JP2003338970A - Information processing unit, data storage device, data transfer system, method for transferring data, method for controlling data, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To alleviate the load of the designating work of data to be transferred by an operator by enabling data according to a theme to be once written in an electronic device. <P>SOLUTION: A personal computer 105 holds a plurality of types of data in a contents storage unit 101, and transfers the data relating between the various types as group data to a digital camera 106. The camera 106 stores the group data received from the computer 105 in a contents storage unit 107. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device, a data storage device, a data transfer system, a data transfer method, a program, and a recording medium that reduce the load of designating data to be transferred.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to customize the state of an electronic device, there have been provided systems in which some types of data are written in the electronic device and the electronic device behaves in accordance with the data. For example, in a conventional digital camera, it was possible to rewrite the shutter sound, the self-timer sound, the startup screen, etc. from a personal computer.

[0003]

However, conventionally, it has been necessary to set the shutter sound to the camera first, and then the self-timer sound to set the data for each type. Therefore, for example, when setting a shutter sound and a self-timer sound with an animal theme, it is necessary for the user to individually perform an operation of writing in the camera.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and automatically recognizes a group of data according to a theme from data such as a shutter sound and a self-timer sound, and a user designates the group to select the theme. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device, a data storage device, a data transfer system, a data transfer method, a camera control method, a program, and a recording medium capable of writing the following data to an electronic device at a time.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems and to achieve the object, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect 1 of the present invention is a data holding unit for holding a plurality of types of data,
It has a data transfer means for transferring the respective related data across the respective types as group data to an external device.

Further, the data storage device according to the second aspect of the present invention holds a plurality of types of data, and transfers from the information processing device which transfers the respective related data between the types as group data. And a data storing means for storing the group data received by the data receiving means.

A data transfer system according to aspect 3 of the present invention includes the information processing device and the data storage device.

Further, in the data transfer method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a step of holding a plurality of types of data in the data holding means, and a data transfer in which each data related between the respective types is group data Transfer to an external device by means.

Further, the data transfer method according to the fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of types of data are held, and respective related data among the respective types are transferred as group data from the information processing device to the group data. Is received by the data receiving means, and the group data received by the data receiving means is stored in the data storing means.

The data transfer control program according to the sixth aspect of the present invention causes a computer to execute the data transfer method of the fourth or fifth aspect.

A recording medium according to the seventh aspect of the present invention is
A program for causing a computer to execute the data transfer method of aspect 4 or 5 is stored.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the present invention includes grouping means for grouping a plurality of types of data relating to the cameras stored in the storage means based on predetermined information of the data, and the grouping means. Transfer means for transferring the data grouped by the means to the camera.

Further, in the data transfer method according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a step of grouping a plurality of types of camera-related data stored in the storage means based on predetermined information of the data, and the grouping are performed. Transferring the data to the camera.

The data transfer control program according to the tenth aspect of the present invention causes a computer to execute the data transfer method of the eighth or ninth aspect.

A recording medium according to aspect 11 of the present invention stores a program for causing a computer to execute the data transfer method according to aspect 8 or aspect 9.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention stores a plurality of types of data relating to the grouped cameras transferred from the outside, and a storage means for storing the data to be used by the cameras in the storage means. And a selecting unit that collectively selects the grouped data that have been grouped.

In the camera control method according to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of data relating to the grouped cameras, which are transferred from the outside and stored in the storage means, are collectively selected as data to be used by the camera. To do.

A program according to aspect 14 of the present invention causes a computer to execute the camera control method of aspect 13.

The recording medium according to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention stores a program for causing a computer to execute the camera control method according to the thirteenth aspect.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a data transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 in the figure
Reference numeral 05 is a known personal computer (hereinafter referred to as PC). A content storage unit 101 stores files such as a startup sound, a shutter sound, an operation sound, a self-timer sound, and a startup screen set in the digital camera. This can be realized as a hard disk. In the following, data that can be set in the camera, such as startup sound, shutter sound, operation sound, self-timer sound, startup screen, etc., is called content. In the present embodiment, the types of contents are the above five types for convenience, but the number may be more or less than this.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of the content storage unit. Reference numerals 201 to 205 represent folders for classifying and storing contents. Here, the folders are classified and stored according to shutter sound, start-up sound, start-up screen, self-timer sound, and operation sound. The shutter sound is the sound that is played when the shutter button is pressed, the startup sound is the sound that is played when the power of the camera is turned on,
The startup screen is the image that is displayed when the camera is turned on, and the self-timer sound is the sound that is played between the time the shutter button is pressed and the shutter is actually released during self-timer shooting. The operation sound is a sound reproduced when the button of the camera is operated.

