JP3619559B2 - Image information handling device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an image information handling apparatus, and more particularly to an image information handling apparatus capable of recording information on an information recording medium.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Various types of recording media (information recording media) are used in an image file device or the like, which is an image information handling device that performs image recording / playback on a conventional recording medium, and can be used properly according to the purpose and characteristics of the media. . For example, as such an image file device, an image file device compliant with an electronic camera standard capable of analog recording of 25 to 50 still images on a 2-inch VF (video floppy disk) is known. In such an image file device for still images, the multi-screen playback display function for displaying recorded images in an index manner is useful as a function that greatly enhances convenience in searching and selecting images. there were.
[0003]
On the other hand, in recent years, with the advancement of electronic circuit technology, digital image file devices that compress digitized image data, record it on a recording medium, and reproduce it have been provided at a relatively low cost.
[0004]
Since such a digital image file device handles digitized image file data, there is an advantage that image quality is not deteriorated at all even if copying (copying of an image file) is performed.
[0005]
In the digital image file device, when the reproduced image data is expanded in the frame memory or the field memory, an image reduced by data thinning or filtering is generated and displayed in multiple images for easy image search and selection. Things have been done.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In such a digital image file device, information (data) specific to the mounting is not stored on the information recording medium to be mounted, and it has not been possible to confirm which device has recorded the information.
[0009]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image information handling apparatus configured to be able to confirm with which apparatus a recorded image is recorded. And
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An image information handling apparatus according to the present invention is an image information handling apparatus capable of copying an image file recorded on an applied copy source information recording medium to a copy destination information recording medium. Multi-screen display means for displaying reduced images corresponding to the image data stored in the copy source information recording medium as a multi screen on a monitor screen, and the apparatus on the copy destination information recording medium. A sub-directory generating means for automatically generating a sub-directory to which a name including a part indicating a serial number generated by the apparatus and a serial number part is generated, and image data respectively corresponding to a plurality of reduced screens selected in a multi-screen display state The copying operation and the erasing operation can be executed in a batch, and when the copying operation is performed, the generated subdirectory A-option plurality of image data characterized by comprising a means for registering in accordance with a predetermined order, the subdirectory generating means, when already subdirectories present in the copy destination recording medium, at the same Is characterized by giving different subdirectory names.
[0011]
[Operation]
In the present invention, a multi-screen display is performed, a desired image is selected on the multi-screen, and a plurality of image data is copied or erased at once. A subdirectory having a name including a serial number portion that is automatically generated is generated, and image data is copied therein.
[0012]
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a state in which a remote control transmitter, a modem, a memory card (PC card), an FD, etc. of an image file device which is an image information handling device according to an embodiment of the present invention are connected or mounted. is there.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 1, a recording medium that is an information recording medium for image information of an image file applicable to the image file device 1 is a memory card 3 and a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) 5. As will be described later, this apparatus has a memory card, the same slot as the memory card I / F 19 serving as a plurality of information recording medium mounting portions for the FD, and an FDD (floppy disk drive) 21. Yes. In this embodiment, the memory card 3 and the FD 5 are applied as recording media. However, a removable hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like can be applied to the medium. It is good also as media, for example, memory cards.
[0015]
The image file apparatus 1 of this embodiment includes an A / D block 11 that digitizes a video input signal and converts it into digital video data, and a D / A block that D / A converts the digital video signal and outputs an analog video signal. 12 and control the operations of the companding block 13 that compresses and decompresses the stored video data, and the A / D block 11, the D / A block 12, and the companding block 13. A system controller block 14 for controlling recording / reproducing on the medium, a remote control light receiving unit 15, an operation switch group 16, a display unit 17 for displaying an operation state, and an RS-232CI serving as an information recording medium mounting unit. / F unit 18 and memory card I / F 19, hard disk drive (HD) 20, floppy disk And click drive (FDD) 21, and is mainly composed of the reproduced image display monitor 30.
