JP2002354309A - Digital camera link system and record medium recording image data processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store image data of a digital camera automatically at a storage section being classified in the hierarchy structure of a database. SOLUTION: The digital camera ling system comprises a step (S1) for constructing a database for storing image data by an image control server; (S2) for creating a photograph list template based on the database, (S3) for creating a middle file which is associated with the cut name of the photograph list template, (S4) for copying the photograph list template to the digital camera, (S5) for creating the photograph list file, when the photograph list template is selected, (S6) for selecting the cut name of the photograph list file, (S7) for photographing a image of the subject, (S8) for storing the photographed image data, associating the data with the photograph list file, and updating the photograph list file, (S9) for allowing the server to read the photograph list file, (S10) for analyzing the photograph list file, (S11) for determining a storage destination in comparison with the middle file, and (S12) for sticking the image data on the database.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a database for managing image data, a digital camera cooperation system for facilitating processing of the image data acquired by a digital camera or the like in a database, and a recording medium for recording an image data processing program. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The prototype of a digital camera is an electronic still camera, and practically started with Mavica (manufactured by Sony Corporation) released around 1981. Since then, with the development of high-definition and low-priced imaging devices CCD, large-capacity and small-size recording medium card memory, and the emergence of JPEG semiconductor chips that are still image compression coding systems, current digital cameras have Miniaturization, low cost, and high performance are progressing.

[0003] Also, the rapid spread of mobile phones, the miniaturization of personal computers called notebooks, and the PDA (Personal Digit) represented by Zaurus (manufactured by Sharp Corporation).
al Assistant), the environment in which devices can be used while on the move has been prepared, and digital cameras, which have become widespread as image input means, can be connected to a personal computer or a network, and can be used not only for images, but also for audio and video. As the capture of all image information, it has become an important element of multimedia systems.

[0004] In addition, digital cameras are required to be compatible with more sophisticated functions such as a connection function with the Internet, a function of managing personal information, and a presentation function.

Further, not only for managing information such as documents, but also for image data including image data and the like obtained by the digital camera, a database for managing the data is used and is being used in various industries.

Since a large number of image data is photographed and managed by using a digital camera, there is a function for preventing a user from forgetting to take necessary image data. Items to be photographed, titles, cut names, etc. are previously stored on a host computer. And write in script format.

[0007] For example, a photographing list template file "ha" in which the title name is "flower" and the cut names are "rose", "tulip", "violet", "sunflower", and "hydrangea" are described.
na.lst "is shown in FIG. This photographing list template file is transferred by a recording medium (compact flash (registered trademark): CF or the like) or a communication means such as a USB and stored in a predetermined area of a built-in memory. A cut name is displayed on a display unit such as an LCD at the time of photographing by the digital camera.

When photographing is performed by the digital camera, a photographing list file “hana.lst” shown in FIG. 11 after photographing is created based on the photographing list template file. As shown in FIG. 11, in the photographing list file “hana.lst” after photographing, it can be seen that the RIMG003.jpg file was photographed with a cut name of “rose”. Also "sunflower"
With the cut name, it can be seen that none of the images have been shot. As described above, by registering the cut names of the image data to be photographed in advance by the photographing list template file, it is possible to prevent forgetting to take the image data and to improve the efficiency of business photographing.

[0009]

However, in the above-described conventional example, after transferring the image data in the photographing list file to the host computer, the process of distributing the fetched image data to the storage positions of the respective layers in the hierarchically structured database is performed. It had to be done and the process required a lot of time.

[0010] That is, regarding the creation of a database for managing the image data and the processing of the image data obtained by the digital camera or the like, the storage of the image data captured by the digital camera in the database constructed on the host computer. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a transfer process to the storage location of the database while confirming the image data because the image data needs to be classified and stored.

As described above, since the constructed database has a hierarchical structure for storing and classifying more information, a complicated process of searching for and storing each hierarchy such as a related storage location is performed. There was a problem that had to be done.

