JP2007288654A5

JP2007288654A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2007288654A5
Application number: JP2006115512A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2006-04-19
Publication date: 2009-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2026-04-19

Claims

An image sensor for capturing a subject image;
An image processing unit for reducing an image captured by the image sensor;
A communication unit for transmitting the reduced image;
A control unit that controls the image processing unit to reduce the image to a number of pixels that can store a plurality of images in an image storage unit of a device that has received the image transmitted by the communication unit. Imaging device.

The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the image processing unit according to a free storage capacity of the image storage unit transmitted from the device.

An image sensor that captures a subject image, a first storage unit that stores a first image captured by the image sensor, and a second image obtained by reducing the first image stored in the first storage unit An image transmission unit comprising: a first image processing unit that creates an image; and a first communication unit that transmits the second image;
A second communication unit that receives the second image transmitted by the first communication unit; a second storage unit that stores the received second image; and An image receiving unit including an image output unit for outputting in number,
The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first image processing unit reduces the first image to a number of pixels that can store a plurality of images in the second storage unit.

The second communication unit transmits the free storage capacity of the second storage unit to the first communication unit,
The image reproduction apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first image processing unit creates the second image reduced according to the free storage capacity.

The image processing unit reduces the first image so that an image transmission / reception time between the first communication unit and the second communication unit is shorter than an image output interval of the image output unit. The image reproducing device according to claim 3 or 4 , wherein:

The image output unit outputs the second image so that an image transmission / reception time between the first communication unit and the second communication unit is shorter than an image output interval of the image output unit. The image reproducing device according to claim 3 or 4 , wherein:

The second communication unit transmits information on the number of pixels output by the image output unit to the first communication unit,
The first image processing unit creates the second image in which the first image is reduced to be equal to or smaller than the number of pixels to be output by the image output unit. The image reproducing device according to claim 1.

The image transmission unit includes a first selection unit that selects an image reduction ratio or the number of pixels,
The image reproduction apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first image processing unit reduces the first image to a reduction ratio or the number of pixels selected by the first selection unit.

The image receiving unit includes a second selection unit that selects a reduction ratio or the number of pixels of an image output by the image output unit,
The second communication unit transmits information on the reduction ratio or the number of pixels selected by the second selection unit to the first communication unit,
4. The image according to claim 3, wherein the first image processing unit creates the second image with a reduction ratio or the number of pixels selected from the first image by the second selection unit. 5. Playback device.

An image transmission unit including an image sensor that captures a subject image, a first storage unit that stores a first image captured by the image sensor, and a first communication unit that transmits the first image;
A second communication unit that receives the first image transmitted by the first communication unit; a second image processing unit that creates a second image obtained by reducing the first image; and the second An image reproducing apparatus comprising: an image receiving unit including a second storage unit that stores the second image and an image output unit that outputs the second image with a predetermined number of pixels.

The image reproduction apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the second image processing unit reduces the second image to a number of pixels that can store a plurality of images in the second storage unit.

The image according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the second image processing unit creates a second image reduced from the first image to the number of pixels output by the image output unit. Playback device.

The second image processing unit creates a plurality of the second images having different numbers of pixels from the first image,
The first communication unit selects and transmits an image corresponding to the number of pixels output by the image output unit from a plurality of second images having different numbers of pixels. The image reproducing device according to any one of the above.

The image reproduction device according to claim 3, further comprising a display unit that displays an image output by the image output unit.

The image reproduction device according to claim 14 , wherein when the number of pixels output by the image output unit is smaller than the number of pixels of the display unit, the display unit displays the image without enlarging.