[0016]
The A / D block 11 includes an RGB matrix circuit, a chroma decoder, a Y / C separation circuit, an A / D converter, a TBC, and the like. The composite video signal, Y / C separation signal, RBG signal and the like supplied from the outside are converted into Y / CR / CB data, digitized, and supplied to the video bus 24.
[0017]
The D / A block 12 is a multi-screen display means for displaying a reproduced image, and includes a chroma encoder, an RGB matrix circuit, a D / A converter, a video driver, and the like. Then, Y / CR / CB digital data supplied from the video bus 24 is received and converted into a composite video signal, a Y / C separation signal, and an RGB signal, and the video signal is sent from the video output terminal to the multi-screen display means. This is output to a certain reproduced image display monitor 30.
[0018]
The companding (compressing / decompressing) block 13 includes a RAM / A 13a that is a compressed data memory, a coder 13b that is a coder, and a VRAM 13c that is a frame memory. However, the companding block 13 may have a configuration other than the above.
[0019]
One frame of video data is accumulated in the frame memory VRAM 13c from the video bus 24, the accumulated video data is output to the video bus 24, and the video data is compressed by the CODER 13b which compresses and decompresses the video data. The compressed data is output to the RAM-A 13a which is a compressed data memory.
[0020]
On the other hand, the compressed data is read from the RAM-A 13a, which is a compressed data memory, decompressed by a coder 13b, which is a coder, and expanded into a VRAM 13c, which is a frame memory.
[0021]
The syscon block 14 includes a CPU 14a, a CG (character generator) 14b, a random access memory RAM-B 14c, a read only memory 14a, an EEPROM 14e, an FDC (floppy disk controller) 14f, a hard disk controller (not shown), and the like.
[0022]
The CPU 14a also incorporates an image file selective copying means, and controls the A / D block 11, the D / A block 12, and the companding circuit 13 based on a code described in the ROM 14d. This control is performed by signals instructed by the switch group 16, the remote control light receiving unit 15, and the RS-232CI / F18. The CPU 14a accesses the ROM 14a, RAM-B 14c, EEPROM 14e, FDC 14f, etc. via the block internal bus 22, and via the external bus 23, the A / D block 11, the D / A block 12, and the companding. The mode setting / reading register of the circuit 13 and the RAM-A 13a and VRAM 13c of the compressed data memory are accessed to execute mode control, recording, reproduction, and the like of this apparatus.
[0023]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an arrangement state of the switch group 16, the display unit 17, the media insertion slot, and the like of the operation panel unit 1 a of the main body 1 of the apparatus.
[0024]
The POWER switch 101 shown in the figure is pressed when the power is turned on or off. The SET button 102 is pressed when a setting menu screen is displayed on the monitor 30. The DISPLAY button 103 is pressed to switch the information display such as the recording status. The remaining capacity is displayed via a CG (character generator) 14b. The ↑ button 104, which is a direction key, is pressed for frame advance, cursor / item, and content change. Similarly, the ↓ button 105, which is a direction key, is pressed to reverse the frame, change the cursor / item, and the content. The ← button 106, which is a direction key, is pressed when the cursor / item and two-screen scrolling are performed. The direction key → button 107 is pressed when the cursor / item and the two-screen scrolling are performed.
[0025]
The COMP2 button 108 is pressed when vertically divided two-screen comparative reproduction / operation screen change. The COMP4 button 109 is pressed when the four-screen comparative reproduction / operation screen is changed. The MULTI 16 button 110 is pressed at the time of searching for 4 × 4 multi-screen playback. The FRM / FLD button 111 is pressed when switching between the frame mode and the field mode. When the frame mode is selected by the operation and the frame image is reproduced, the FRM LED 112 is turned on. Further, when the field mode is selected and the field image is reproduced, the FLD LED 113 is turned on. The PLAY button 114 is pressed during single frame playback. The INT PLAY LED 115 is lit during interval playback standby mode and interval playback. The STOP button 116 is pressed when the operation is stopped, and a through image is displayed on the screen by this operation. However, the initialization process cannot be stopped halfway.