Reference numerals 206 to 210 in FIG. 2 represent files of stored contents. Here, each file name is named according to the following rules. -The extension indicates the format of the data. The sound in WAVE format is [.wav], and the image in JPEG format is [.jpg].・ Before the extension
It consists of two parts separated by [_], and the first half is an arbitrary name that represents the contents of the data. For example, the animal theme can be named [Animal]. The second half shows the type of data, for example, if it is a shutter sound, a name such as [RS01] is given.

Reference numeral 103 in FIG. 1 is a reproducing section for reproducing the content on the PC, for reproducing the shutter sound on the PC,
The startup screen can be displayed. Reference numeral 102 denotes a name display unit that displays the file name and the name of the content on the display device. A transfer unit 104 transfers contents to a digital camera 106 described later. Reference numeral 106 is a digital camera.

Reference numeral 107 denotes a content storage unit that stores the content transferred from the PC. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the content storage unit. In this embodiment, it is assumed that each of the five types of contents can have two types of data. No. 1 and No. 2 in the figure represent storage areas for two types of data, and No. 1 and No. 2 of the respective contents.
It shows that the data indicated by the file name is stored in the area. In the figure, 901 is No. 1 and No. 2.
It is a flag that indicates the data actually set in the digital camera, and in the figure all contents are N
Indicates that the data of o.1 is set.

A receiving unit 108 receives the content transferred from the PC and records it in the content storage unit 107.

Reference numeral 109 denotes a reproducing unit for reproducing the content stored in the content storage unit on the digital camera,
You can play the shutter sound and display the startup screen on the digital camera.

A list display unit 110 displays a list of contents stored in the content storage unit on a liquid crystal display device of a camera or the like.

Next, the operation of the data transfer system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed by the name display unit. In the figure, 3
Reference numeral 01 is a list box for selecting the type of content to be displayed. The figure shows the case where the shutter sound is selected. As will be described later, here, in addition to individual contents such as shutter sound, a “theme” can be selected, and if the “theme” is selected, the above-mentioned five types of contents can be collectively set in the camera.

Reference numeral 302 is an area for displaying a file name included in the selected content. In the figure, the files included in the ReleaseSound folder of FIG. 2 are displayed as an example. An area 304 displays the file name of the content stored in the camera. The camera can store two files for each content.
In the present embodiment, these two are numbered and distinguished as No. 1 and No. 2. Fig. 3 shows "KYOTO_RS0
1.wav "has already been saved, and No.2 has" Camera_RS0
1.wav ”is saved.

Reference numeral 303 is a button for transferring the content selected in 302 to the number selected in 304 of the camera. When this button is pressed, the selected content is transferred to the content storage section of the digital camera by the transfer section. When the button 303 is pressed in FIG. 3, “Animal_RS01.wav” is stored in No. 1 of the camera.

The above operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 801, it is selected whether contents such as shutter sound are individually set in the camera or five types of contents are collectively set. When the individual contents are individually set, for example, when the shutter sound is selected in 301 of FIG. 3, the process proceeds to step 802. The process for collectively setting all contents will be described later. In step 802, the file selected in 302 of FIG. 3 is read from the content storage unit 101 and transferred by the transfer unit 104 to the reception unit 108. In step 803, the receiving unit 10
8 stores the transferred file in the content storage unit 107.
To record. At that time, the content storage unit 1 corresponding to the number designated by 304 in FIG. 3 (No. 1 in FIG. 3)
It is recorded in the area 07. In the example of Fig. 3, the shutter sound
Animal_RS01.wav is written in the No. 1 area.

Next, the "play / display" button will be described.

Reference numeral 305 denotes a button for reproducing / displaying the data selected in 302.