The present invention is directed to solving the problems of the prior art, and classifies and stores image data captured and acquired by a digital camera or the like in a storage location classified into a hierarchical structure such as a database. It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital camera cooperation system that automatically performs an operation and a recording medium that records an image data processing program.

[0013]

In order to achieve this object, a digital camera cooperation system and a recording medium recording an image data processing program according to claims 1, 10 and 19 of the present invention operate on a host computer. And
A digital camera cooperation system that processes image data with a database that manages image data, and an image data processing program, wherein a cut name for each image data is stored in a database as a shooting list of image data shot by a digital camera. With a configuration in which a shooting list template described in a hierarchical structure is created for inputting image data, a shooting list corresponding to a cut name of image data stored in a database can be created.

According to the second, eleventh and twentieth aspects of the present invention, an intermediate file for converting the hierarchical structure of the cut names into a simplified notation is provided, and a photograph having a simplified notation of the cut name associated with the intermediate file is provided. With the configuration for creating the list template, it is possible to support a database having a multi-layered structure using cut names in a simple notation.

According to the third, fourth, twelfth, thirteenth, and twenty-second aspects of the present invention, the simplified notation indicating the cut name of the hierarchical structure is indicated in order from the upper hierarchical level or the lower hierarchical level of the hierarchical structure. By selecting from the notation, and further changing the cut name arbitrarily, a shooting list template using the changed cut name is created, thereby changing the cut name as desired by the user. Can be created.

Further, claims 5, 6, 14, 15 and 2
According to the description of Item 3, the image data shot by the digital camera based on the shooting list template and associated with the cut name is automatically stored in the database according to the shooting list file and the intermediate file updated with the shooting from the shooting list template. To store,
By automatically storing the image data associated with the cut name in the area indicated by the cut name in the database according to the cut name and the intermediate file, it is possible to store the image data in the designated area using the shooting list file and the intermediate file. it can.

According to the present invention, the image data associated with the cut name is stored in the database when there is no corresponding area indicated by the cut name in the database. With the configuration for creating the area indicated by (1) and storing the image data, the configuration of the database can be restored and the image data can be stored in a predetermined area.

Further, according to the present invention, the image data attached to the mail is stored in a photographing list file attached to the mail transmitted / received via the Internet. Automatically storing the image data attached to the mail in the specified area of the database based on the cut name of the header of the mail transmitted and received via the Internet. With such a configuration, image data transmitted and received by e-mail can be stored in the database.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a digital camera cooperation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
In the figure, 100 is a digital camera that captures and acquires image data, 200 is a host computer on which an image management server having functions such as a database server or a mail server operates, and 300 is a signal line connecting the digital camera 100 and the host computer 200 ( For example, it is a communication means using an RS232C, USB, or the like) or a network (for example, the Internet).

For example, the host computer 2 shown in FIG.
At 00, a photographing list template indicating a photographing instruction is created. The image data is transferred to the digital camera 100 via the communication unit 300 as a shooting list template indicating a cut name of image data shot by the digital camera 100. The digital camera 100 performs a desired photographing using the photographing list template. Then, the digital camera 100 transfers the captured image data to the host computer 200 and stores it in the database.

An outline of a basic operation in a processing program for image data photographed by the digital camera 100 will be described. First, in the host computer 200, a user composes a document or folder and composes a configuration of a photographing work (a purpose of the photograph, a composition, detailed photographing conditions, work instructions after photographing, etc.), and as a photographing instruction, a database hierarchy. Create a shooting list template consisting of the cut names of the structure.

The photographing list template is transmitted to the communication unit 3
Then, the image data is transferred to the digital camera 100 via the camera 00, the image is captured in accordance with the image capturing instruction of the image capturing list template, and the captured image data is transmitted to the host computer 200.

The host computer 200 pastes the image data transferred from the digital camera 100 into the storage area of the database that stores the image data, at the storage position of the database associated with the cut name of the photographing list template.