[0026]
Further, the COPY button 117 is pressed during one-frame copy (COPY), and one frame is reproduced by this operation, and the copy standby mode is set. The ALL COPY button 118 is pressed during all frame copy (ALL COPY), and this operation enters the all frame copy standby mode. The FORMAT button 119 is pressed when the medium is initialized, and the operation enters the initialization standby mode. The ERASE button 120 is pressed when one frame is erased, and one frame is reproduced by this operation, and the single frame erase standby mode is set. The ALL ERASE button 121 is pressed when erasing all frames, and the operation enters a standby mode for erasing all frames. The REC button 122 is pressed during single frame recording, and by this operation, a freeze image is displayed on the screen, and the recording standby mode is set. The INT REC button 123 lights up during interval recording standby and interval recording. The START button 124 is pressed when processing is executed from each standby mode.
[0027]
Further, the CARD / FD button 125 is pressed at the time of media selection / copy direction selection. The CARD LED 126 is lit when a memory card is selected and the memory card is a copy source. The FD LED 127 is turned on when a floppy disk is selected and the floppy disk is a copy source. The CARD ← FD LED 128 is lit when the copy direction is from a floppy disk to a memory card. The CARD → FD LED 129 lights up when the copy direction is from a memory card to a floppy disk. The CONST QUALITY LED 130 lights up when the compression mode is the constant quality mode. The NORMAL SIZE LED 131 is lit when the compression mode is the normal size mode. The ECONOMY SIZE LED 132 is lit when the compression mode is the economy size mode. The LINE LED 133 is lit when the compression mode is the fine mode.
[0028]
Further, the frame number LED 134 displays the current frame number. Remote control light receiving window 135 receives communication light from the remote control.
[0029]
The card insertion slot 136 is an insertion slot for the memory card 3, and the card access LED 137 is lit when the memory card 3 is being accessed. The card insertion surface display 138 is a display for insertion so that the memory card insertion surface faces the surface of the memory card 3. The card eject button 139 is an eject button for taking out the memory card 3. The FD insertion port 140 is an insertion port for FD5, and the FD eject button 142 is an eject button for taking out FD5. The FD access LED 141 is lit when the FD 5 is being accessed.
[0030]
The multi-image display in the image file device of the present embodiment configured as described above is performed as follows. That is, the data for each frame of the memory card 3 is read via the memory card I / F 19 and transferred to the RAM-A 13 a via the internal bus 22 and the external bus 23. The image is reduced and expanded on the VRAM 13c with the address on the VRAM 13c sent from the CPU 14a as a starting point.
[0031]
As a specific key operation at the time of multi-image reproduction, first, the first frame to be reproduced that is displayed as a multi-image is selected by operating the ↑ button 104 and the ↓ button 105. It is reproduced and displayed on the monitor 30 as in the multi-image display screen M1 of FIG. Note that unrecorded frames and frames other than image data are displayed on a blue screen.
[0032]
Subsequently, when the MULTI 16 button 110 is pressed, the multi-image display scene M2 of 16 frames after the selected frame is reproduced and displayed on the monitor 30 as shown in FIG.
[0033]
In this way, image data for 16 frames is developed on the VRAM 13c, and a 4 × 4 16-screen multi-image is displayed. Note that the number of frames on the multi-display screen is not limited to 4 × 4, but may be 3 × 3, 5 × 5, 6 × 6, or the like.
[0034]
Next, copy / erase frame selection and copy / erase execution operations under the multi-image display state will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0035]
First, it is checked in step S1 whether or not another mode button has been pressed, and if it has been pressed, the process jumps to step S4 and proceeds to processing in another mode. If it is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S2, and it is checked whether or not the cursor is moved, that is, whether or not the cursor is moved in accordance with the operation of the ↑ button 104, ↓ button 105, ← button 106, and → button 107 on the multi 16 screen. If there is a movement, the process proceeds to step S5, the cursor movement process is performed, and the process returns to step S1. If there is no movement, the process proceeds to step S3 and the frame No. It is checked whether the START button 124 for registering is pressed, and if it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the frame number of the current cursor position. Register.