Reference numeral 306 is a button for reproducing / displaying the data selected in 304. The operation when this button is pressed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 1101, it is determined whether to reproduce camera data or PC data. 305
If the "play / display" button is clicked, the data of the PC is played, and therefore, the data to be played is acquired from the content storage unit 101 in step 1102. When the "play / display" button 306 is pressed, the data of the digital camera is played, so that the data to be played is acquired from the content storage unit 107 in step 1103.
In step 1104, the acquired data is reproduced and displayed.

Next, the operation for collectively setting the shutter sound, operation sound, start-up sound, start-up screen, and self-timer sound will be described. First, an operation example on the PC side will be described with reference to FIG. When “theme” is selected in 401, the name display unit checks whether or not data created based on a certain theme is commonly included in folders of all contents. This can be checked by the file name naming rule described above. This procedure will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step 501, of the portion other than the extension of the file name, the portion before [_] is extracted. Next, in step 502, it is checked whether or not the same file is included in all contents. If there is the same one, that portion is displayed in 302 of FIG. 3 in step 503. For example, in the example of FIG. 2, since all folders include files starting with Animal, SF, and KYOTO, these three are displayed in 402 of FIG. Files that start with Camera are not included in the theme because they are only included in the shutter sound folder.

As another embodiment, the theme name is described in the header part of each file, the name display part acquires the theme name from the header of the file, and the theme name that exists in all folders in common If there is, it can be displayed.

By the same method, the theme name of the content stored in the content storage unit 107 in the digital camera is also displayed in 404 of FIG. If the content file stored in the camera does not comply with the theme, the theme name is not displayed and, for example, "1: set" is displayed.

In FIG. 4, the theme name is selected from 402, the content number in the camera is selected from 404,
When the "transfer to camera" button 403 is pressed, the five types of data included in the theme are transferred to the content storage unit of the digital camera at once by the transfer unit.

This operation will be described with reference to FIG. In step 1001, the transfer unit 104 acquires five types of files included in the theme name from the content storage unit 101. In step 1002, the transfer unit 104 transfers it to the reception unit 108. In step 1003, the receiving unit 108 records the transferred file in the content storage unit 107. At that time, it is recorded in the area of the content storage unit 107 corresponding to the number designated by 404 in FIG. 4 (No. 1 in the figure).

Next, the function of the “play / display” button will be described.

"Play / Display" button 405 or 406
When is pressed, the five kinds of data included in the theme are continuously reproduced by the reproducing unit.

The screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed during reproduction. The right side is an area for displaying the startup screen, and the left side shows the order of reproducing the remaining contents. A sign (indicated by a black circle in the figure) is displayed as the type of sound being reproduced. This function can be realized by the same operation as the flowchart of FIG.

Next, the operation of the digital camera 106 will be described. In the present embodiment, two types of shutter sound, start-up sound, self-timer sound, operation sound, and start-up screen can be stored in the camera, and the user can select which of them to use. This is operated using, for example, a user interface as shown in FIG. This figure shows an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device of a digital camera, and the list display unit 110 displays it. 70 in the figure
1 represents the type of content. The user first selects the type of content to be set using the operation member such as the button of the digital camera. Reference numeral 702 represents two types of data that each content has. User No. 1 and N
Select one of o.2 using the operation member of the digital camera. This allows the user to, for example,
Select “Shutter sound” in, and No. 1 in 702
By selecting, the No. 1 sound is set as the shutter sound. At that time, the selected shutter sound is reproduced by the reproducing unit of the digital camera. When the startup screen is selected, the reproducing unit 109 displays it on the liquid crystal screen of the digital camera. Also, select the "theme" in 701,
If No. 1 or No. 2 of 702 is selected, all 5 types of contents (shutter sound, start-up sound, self-timer sound, operation sound, start-up screen) are No. 1 or
It is set to No.2. At that time, No. 1 on the startup screen is the playback section
109 is displayed on the LCD screen of the digital camera, and at the same time, the shutter sound, start-up sound, self-timer sound, and operation sound are played sequentially.

