Digital camera

Abstract

A digital camera comprises an imaging device; an internal memory; an attachment device that attaches a storage medium; a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting overwrite; and a record control device that controls so as to store image data taken by the imaging device in the storage medium attached to the attachment device. When the medium detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting overwrite, the record control device controls so as to store data management information of the image data recorded in the storage medium limiting overwrite in the internal memory.

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       41 . A digital camera comprising: 
 an imaging device;    an internal memory;    an attachment device that attaches a storage medium;    a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite; and    a record control device that controls so as to store image data taken by the imaging device in the storage medium attached to the attachment device, wherein:    when the medium detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite, the record control device controls so as to store data management information of the image data recorded in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite in the internal memory.    
   
   
       42 . The digital camera according to  claim 41 , wherein: 
 the record control device controls so as to record the data management information stored in the internal memory in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite at given timing.    
   
   
       43 . The digital camera according to  claim 41 , wherein: 
 the data management information is record position information identifying where to record the image data in the storage medium.    
   
   
       44 . The digital camera according to  claim 41 , wherein: 
 the data management information is information about a printing of the image data.    
   
   
       45 . The digital camera according to  claim 42 , wherein: 
 the given timing is timing on when to remove the storage medium attached to the attachment device.    
   
   
       46 . The digital camera according to  claim 45  further comprising: 
 a lid detector that detects whether a lid capping the attachment device is opened, wherein:    the timing on when to remove the storage medium is timing on when to detect via the lid detector that the lid is opened.    
   
   
       47 . The digital camera according to  claim 42  further comprising: 
 a capacity detector that detects residual capacity of the storage medium attached to the attachment device, wherein:    the given timing is timing on when to detect via the capacity detector that the residual capacity becomes below given capacity.    
   
   
       48 . The digital camera according to  claim 42 , wherein: 
 the given timing is timing on when to connect to an external device.    
   
   
       49 . A digital camera comprising: 
 an attachment device that attaches a storage medium recording image data and data management information of the image data;    a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite;    a record control device that controls recording of the image data and the data management information of the image data; and    a switching device that switches over a mode between a change mode capable of changing data management information of image data stored in the storage medium and a non-change mode unable to change the data management information, wherein:    when the medium detector detects that the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is attached to the attachment device, the record control device puts recording of data management information changed in the change mode in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite on hold.    
   
   
       50 . The digital camera according to  claim 49 , wherein: 
 the record control device records the changed data management information in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite in response to a switch-over to the non-change mode from the change mode via the switching device.    
   
   
       51 . The digital camera according to  claim 49  further comprising: 
 an internal memory, wherein:    the record control device stores the changed data management information in the internal memory until the switching device switches over to the non-change mode from the change mode.    
   
   
       52 . The digital camera according to  claim 49 , wherein: 
 the data management information is record position information identifying where to record the image data in the storage medium.    
   
   
       53 . The digital camera according to  claim 49 , wherein: 
 the data management information is information about a printing of the image data.    
   
   
       54 . The digital camera according to  claim 41 , wherein: 
 the internal memory is a volatile memory.    
   
   
       55 . The digital camera according to  claim 54 , wherein: 
 the internal memory is a buffer memory for image processing used when image processing is performed.    
   
   
       56 . A digital camera comprising: 
 an attachment device that attaches a storage medium;    a capacity detector that detects usable capacity of the storage medium attached to the attachment device; and    an index creator that creates index data corresponding to usable capacity of the storage medium detected by the capacity detector.    
   
   
       57 . The digital camera according to  claim 56 , wherein: 
 the index data is data that provides an overview of image data information recorded in the storage medium.    
   
   
       58 . The digital camera according to  claim 56 , wherein: 
 when the capacity detector detects that usable capacity of the storage medium becomes below given capacity, the index creator creates the index data.    
   
   
       59 . The digital camera according to  claim 56  further comprising: 
 a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite, wherein:    when the capacity detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite, the index creator creates the index data    
   
   
       60 . A digital camera comprising: 
 an imaging device;    an attachment device that attaches a storage medium;    an image output device that outputs image data recorded in the storage medium attached to the attachment device to an external image storage apparatus;    a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite; and    an output record device that records output information to find out the image data outputted to the external image storage apparatus in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite when the medium detector detects that the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is attached to the attachment device.    
   