[0036]
Progressing to step S7 following step S6, the mode button checks the pressed state. If pressed, the process proceeds to step S13 described below. If not, the process proceeds to step S8, where it is checked whether or not the cursor has moved on the multi 16 screen. If there is a movement, the process proceeds to step S16, a cursor movement process is performed, and the process returns to step S7. If there is no movement, the process proceeds to step S9, where the frame No. It is checked whether the START button 124 for registering or deleting is pressed, and if it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S10.
[0037]
In step S10, frame NO. Is registered or deleted, and if it is a registration process, the process jumps to step S11, and the frame No. Register. If it is a deletion process, the process jumps to step S12, and frame NO. Delete. Note that the above frame No. In the registration process, currently unregistered frame NO. When the START button 124 is pressed while the cursor is positioned above, the frame number at the cursor position is displayed. The registration process is executed.
[0038]
On the other hand, the frame No. The deletion process is executed for the registered frame No. When the START button 124 is pressed while the cursor is positioned on the top, The deletion process is executed.
[0039]
Thereafter, when a plurality of frames are to be registered or deleted, after returning to step S7, frame NO. Will be registered or deleted.
[0040]
In the registration process in step S11, the frame number is set according to the designation of either sequential (S) or random (R) selected by the copy process option in the mode setting process described later. Is registered. In the case of the sequential (S) designation, the frame number designated by the cursor movement is changed. Copies are made from the youngest. In the case of random (R) designation, the frame number in the order of selection designation. Is registered. When copying, copying is performed according to the registration order.
[0041]
When jumping to step S13, the pressing mode button is checked. When the COPY button 117 or the ERASE button 120 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S15. When another mode button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S14, and the corresponding mode process is executed. In step S15, the registered frame No. Copy or erase the image data of the next frame. The order of copying is the frame number registered in the sequential (S) or random (R). Are copied in the registration order.
[0042]
In this way, when performing the copy process, the NO. Of the frame to be copied to the copy destination medium. Or, erase top No. Can be specified on the multi-screen, especially when copying multiple frames, the frame number. No. in ascending order or on the multi-screen. Can be copied in the specified order, so that the image data can be edited efficiently such as rearranging the order.
[0043]
Further, copy or erase processing of a plurality of frames can be performed on a multi-screen. Can be specified by a single copy or erase operation.
[0044]
Next, the image file apparatus can set modes such as an input mode and a compression processing mode. The mode setting processing will be described with reference to the setting menu screens of FIGS. 6 and 7 and the flowchart of FIG.
[0045]
First, the set button 102 is pressed, and the display screen is set to the setting menu screen M10 of the first page in FIG. In this state, an interval recording interval setting, an interval reproduction interval setting, or a compression mode setting can be performed. Therefore, in step S21, it is determined whether or not the current setting screen is to be switched. If so, the process jumps to step S28 to switch the setting menu screen. When switching is performed, the setting screen M20 on the second page in FIG. 7 is displayed. In this setting mode, it is possible to move to the RS-232C sub setting screen, move to the clock setting sub setting menu screen, set the file name, set the copy mode, and the like.
[0046]
In step S22, the setting process is ended by designating an end of setting on the setting menu screen by designating END on the setting screens M10 and M20.
[0047]
When the process proceeds to steps S23, S24, and S25, the presence / absence of copy mode setting or subdirectory generation setting is checked. In this setting operation, in the display state of the setting menu screen M20 in FIG. 7, the cursor whose character color is displayed in red is moved to the item section to be set by pressing the ↑ button 104 and the ↓ button 105. → Press the button 107 to move the cursor to the right. Therefore, the ↑ button 104 and the ↓ button 105 are pressed to specify a setting value or a setting mode.
[0048]
In step S23, it is determined whether or not the sequential (S) or random (R) copy order mode is designated. When designating, jump to step S29 to display the above-mentioned sequential (S) or random (R) on the right side of the display COPY / ACCESS on the setting menu screen M20 of FIG. 7 by switching S or R. To set.