The photographing instruction of the photographing list template may be a text document or instruction drawing for giving an instruction to the operator as shown in FIG. 2, but the processing according to the photographing instruction is performed by a digital camera. It also includes operation commands for automatically executing the command.

Next, a digital camera according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of FIG. As shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 00 denotes a system control unit 101 that controls the entire digital camera, a camera unit 102 that captures an image of a subject and outputs image data, and image data that performs image processing and the like on image data output from the camera unit 102 A recording / reproducing unit 103, a display unit 104 for displaying image data and the like,
Audio data recording and playback for recording and playback of audio data
A reproduction unit 105, an operation unit 106 for a user to give a digital camera operation instruction, and a touch panel operation unit 10
And a recording unit 1 for storing various data such as image data
08, the PC / IF unit 109, and the card slot unit 11
0 and a power supply unit 111.

The system control unit 101 is a unit for controlling the entire digital camera 100,
According to the program stored in the ROM 114, the SD-
A CPU 112 for performing various controls of a digital camera using a RAM 113 as a work area; and a FLASH-R in which control programs, fonts, icons, and the like are recorded.
An OM 114 and an SD-RAM 113 used as a work area of the CPU 112 are provided.

Further, the system control unit 101 determines that the AE / A
F. AWB processing, image editing / combining processing (processing of retouching / overwriting characters, etc.), shooting list processing (list creation / folder management), encryption / digital watermarking processing, and memory control are performed.

As described above, the camera unit 102 is for imaging a subject and outputting image data, and includes a lens (zoom lens, focus lens) for forming a subject image, a shutter, and an iris ( Motor for driving the aperture, etc., a motor driver for driving the motor, a CCD for converting the formed subject image into an electric signal (analog image data), a CCD drive for driving the CCD A CCD circuit for reducing noise of image data output from the CCD; an A / D converter for converting analog image data output from the CCD into digital signals (digital image data);

The image data recording / reproducing unit 103 is an IPP
115 and a frame memory 116.
Control the CCD drive timing and the lens motor to control focusing, exposure adjustment, image signal compression / expansion, and signal processing to display the image signal on the LCD of the display unit 104. Various graphic images for the interface are generated and displayed on the LCD of the display unit 104.

The display unit 104 has an LCD, displays images, and displays graphics for a user interface.

The recording unit 108 records image data, thumbnail image data, mail data, handwritten data, audio data, and other data. PC / IF section 10
Reference numeral 9 denotes an interface for data communication with an external device (for example, a personal computer) using RS232C, USB, or the like. The card slot section 110 is an adapter for inserting a PC card conforming to the PCMCIA standard.
As a PC card, a data communication card or the like for performing wireless or wired data communication is inserted into the card slot.

The operation unit 106 is for the user to give a digital camera operation instruction, and includes operation buttons (a release key (shutter) for giving a photography instruction, a JOBNAVI button for selecting a photography list mode, a zoom lens Zoom lever, ME for setting magnification
NU key, etc.), a mode dial for selecting various modes, a key control unit for detecting the state of the operation buttons and the mode dial and notifying the system control unit 101 of the status.

The mode dial is used to select a recording mode, a communication mode, and the like. The touch panel operation unit 107 includes a touch panel unit attached to the LCD of the display unit 104 and an input from the touch panel unit.
And a panel control unit for notifying the control unit 2.

The audio data recording / reproducing unit 105 includes a microphone, an amplifier, an A / D converter, a D / A converter, and the like. Is output to the system control unit 101 as
Data input from the system control unit 101 is D / A converted and output from a speaker.

The digital camera 100 described above is capable of photographing still images, moving images, recording audio, and recording binary images. The digital camera 100 further includes an e-mail transmission / reception function, a Web browsing function, and an automatic HTML creation function. I have. Also,
The above-described system control unit 101 includes a shooting list mode for performing shooting using a shooting list. In the shooting list mode, the system control unit 101 has a mode holding function, and stores mode information in the SD-RAM 113. When the mode is switched to another mode or the power is turned off during the execution of the shooting list mode, the previous shooting list mode can be taken over, and work can be performed from where the shooting list mode was interrupted.