The above operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in 1201, it is determined whether or not a theme is selected in 701 of FIG. If the theme is selected, in 1202, data of each content corresponding to the number selected in 702 of FIG. 7 is acquired from the content storage unit. If the content which is not the theme (for example, shutter sound) is selected in 701 of FIG. 7, step 12
In 03, the data corresponding to the number selected in 702 of FIG. 7 is acquired from the content storage unit. Next, in step 1204, the reproduction unit 109 reproduces / displays the acquired data. In step 1205, a flag is set in the content storage unit in order to register the acquired data in the shutter sound of the camera or the like. Specifically, 901 in FIG.
Set the flag shown in. As a result, it is registered as a shutter sound of the digital camera.

When the power of the digital camera is turned on, the currently selected start-up sound and start-up screen are read out, the start-up sound is reproduced from the speaker of the digital camera, and the display device of the digital camera is read. The startup screen is displayed on. When the shutter is pressed, the current shutter sound is read from the content storage unit and reproduced from the speaker. When the operation button of the digital camera is pressed, the current operation sound is read from the content storage unit and reproduced from the speaker. When the self-timer shooting is performed, the current self-timer sound is read from the content storage unit, and the self-timer sound is reproduced from the speaker from the time the shutter is pressed until the release is released.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a plurality of types of data related to each other are written to the peripheral device, the data can be designated and written at once by automatically recognizing the related data. The user's operation can be reduced.

Further, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium having a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and to supply a computer (or CPU or M of the system or apparatus).
It is needless to say that it is also achieved by the PU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk,
A CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card, a ROM or the like can be used. In addition, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where some or all of the actual processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing is also included. Furthermore, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted in the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function is executed based on the instruction of the program code. Needless to say, this also includes the case where the CPU or the like included in the expansion board or the function expansion unit performs some or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since it is configured to transfer group data consisting of related data across each data type, it is not necessary to individually specify the transfer target data on the transfer source device as in the past, and the data setting for the transfer destination device is eliminated. It is possible to reduce the operational load.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a data transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of a content storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed by a name display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of a screen displayed by the name display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the personal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when a personal computer according to an embodiment of the present invention plays back content.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed by the personal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention when a content is selected.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when transferring content from the personal computer to the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of a content storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when contents are transferred from the personal computer to the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations of reproduction and display of the personal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations of the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (41)