[0049]
In step S24, it is checked whether to generate a subdirectory for storing image data on the copy destination medium. In the case of generation, the process jumps to step S30 to generate a subdirectory described later.
[0050]
In this case, whether to generate or not to generate is set by turning ON or OFF the display on the right side of the display COPY / SUB DIR of the setting menu screen M20 in FIG.
[0051]
In step S25, it is checked whether to set a subdirectory name, and the process jumps to step S31 to set a subdirectory name.
[0052]
In step S26, it is checked whether or not the mode designation of another item is to be executed, and if so, the process proceeds to step S27 to set other items.
[0053]
Next, the subdirectory generation process on the copy destination medium in step S30 will be described. Prior to the description, the logical structure of the medium in DOS (DISK OPERATION SYSTEM) applied to the image data processing of this apparatus will be described. explain.
[0054]
FIG. 9 is a memory map on the logical structure of a recording medium such as a memory card. As shown in the figure, the memory area includes a boot sector reserved area 201 that is a management area, FAT areas 202 and 202A, a root directory entry area 203, and a data area 204 that is a main information recording area. . However, a copy of the FAT data in the FAT area 202 is recorded in the FAT area 202A and is referred to when the data in the FAT area 202 is corrupted. Further, the volume of each sector in each area and the start address of each area are shown in FIG.
[0055]
In the boot sector 201, BPB (BIOS PARAMETER BLOCK) information, which is the logical structure data of the recording medium, such as the logical sector length of the memory card, the number of tracks, and the number of sectors per track, is recorded.
[0056]
The FAT information recorded in the FAT area 202 is recorded in each FAT entry, and is a chain format indicating the configuration of a series of clusters on the data area 204 in which the system reservation information and the data body of each file are stored. It consists of information and. The FAT entry number other than the reservation information has a one-to-one correspondence with the cluster number in which the file data body is divided and stored. The cluster is a unit of memory that is stored by dividing the data body, and the size of the cluster is a predetermined number of sectors defined by the boot sector 201, for example, 2 sectors. Composed.
[0057]
The FAT data in the above-mentioned chain format is obtained by writing each subsequent cluster number in a FAT entry corresponding to each cluster among a set of cluster numbers on the data area constituting each file data body. is there. Therefore, by reading the FAT data, it can be understood where and in which cluster the data body of each file is stored in the data area 204, and the data of each file can be read from the data area 204. it can.
[0058]
However, among the series of cluster numbers of each file, the first cluster number is written in a directory entry, which will be described later. In order to search the data body of a file, the FAT entries are sequentially searched from the first cluster number. I will do it.
[0059]
Root directory entry information is recorded in the root directory area 203, and the root directory includes information on the generated subdirectory.
[0060]
Then, in order to improve the searchability of the image data of the copy destination medium, a subdirectory is generated on the data area of the memory of the medium, and the image data is copied to the subdirectory. This subdirectory is generated in the data area 204 on the memory area of the memory card 3 of FIG. Then, the image file main body corresponding to the subdirectory is written in an unrecorded data area serving as the remaining capacity of the medium.
[0061]
The subdirectory is automatically generated in step S30 of the mode setting process of FIG. 8, and the subdirectory name is automatically set at the same time.
[0062]
The automatically set subdirectory name includes a device-specific part and a serial number part. For example, “J6ISB A 01”. In this case, “J6ISB” is a unique code indicating the image file device, “A” is a portion indicating the corresponding subdirectory, and “01” is a serial number portion of the corresponding subdirectory. The part “A” can be specified separately by the user (specified by the display content on the right side of “FILE NAME” on the setting menu screen M20 in FIG. 7), but the name is automatically generated. In this case, the codes registered in the CPU 14a are sequentially added. The image file to be copied is registered on the generated subdirectory.
[0063]
In this manner, image files can be grouped and registered by copying them onto the subdirectory, and image data can be organized efficiently.