Next, an outline of the basic operation of photographing of the digital camera 100 having the above configuration will be described. In the camera unit 102, after the subject image formed on the CCD via the lens is converted into image data (electric signals), noise is removed by the CDS circuit, and is converted into digital image data by the A / D converter. Is done. This digital image data is stored in the IPP11
5 and a frame memory (SD-RAM) 116
After that, image processing such as white balance adjustment, aperture correction, and gradation correction and data compression processing are performed by the IPP 115, and the frame memory (SD-RA
M) 116. Frame memory (SD-R
AM) 116 is recorded in the recording unit 108 by the CPU 112.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing multifunctional file management database software (hereinafter, referred to as an image management server) according to the present embodiment. This image management server has a communication function in addition to multimedia browsing, image editing, and printing functions. With this function, it is possible to construct a hierarchically structured area in which files are automatically stored inside the database in response to external file transfer.

Further, in cooperation with a digital camera having a communication function, in addition to a normal connection cable and the like, information of a photographing list, such as a hierarchical structure, which can be decoded only by an image management server is added by mail via the Internet. Thereby, the image data shot in the database can be automatically sorted. In addition, it is also possible to create information of a shooting list from a hierarchical structure.

Each function of the multifunctional file management database software shown in FIG. 4 will be described. First, a toolbar is prepared by the toolbar function 210 so that the end user can easily operate each function. Toolbar function 21
0 activates various functions.

The user management function 211 has a function of registering a user account for accessing each database. The user management function 211 enables appropriate user access to the database in accordance with the input of a user name and a password, and the system management is performed for each user. It is possible to restrict access to the database. It also has an email account registration function.

The communication processing function 212 receives / transmits mail from various lines via a LAN connection or a modem connection. For example, it supports a predetermined protocol such as POP3 and receives an attached file in a predetermined format such as BASE64. Depending on the setting, a mail reception file analysis function described later is activated when a mail is received, or the received mail file analysis function is executed once every predetermined time. Further, the user management is performed by the mail address registered by the user management function 211.

The received mail file analysis function 213 analyzes a text document described at the head of the received mail,
It has a function of copying image data to a predetermined folder.
When a predetermined file such as a photographing list file (for example, * .lst) exists as an attached file of the mail, a file analysis function described later is activated.

The file analysis function 214 opens a shooting list file and analyzes a text document. Based on this analysis result, the associated information file (intermediate file)
To determine the storage area.

The photographing list creation function 215 generates a photographing list template including cut names of image data to be photographed in a format usable by a digital camera. Here, a shooting list template is generated from the hierarchical structure in the database. An intermediate file is created based on the limit on the number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit of the digital camera, and a complicated hierarchical structure is managed from information on the intermediate file.

When a photographing list file from a digital camera is read, a photographing list import function 216 reads a still image (* .jpg), a moving image, The file of the binarized image is copied and transferred to the storage area of the database (each folder in the registration box). Thus, the file can be stored in a specific location of the hierarchical structure by the shooting list file, and at this time, when the target storage area does not exist, the storage area is automatically generated.

The database creation / selection function 217 creates a registration box that is the root of the database. In this registration box, a plurality of image data (still images, moving images, and the like) are managed, and folders are provided in a hierarchical structure for managing the plurality of image data, and management for each folder is performed.

The database browsing function 218 has a file management function of a hierarchical structure (a function similar to Explorer in Windows of an operating system manufactured by Microsoft Corporation), and selects one hierarchical folder from a plurality of folders for each registration box. To display a thumbnail. A database list function 218 activates a shooting list creation function 215 and a shooting list capture function 216 in response to a user operation.

The print function 219 activates a driver program to print image data (color, monochrome, etc.) managed by the database with a predetermined printer.

