用されている画像フォーマットに変換できる機能を有する撮像装置および撮像方法を提供することにある。 Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an imaging device and an imaging method that can have a moving image recording function and have a function of converting a plurality of still image data of continuous motion into an image format widely used in a personal computer. To do.

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【課題を解決するための手段】
以上の問題を解決するために、請求項１の発明は、
被写体を撮像し画像データを生成する撮像手段と、
撮像手段により生成された画像データを記憶する記憶手段と、
記憶手段により記憶された複数の画像データから単一の画像ファイルを生成するファイル化手段と、
ファイル化手段により生成された画像ファイルを記録媒体に記録する記録手段とを備える撮像装置である。
0005
[Means for solving problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 is
An imaging means that images a subject and generates image data,
A storage means for storing image data generated by the imaging means, and a storage means.
A file-forming means that generates a single image file from a plurality of image data stored by the storage means ,
It is an imaging apparatus including a recording means for recording an image file generated by a file forming means on a recording medium.

Claims

Imaging means for imaging a subject and generating image data;
Storage means for storing image data generated by the imaging means ;
Filing means for generating a single image file from the plurality of image data stored by the storage means ;
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a recording unit that records the image file generated by the filing unit on a recording medium.

The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the imaging unit performs imaging at a predetermined set time interval .

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the filing unit generates a single image file from a plurality of the image data continuously captured by the imaging unit.

A setting unit for setting a shooting mode;
When the first photographing mode is set by the setting means, the storage means stores image data of the first image size, and when the second photographing mode is set by the setting means, The storage means stores image data having a second image size smaller than the first image size,
2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the filing unit generates the image file only when the second shooting mode is set by the setting unit.

A compression unit for compressing the image data stored in the storage unit;
2. The file forming means forms a file format in which a plurality of pairs of compressed data and control data compressed by the compressing means follow the header and are grouped by the last data. The imaging device described.

The compression means compresses the image data by a color reduction process for shortening one data bit length by setting color information to a predetermined gradation or less, and a data compression process by the LZW method,
6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the filing unit generates a file in a GIF file format.

An imaging step of imaging a subject and generating image data;
A storage step for storing the image data generated by the imaging step;
A filing step for generating a single image file from the plurality of image data stored in the storage step;
A recording step of recording the image file generated by the filing step on a recording medium.

The imaging method according to claim 7, wherein the imaging step performs imaging at a predetermined set time interval.

8. The imaging method according to claim 7, wherein the filing step generates a single image file from a plurality of the image data continuously photographed by the imaging step.

A setting step for setting a shooting mode;
When the first shooting mode is set by the setting step, the storing step stores image data of the first image size, and when the second shooting mode is set by the setting step, The storing step includes a second image smaller than the first image size. In addition to storing image data of size,
8. The imaging method according to claim 7, wherein the filing step generates the image file only when the second shooting mode is set in the setting step.

A compression step of compressing the image data stored in the storage step;
8. The file forming step forms a file format in which a plurality of pairs of compressed data and control data compressed by the compressing step follow a header and are grouped together with the last data. The imaging method described.

The compression step compresses the image data by a color reduction process for shortening one data bit length by setting color information to a predetermined gradation or less, and a data compression process by the LZW method,
12. The imaging method according to claim 11, wherein the filing step generates a GIF file format file.