[Claims] 1. Information comprising: a data holding unit for holding a plurality of types of data; and a data transfer unit for transferring respective data associated between the types as group data to an external device. Processing equipment. 2. A group name display means for displaying a group name of each of the group data, and a group name designating means for designating an arbitrary group name from the group names displayed by the group name display means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transfer unit transfers group data corresponding to the group name designated by the group name designation unit to the external device. 3. The data holding means, at least, audio data relating to a shutter sound reproduced by the digital camera when the shutter of the digital camera which is the external device is pressed, and reproduced when the digital camera starts up. Voice data relating to start-up sound, voice data relating to operation sound reproduced by the digital camera when a switch of the digital camera is operated, self-timer reproduced by the digital camera during photographing by the self-timer of the digital camera The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data is classified into audio data related to sound and image data related to a startup screen displayed by the digital camera at startup, and the data is held. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the group data is data grouped based on a name of each corresponding data. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the group data is data grouped based on header information of corresponding data. 6. A reproducing means for reproducing the group data, wherein the reproducing means reproduces the group data.
4. The audio data included in the group data is sequentially reproduced, and the image data included in the group data is also displayed together.
The information processing device according to 1. 7. A data receiving unit that holds a plurality of types of data, and that receives the group data from an information processing device that transfers the respective related data across the types as group data, and the data receiving unit. And a data storage unit that stores the group data received in. 8. The data storage device according to claim 7, wherein the data receiving unit receives group data arbitrarily designated on the information processing device. 9. The data receiving unit, as the group data, at least audio data relating to a shutter sound reproduced by the digital camera when the shutter of the digital camera as the data storage device is pressed, the digital camera. Sound data related to a startup sound that is played at startup, sound data related to an operation sound that is played by the digital camera when a switch of the digital camera is operated, and played by the digital camera when a self-timer is shot by the digital camera The data storage device according to claim 7, wherein the audio data relating to the self-timer sound to be generated and the image data relating to the start-up screen displayed when the digital camera is started up are received. 10. The data storage device according to claim 7, wherein the group data is data grouped based on a name of each corresponding data. 11. The data storage device according to claim 7, wherein the group data is data grouped based on header information of corresponding data. 12. A data transfer system comprising the information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and the data storage device according to any one of claims 7 to 11. . 13. A step of holding a plurality of types of data in a data holding means, and a step of transferring, as group data, respective pieces of data related to each of the types as group data to an external device. Data transfer method characterized by. 14. A step of receiving the group data by a data receiving means from an information processing device that holds a plurality of types of data and transfers the respective related data across the respective types as group data, Storing the group data received by the data receiving means in the data storing means. 15. A program for causing a computer to execute the data transfer method according to claim 13. 16. A recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute the data transfer method according to claim 13 is stored. 17. A grouping means for grouping a plurality of types of data relating to the camera stored in the storage means based on predetermined information of the data, and the data grouped by the grouping means is transferred to the camera. An information processing apparatus comprising: a transfer unit. 18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the grouping unit groups the data corresponding to the group name from the plurality of types of data by instructing the group name. 19. The grouping means groups the data corresponding to the selected group name from the plurality of types of data by selecting a desired group name from the plurality of displayed group names. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, characterized in that 20. The plurality of types of data are at least sound data related to shutter sound, sound data related to start-up sound, sound data related to operation sound, sound data related to self-timer sound, and image data related to start-up screen. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the information processing apparatus includes one. . 21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising reproducing means for sequentially reproducing the data grouped by the grouping means. 22. A step of grouping a plurality of types of data relating to the camera stored in the storage means based on predetermined information of the data, and a step of transferring the grouped data to the camera. Characteristic data transfer method. 23. The data transfer method according to claim 22, wherein in the grouping step, the data corresponding to the group name is grouped from the plurality of types of data by instructing a group name. . 24. In the grouping step, by selecting a desired group name from a plurality of group names displayed on a display means, data corresponding to the selected group name is grouped from the plurality of types of data. 23. The data transfer method according to claim 22, wherein 25. The plurality of types of data are at least sound data related to a shutter sound, sound data related to a start sound, sound data related to an operation sound, sound data related to a self-timer sound, and image data related to a start screen. 23. The data transfer method of claim 22, including one. 26. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of sequentially reproducing the grouped data.
The data transfer method described in 2. 27. A program for causing a computer to execute the data transfer method according to any one of claims 22 to 26. 28. A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the data transfer method according to any one of claims 22 to 26. 29. A storage unit for storing a plurality of types of data relating to a grouped camera transferred from the outside, and the grouped data stored in the storage unit as data to be used by the camera, collectively. An information processing apparatus comprising: a selection unit for selecting. 30. The information processing apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the selecting unit collectively selects the grouped data corresponding to the group name by designating a group name. 31. The selecting means collectively selects the grouped data corresponding to the selected group name by selecting a desired group name from a plurality of group names displayed on the display means. 30. The information processing apparatus according to claim 29, wherein: 32. At least the plurality of types of data are at least sound data related to shutter sound, sound data related to start-up sound, sound data related to operation sound, sound data related to self-timer sound, and image data related to start-up screen. 30. The information processing apparatus according to claim 29, comprising one. 33. The information processing apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising reproducing means for sequentially reproducing the grouped data selected by the selecting means. 34. The information processing apparatus according to claim 29, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a camera. 35. A camera control method, wherein a plurality of types of data relating to a grouped camera, which is transferred from the outside and is stored in a storage unit, is collectively selected as data to be used by the camera. 36. The method according to claim 35, wherein the selecting collectively selects the grouped data corresponding to the group name by designating a group name. 37. The selection collectively selects the grouped data corresponding to the selected group name by selecting a desired group name from a plurality of group names displayed on the display means. 36. The method of claim 35, wherein: 38. At least the plurality of types of data are at least sound data related to shutter sound, sound data related to start-up sound, sound data related to operation sound, sound data related to self-timer sound, and image data related to start-up screen. 36. The method of claim 35, including one. 39. The method of claim 35, further comprising the step of sequentially playing back the selected grouped data. 40. A program for causing a computer to execute the camera control method according to any one of claims 35 to 39. 41. A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the camera control method according to any one of claims 35 to 39.