The image editing function 220 performs a function of drawing a figure such as a straight line or a circle on the image data, and a function of editing the image data such as attaching and trimming the image data.

The database file system 221 includes:
This is a file system provided by the operating system of the system, and has functions such as copying and deleting files, and creating and deleting folders.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a series of processes of the image data processing program according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, a database such as a registration box and a folder for storing image data is constructed by a database creation / selection function 217 selected from the toolbar function 210 shown in FIG. (S1).

For example, in a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. 6, a registration box "building" and a folder "building A" are provided, and in the lower hierarchy, folders "concrete work", "general matters", "temporary work", etc. In the lower layer of "concrete work", a storage area for image data configured in a multi-layer structure, such as "mold installation inspection", is created.

Further, an imaging list template is created by the imaging list creation function 215 based on the database (S2). At this time, if there are a plurality of databases, a desired database is searched and selected. From the selected database, a shooting list is created from a hierarchically structured registration box and folder structure. At this time, the number of characters that can be displayed as a shooting instruction is limited due to the configuration limitation of the display unit 104 provided in the digital camera 100 shown in FIG.

For this reason, in the multi-level item list shown in FIG. 6, for example, the cut name “building A / concrete work / mold building inspection / foundation / beam” is used as in the photographing list template shown in FIG. An intermediate file is created which is associated with the cut name abbreviated as “beam / foundation / mold” (S3). Here, since the abbreviated notation can be used by using the intermediate file for the cut name of the shooting list template, the order of the notation can be further changed from the upper layer or the lower layer of the hierarchical structure to the user's convenience. And an intermediate file can be created by associating with the notation.

The created intermediate file is stored in the host computer in association with the shooting list template. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an intermediate file of the photographing list template shown in FIG.

In the case of a complicated hierarchical structure,
There are too many cut names. this is,
When photographing with a digital camera, problems such as an increase in scroll processing in checking image data and the like occur. Therefore, it is more convenient to create a plurality of shooting list templates and reduce the number of cut names. By limiting the number of cuts, the number of images for which the user can specify the number of cuts created by one shooting list template is provided. By performing this designation, the shooting list template is divided into a plurality of files and output.

The created photographing list template can be connected to the digital camera 100 via a recording medium such as a compact flash or the digital camera 100 via a communication means 300 capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the digital camera 100.
0 is stored in a predetermined storage area.

In the digital camera 100, the shooting list template is copied to a folder “Template” as shown in the DCF standard of FIG. 8 (S4). This Template
A plurality of shooting list templates can be copied to the folder. When the shooting list template (kouji.lst) is selected by a user operation, the folder (102RL) is selected.
IST) and a shooting list file (kouji.lst) are created (S5).

Further, the user selects a cut name in the photographing list file (S6), and photographs the subject to be photographed (S7). This series of operations is repeated. The photographed image data is saved and associated with the photographing list file (kouji.lst, RIMG001.jpg,...). This shooting list file is updated for each shooting (S8).

When the digital camera 100 acquires the image data specified in the photographing list, the digital camera 100 sends the photographing list file and the image data to the host computer 200 along the reverse route to the above-described photographing list template.

The image management server of the host computer 200 reads the photographing list file from the received photographing list file and image data by the photographing list import function 216 (S9). An analysis is performed by the file analysis function 214 (S10), a comparison is made between the shooting list file and the associated intermediate file, a storage location of the image data database is determined, and an instruction to copy each image data to the storage location is issued. Issue (S11).

At this time, if the storage location on the database side cannot be found for some reason by comparing the shooting list file with the intermediate file, the shooting list capturing function 2
16 creates a storage area. For this reason, even when the original database that created the shooting list template is accidentally deleted, the database can be restored based on the shooting list file.

In accordance with the command issued in step S11, the photographed image data is attached to the folder of each layer of the constructed database (S12).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a series of processes of an image data processing program according to another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 in that a mail is sent via the Internet instead of a recording medium or a signal line for transmitting and receiving a photographing list file and image data after photographing processing.

