JP2006229444A5

JP2006229444A5 -

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Publication number: JP2006229444A5
Application number: JP2005039209A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-02-16
Publication date: 2007-07-12

Claims

An imaging device,
A generation unit that captures an image and generates an image file having image data;
A storage processing unit for storing the image file;
An evaluation unit that evaluates the image file and executes an evaluation process that associates an evaluation result with the image file;
Using the evaluation result, a file management unit that executes a management process for managing a plurality of the image files;
An imaging apparatus comprising:

The imaging device according to claim 1,
The file management unit
Based on the evaluation result, the order is defined for the plurality of image files,
An imaging apparatus that executes the management process using the prescribed order.

The imaging device according to claim 1,
The imaging apparatus, wherein the management process is a management process involving deletion or reduction of the image file according to the evaluation result.

The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 further includes:
A presentation unit for presenting the image data of the image file;
An input unit for inputting a processing request for the presented image data;
With
The file management unit
In accordance with the prescribed order, the image data of a plurality of the image files are sequentially presented using the presenting unit,
An image pickup apparatus that deletes or reduces an image file having image data for which the processing request is input from the input unit among the presented image data.

The imaging device according to claim 2,
The file management unit
An imaging device that deletes or reduces the image file in accordance with the prescribed order.

The imaging device according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
The file management unit
An image processing apparatus that selects whether to execute deletion or reduction according to the evaluation result.

The imaging device according to any one of claims 3 to 6,
The management process involving deletion or reduction of the image file is as follows:
An imaging apparatus that is executed to ensure at least a free space equal to or greater than the reference capacity when a free capacity of a medium in which the image file is stored is equal to or less than a reference capacity.

The imaging apparatus according to claim 7,
The image pickup apparatus, wherein the reference capacity is at least the capacity of one image file.

The imaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The evaluation result is an imaging apparatus related to usage information regarding use of the image file.

The imaging device according to claim 9 further includes:
A display unit for displaying an image represented by image data of the image file;
The usage information is an imaging apparatus including information related to display on the display unit.

The imaging device according to claim 9 or 10 further includes:
An output unit for transmitting the image file to an external device;
The use information is an image processing apparatus including information on use of the image file in the external device.

In the imaging device according to claim 9 or 10,
The storage unit is detachable from the imaging device and an external device,
The use information is an image processing apparatus including information on use of the image file in the external device.

The imaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
The evaluation result is an imaging apparatus related to image quality information related to image quality of image data of the image file.

The imaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 13,
The evaluation result is an imaging apparatus related to replication information relating to generation of a replica of the image file.

The imaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
The evaluation result is stored in the image file together with the image data.

The imaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
An imaging apparatus in which the evaluation result is stored in a file different from the image file.

An output device that outputs an image represented by image data,
An acquisition unit for acquiring an image file having the image data;
An evaluation unit that evaluates the image file and executes an evaluation process that associates an evaluation result with the evaluated image file;
A file management unit for managing the plurality of image files using the evaluation result;
An output device comprising:

A method for managing image files having image data, comprising:
Evaluate the image file,
Associating the evaluation result with the evaluated image file,
A method of managing a plurality of the image files using the evaluation result.

A computer program for causing a computer to manage an image file having image data,
A first function for evaluating the image file and executing an evaluation process for associating an evaluation result with the evaluated image file;
A second function for executing a management process for managing a plurality of the image files using the evaluation result;
A computer program for causing the computer to realize the above.