   
       61 . The digital camera according to  claim 60 , wherein: 
 the output information includes information on where to output the image data.    
   
   
       62 . The digital camera according to  claim 60 , wherein: 
 the output information includes information on what day and what time to output the image data.    
   
   
       63 . A digital camera comprising: 
 an imaging device;    an attachment device that attaches a storage medium;    a record control device that controls so as to record image data taken by the imaging device in the storage medium attached to the attachment device;    a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite; and    an image edit processing device that performs different image edit processing on the image data recorded in the storage medium corresponding to a kind of the storage medium attached to the attachment device.    
   
   
       64 . The digital camera according to  claim 63 , wherein: 
 when the medium detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite, the image edit processing device does not perform image edit processing on the image data.    
   
   
       65 . The digital camera according to  claim 63 , wherein: 
 the image edit processing performs right/left rotate processing to right- or left-rotate the image data as the image edit processing.    
   
   
       66 . The digital camera according to  claim 63  further comprising: 
 a capacity detector that detects usable capacity of the storage medium attached to the attachment device, wherein:    when the medium detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite, the image edit processing performs different image edit processing corresponding to usable capacity of the storage medium detected by the capacity detector.    
   
   
       67 . The digital camera according to  claim 66 , wherein: 
 when the capacity detector detects that usable capacity of the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is below given capacity, the image edit processing device does not perform image edit processing on the image data.    
   
   
       68 . The digital camera according to  claim 66 , wherein: 
 the image edit processing device performs right/left rotate processing to right-or left-rotate the image data as the image edit processing.    
   
   
       69 . The digital camera according to  claim 66 , wherein: 
 the image edit processing device performs right/left rotate processing on the image data when the capacity detector detects that usable capacity of the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is above given capacity and the image edit processing device changes right/left rotate information of data management information of the image data and creates new data management information when the capacity detector detects that usable capacity of the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is below the given capacity.    
   
   
       70 . A digital camera comprising: 
 an imaging device;    an internal memory;    an attachment device that attaches a storage medium;    a record control device that controls so as to record image data taken by the imaging device in the storage medium attached to the attachment device;    a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite;    a switch device that switches over a mode between a relating shooting mode for shooting a plurality of related image data and a normal shooting mode; and    a relating image control device that stores the image data taken in the relating shooting mode in the internal memory when the medium detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite.    
   
   
       71 . The digital camera according to  claim 70 , wherein: 
 the relating image control device controls so as to record the image data stored in the internal memory in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite all at once in response to release of the relating shooting mode by the switch device.    
   
   
       72 . The digital camera according to  claim 70  further comprising: 
 an image select device that selects image data to be recorded in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite from image data taken in the relating shooting mode, wherein:    the relating image control device controls so as to record image data selected by the image select device in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite.    
   
   
       73 . The digital camera according to  claim 70 , wherein: 
 the relating shooting mode is a composite image shooting mode in which the plurality of taken image data are put together into one image.    
   
   
       74 . The digital camera according to  claim 73 , wherein: 
 the composite image shooting mode is a composite panorama image shooting mode.    
   
   
       75 . The digital camera according to  claim 70 , wherein: 
 the relating shooting mode is a continuous shooting mode.    
   
   
       76 . The digital camera according to  claim 70 , wherein: 
 the internal memory is a volatile memory.    
   
   
       77 . The digital camera according to  claim 70 , wherein: 
 the internal memory is a buffer memory for image processing used when image processing is performed.    
   
   
       78 . A digital camera comprising: 
 an imaging device;    an attachment device that attaches a storage medium;    a record control device that controls so as to record image data taken by the imaging device in the storage medium attached to the attachment device;    a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting a number of overwrite;    a failure judgment device that judges if the image data taken by the imaging device is a failure image; and    a failure image record control device that controls so as not to automatically record image data judged by the failure judgment device as a failure image in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite when the medium detector detects that the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite is attached to the attachment device.    
   
   
       79 . The digital camera according to  claim 78  further comprising: 
 an internal memory, wherein:    the failure image record control device stores the image data taken by the imaging device in the internal memory temporally.    
   
   
       80 . The digital camera according to  claim 78  further comprising: 
 a record display device, wherein:    the failure image record control device displays an inquiry if image data judged by the failure judgment device as a failure image is to be recorded in the storage medium limiting a number of overwrite.