Using the mail function of the digital camera 100 of the present embodiment and the mail server function of the image management server, the photographing list file and the image data are fetched. In the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, the description of the same processing described in the flowchart of FIG. 5 will be omitted because it becomes complicated, and different processing will be described.

In FIG. 9, when the photographing process is completed by the digital camera 100 and the updating and saving of the photographing list file and the image data are completed (S8), the mail function is started to store the photographed image data in the database. Then, a folder for storing the shooting list file to be transmitted is selected (S20).

The image data of the photographing and the photographing list file are designated and transmitted as attachment files to the transmitted mail (S
21). Alternatively, a text (cut name) associated with the image data is input to the mail header, and the image data is attached and transmitted.

As a mail server function on the image management server side, the digital camera 10
When the mail from 0 is received (S22), it is checked by the received mail file analysis function 213 that operates periodically whether the attached file of the mail has a photographing list file or a text (cut name) in the header (S23).

The photographing list file or the text (cut name) in the header portion is obtained from the received photographing list file and image data by the photographing list capturing function 216.
Is read (S24). A command for performing analysis by the file analysis function 214, comparing with a photographing list file or an intermediate file associated with a cut name, determining a storage location of a database of image data, and copying each image data to the storage location Is issued (S25).
According to this instruction, the image data photographed is attached to the folder of each hierarchy of the constructed database (S26).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, necessary image data can be reliably photographed based on the constructed hierarchical database, and the image data photographed by the digital camera can be obtained. It can be automatically pasted to the storage database.

[0072]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Based on the constructed hierarchical structure database, a shooting list of shooting instructions in the digital camera can be created, and necessary image data can be reliably shot,
The image data captured by the digital camera can be automatically attached to the storage destination database, and the image data can be managed efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a digital camera cooperation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a shooting list template according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing multifunctional file management database software according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a series of processes of an image data processing program according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a storage area of image data configured in a multi-layer structure of a database according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an intermediate file of a shooting list template according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a DCF standard folder according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a series of processes of an image data processing program according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a conventional shooting list template file.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a conventional shooting list file.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100 digital camera 200 host computer 300 communication means

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Claims (26)