[0064]
It is also possible for the user to specify whether or not to generate this subdirectory. In this case, the COPY button 117 is pressed to enter the copy standby state, and the setting menu shown in FIG. The screen M20 is displayed, and the right side display of the display “SUB DIR” can be designated by switching to ON or OFF.
[0065]
In the case of the present embodiment, the size of the area of the generated subdirectory is set in cluster units corresponding to the number of image files that can be recorded in the unrecorded data area at the time of generation. The size of one frame image file at that time is determined by the image file size corresponding to the compression mode. In a personal computer or the like, when a subdirectory is generated, normally only one cluster is secured. If the number of files recorded in the subdirectory increases, the arrangement of the subdirectories may vary. . However, in the apparatus according to the present embodiment, the size of the subdirectory is determined in consideration of the remaining capacity of the media. Therefore, the area of one generated subdirectory is not dispersed and the FAT data is discontinuous. And the speed of accessing the image file does not decrease.
[0066]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of subdirectory generation processing for setting a subdirectory area for a copy destination medium in the image file apparatus.
[0067]
In steps S41 and S42, it is checked whether there is a registered subdirectory, and if a subdirectory has been registered, it is checked whether the subdirectory is a subdirectory generated by the image file device. If there is no registered subdirectory, or if there is a registered subdirectory, it is not generated by the apparatus, and the subdirectory 1 is generated by assigning a subdirectory in step S45. The setting state of the media data area 204 at that time is shown in FIG.
[0068]
If there is a registered subdirectory 1 and the subdirectory 1 has been generated by the image file device, the process proceeds to step S43. Therefore, it is checked whether there is an unregistered cluster in the subdirectory. If there is an unregistered cluster, the subdirectory 2 is generated by assigning the subdirectory in step S46. The setting state of the media data area 204 at that time is shown in FIG. In this case, unrecorded clusters are allocated to the subdirectories 1 and 2 at a predetermined ratio.
[0069]
Further, if there is no unregistered cluster, the process proceeds to step S44, where it is checked whether there is a surplus cluster even if an area in which a free cluster can record one frame is secured. If it is determined that there is a surplus, the subdirectory 2 is generated by assigning the subdirectory in step S47. FIG. 13 shows the setting state of the media data area 204 at that time. In this case, the subdirectory 2 is provided on a separated data area without being adjacent to the area of the subdirectory 1.
[0070]
If it is determined in step S44 that there are no more clusters, the process jumps to step S48 to perform processing such as display indicating that the subdirectory cannot be generated.
[0071]
As described above, there are the following two methods for setting the subdirectory area based on the remaining capacity, which can be selected and set by the user.
[0072]
The first method is to determine the number of files that can be registered in the data area with the file size created in the currently set compression mode, and to make the sub-directory an area that allows the file to be registered in all sub-directories. It is a method of allocation.
[0073]
The second method is to calculate the number of files that can be registered in the data area when the fixed length mode that compresses with the minimum file size that can be set in this image file device is selected, and all the files can be registered in the subdirectory. This is a method of allocating as much area as possible to a subdirectory.
[0074]
In the first and second setting methods, the assumed number of files F is expressed by the following equation. Note that one entry size of the directory is 32 bytes.
[0075]
Assumed number of files F = number of clusters in data area D / number of clusters occupied by assumed file size E
Therefore, when the number of clusters E occupied by the assumed file size is obtained, for example, in the case of the first method, when the frame mode is currently selected in the normal size mode, the file size of one frame is set to 96 KB.
Number of clusters occupied by the assumed file size E = 96KB / cluster size (KB) (rounded up)
On the other hand, in the case of the second method, in the economy size mode, in the case of field recording, the file size of one frame is 48 KB.
Number of clusters occupied by the assumed file size E = 48KB / cluster size (KB) (rounded up after the decimal point)
It becomes. Based on the number of clusters E, an assumed number of files F is obtained.
[0076]
So, if G is the size of the area you want to secure as a subdirectory,
G = expected number of files F × 32 bytes. The number of clusters H occupied by the size G of the area to be secured as a subdirectory is
H = G / cluster size (rounded up)
It becomes.
[0077]
In file copy processing, when a single-copy (COPY) or all-copy (ALL COPY) is executed on a conventional personal computer, etc., the operation stops if the copy destination medium runs out of capacity. It had been. However, in the image file device according to the present embodiment, even if it is detected that the copy destination medium has insufficient capacity, the copy mode or the full copy mode is not canceled. When the START button 124 is pressed when the copy destination medium is replaced, copying is resumed and continued, so that the copying operation becomes very easy.
[0078]
Further, when the copying operation is continued, a setting menu screen is displayed, and the copying operation can be continued by instructing an automatic format (AUTO FORMAT) there.
[0079]
As for the copy process, a flowchart of the process is shown in FIG. 14, and the copy process is executed by the process from step S51 to step S60. As the main processing, it is checked whether or not a sufficient unrecorded data area remains in the copy destination medium (step S52), and copying is executed (step S51).
[0080]
If the unrecorded data area is not left, after checking the transition process to another mode process (step S54, etc.), confirm the replacement of the medium (step S56) and execute the format of the loaded medium. The instruction input is checked (step S57), and an initialization process is executed (step S57). Thereafter, a copy process is executed (step S60).
[0081]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the image information handling apparatus of the present invention, a multi-screen display is performed, and a desired image is selected on the multi-screen, and a plurality of image data are copied and deleted at once. Image data can be easily organized, and a subdirectory with a name that includes a symbol related to the device and a serial number that is automatically generated is created in the copy destination recording medium, and the image data is copied therein. Therefore, an effect peculiar to the present invention that the apparatus that performed the copying can be identified can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of an image file device that is an image information handling device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where a remote control transmitter, a memory card, an FD, a modem, and the like are connected.
2 is a layout diagram of a front panel portion of the image file device of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a multi-screen display state of a monitor in the image file device of FIG.
4 is a diagram showing a switching state of a multi-screen display of a monitor in the image file device of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of frame selection processing in the image file apparatus of FIG. 1;
6 is a diagram showing a first page of a setting menu screen in the image file device of FIG. 1. FIG.
7 is a diagram showing a second page of a setting menu screen in the image file device of FIG. 1. FIG.
8 is a flowchart of mode setting processing in the image file device of FIG. 1;
9 is a memory map of media applied to the image file device of FIG. 1;
10 is a flowchart of subdirectory generation processing in the image file apparatus of FIG. 1;
11 is an example showing a map of a data area when a media subdirectory is generated in the image file device of FIG. 1; FIG.
12 is another example showing a map of a data area when generating a media subdirectory in the image file apparatus of FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 13 is another example showing a map of a data area when a media subdirectory is generated in the image file apparatus of FIG. 1;
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of copy processing in the image file device of FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Image file device (image information handling device)
3 Memory card (information recording medium)
5 FD (information recording medium)
14a CPU (subdirectory size setting means)
19 Memory card I / F (information recording medium mounting part)
21 FDD (information recording medium mounting part)

Claims (2)

An image information handling apparatus capable of copying an image file recorded on an applied copy source information recording medium to a copy destination information recording medium ,
Multi-screen display means for displaying reduced images corresponding to image data stored in the copy source information recording medium as a multi -screen in a list on the applied monitor screen;
Sub-directory generation means for automatically generating a sub-directory to which a name including a portion indicating the device and a serial number portion generated by the device is provided on the information recording medium of the copy destination ;
The copying operation and the erasing operation of the image data respectively corresponding to the plurality of reduced screens selected in the multi-screen display state can be executed collectively, and when performing the copying operation, the generated subdirectory includes Means for registering the plurality of selected image data according to a predetermined order ;
A device for handling image information, comprising: 2. The image information handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the subdirectory already exists in the copy destination recording medium, the subdirectory generating unit assigns a subdirectory name different from the subdirectory name .

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