[Claims] 1. A digital camera cooperation system that operates on a host computer and processes the image data with a database that manages the image data, wherein the image data is stored as a photographing list of the image data photographed by a digital camera. A digital camera cooperation system comprising means for creating a shooting list template in which a cut name for each data is described in a hierarchical structure for inputting the image data into the database. 2. An apparatus for generating an intermediate file for converting the hierarchical structure of the cut names into a simplified notation, wherein an imaging list template having the cut name in the simplified notation associated with the intermediate file is created. The digital camera cooperation system according to claim 1. 3. The digital camera cooperation system according to claim 1, further comprising means for selecting from notations shown in an order from an upper layer or a lower layer of the hierarchical structure. 4. The digital camera cooperation according to claim 2, further comprising means for arbitrarily changing the cut name, and creating a photographing list template using the cut name changed by the means. system. 5. An image data photographed by a digital camera based on the photographing list template and associated with a cut name is automatically stored in a database according to a photographing list file and an intermediate file updated with the photographing from the photographing list template. 3. The digital camera cooperation system according to claim 2, further comprising a storage unit. 6. A means for automatically storing image data associated with the cut name in an area indicated by the cut name in a database according to the cut name and an intermediate file. Digital camera cooperation system. 7. When there is no corresponding area indicated by the cut name in a database for storing image data associated with the cut name, an area indicated by the cut name is created on the database and the image data is stored. 7. The digital camera cooperation system according to claim 5, further comprising: means. 8. A method for automatically storing image data attached to a mail in a designated area of a database based on a photographing list file attached to the mail transmitted and received via the Internet. The digital camera cooperation system according to claim 5 or 7, wherein: 9. The image data attached to the mail,
8. The digital camera cooperation system according to claim 6, further comprising means for automatically storing in a designated area of a database based on a cut name of a header part of a mail transmitted and received via the Internet. 10. An image data processing program for a digital camera cooperation system that operates on a host computer and processes the image data with a database that manages the image data. A recording medium storing an image data processing program, having a function of creating a photographing list template in which a cut name for each image data is described as a photographing list and a hierarchical structure for inputting the image data into the database; . 11. A function of creating an intermediate file for converting the hierarchical structure of the cut names into simplified notation, and creating a photographing list template having the cut name of the simplified notation associated with the intermediate file. A recording medium on which the image data processing program according to claim 10 is recorded. 12. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein said recording medium has a function of selecting from notations shown in an order from an upper layer or a lower layer of said hierarchical structure. 13. The image data according to claim 11, further comprising a function of arbitrarily changing the cut name, and creating a photographing list template using the cut name changed by the function. A recording medium on which a processing program is recorded. 14. An image data taken by a digital camera based on the photographing list template and associated with a cut name is automatically stored in a database according to a photographing list file and an intermediate file updated with the photographing from the photographing list template. 12. A recording medium recording the image data processing program according to claim 11, wherein the recording medium has a function of storing. 15. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a function of automatically storing image data associated with the cut name in an area indicated by the cut name in a database according to the cut name and an intermediate file. A recording medium on which an image data processing program is recorded. 16. When there is no corresponding area indicated by the cut name in a database for storing image data associated with the cut name, an area indicated by the cut name is created on the database and the image data is stored. 16. A recording medium on which the image data processing program according to claim 14 has a function. 17. A function of automatically storing image data attached to the mail in a designated area of the database based on a photographing list file attached to the mail transmitted and received via the Internet. A recording medium on which the image data processing program according to claim 14 or 16 is recorded. 18. A function of automatically storing image data attached to the mail in a designated area of a database based on a cut name in a header part of the mail transmitted and received via the Internet. Claim 1
A recording medium on which the image data processing program according to 5 or 16 is recorded. 19. An image data processing program which operates on a host computer and can create setting contents used for image data management of a digital camera, comprising: a cut name for each image data to be photographed by the digital camera. A function to create a shooting list by inputting a shooting list, a function to create a shooting list template in which cut names in the shooting list are described in a hierarchical structure, and a function to understand the shooting list template in a format that can be understood by the digital camera. An image data processing program having a transfer function. 20. A function of creating an intermediate file for converting at least a part of the hierarchical structure of the cut names so as to reduce the hierarchical structure, and creating a shooting list template having a hierarchical structure converted by the intermediate file. 20. The image data processing program according to claim 19, further comprising: 21. The apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising a function capable of selecting to show the photographing list template in an order from a higher order or a lower order in a hierarchical structure.
0. An image data processing program according to claim 1. 22. The image according to claim 19, further comprising a function of arbitrarily changing the cut name and a function of creating a photographing list template using the cut name changed by the function. Data processing program. 23. When image data photographed by the digital camera and associated with the cut name is transferred to a host computer, the image data is automatically stored in an area indicated by the cut name in a photographing list template on the host computer according to the intermediate file. 23. An image data processing program according to claim 20, having a function of storing the image data. 24. When there is no corresponding area indicated by the cut name for storing image data associated with the cut name in a host computer, an area indicating the cut name is created on the host computer and the image data is stored. 24. A function of storing the
The image data processing program according to the description. 25. When image data associated with the cut name is attached to a mail transmitted via the Internet and transferred to the host computer, based on an attribute of a shooting list file included in the image data. 25. The image data processing program according to claim 24, further comprising a function of automatically storing the image data in a designated area on the host computer. 26. When the image data associated with the cut name is attached to a mail transmitted via the Internet and transferred to the host computer, the image data on the host computer is read based on the header information of the mail. 24. The image processing apparatus according to claim 24, further comprising a function of automatically storing data in a designated area.
5. The image data processing program according to 5.