Electronic apparatus

Abstract

An electronic system comprising an image pickup unit 1, a computer 2, and communication terminals for connecting the, unit and the computer, such as infrared communication ports 6, 10, a card slot 8, and serial communication terminals 5,9 wherein the necessary image data is allowed to be produced from the unit 1 and transmitted to the. computer through the communication terminals. The computer communicates with the image pick up unit by examining the port of each communication means in order to recognize whether a connected unit is the image pickup unit or a foreign unit and to determine and store the communication speed for each communication port. The image data and memory space information is then automatically transmitted to the computer and displayed on a device connected to said computer.

1 . A display control apparatus connectable to an image pickup device having a first memory device within which image data is stored, comprising:
 at least one communicator configured to communicate with the image pickup device;   a display controller configured to display an icon indicating the image pickup device together with an icon indicating a second memory device arranged in the display control apparatus if a signal indicating that a device connected to the display control apparatus is the image pickup device is received by the communicator, wherein an appearance of the icon indicating the image pickup device differs from an appearance of the icon indicating the second memory device; and   a designator configured to designate the icon indicating the image pickup device, wherein the display controller displays representation of contents in the image pickup apparatus based on information received by the communicator if the image pickup device icon is designated by the designator, the contents include the image data stored in the first memory device.   
     
     
         2 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller displays a scroll arrow for scrolling the representation of contents. 
     
     
         3 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller displays a list of the representation of contents. 
     
     
         4 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller displays a list of image data stored in the second memory device. 
     
     
         5 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller displays a list of the image stored in the first memory device. 
     
     
         6 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the display controller displays a list of the image data stored in the first memory device and a list of the image data stored in the second memory in different display windows. 
     
     
         7 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the designator can select image data from the list of the image data stored in the first memory device; and   the image data selected by the designator is stored in the second memory device if the image data selected by the designator is dragged and dropped onto the list of the image data stored in the second memory device.   
     
     
         8 . A method for controlling a display control apparatus connectable to an image pickup device having a first memory device within which image data is stored, comprising steps of:
 displaying an icon indicating the image pickup device together with an icon indicating a second memory device arranged in the display control apparatus if a signal indicating a device connected to the display control apparatus is the image pickup device is received from the image pickup device, wherein an appearance of the icon indicating the image pickup device differs from an appearance of the icon indicating the second memory device; and   designating the image pickup device icon, wherein representation of contents in the image pickup apparatus is displayed based on information received by the communicator if the image pickup icon is designated by the designator, the contents include the image data stored in the first memory device.   
     
     
         9 . The control method according to  claim 8 , further comprising a step of displaying a scroll arrow for scrolling the representation of contents. 
     
     
         10 . The control method according to  claim 8 , further comprising a step of displaying a list of the representation of contents. 
     
     
         11 . The control method according to  claim 8 , further comprising a step of displaying a list of image data stored in the second memory device. 
     
     
         12 . The control method according to  claim 8 , further comprising a step of displaying a list of the image stored in the first memory device. 
     
     
         13 . The control method to  claim 11 , wherein a list of the image data stored in the first memory device and a list of the image data stored in the second memory are displayed in different display windows. 
     
     
         14 . The control method according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 image data from the list of the image data stored in the first memory device is selected; and   the selected image data is stored in the second memory device if the selected image data is dragged and dropped onto the list of the image data stored in the second memory device.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing a control method described in  claim 8 . 
     
     
         16 . A display control apparatus connectable to an image pickup device having a first memory device within which image data is stored, comprising:
 at least one communicator configured to communicate with the image pickup device;   a display controller configured to display an icon indicating the image pickup device together with an icon indicating a second memory device arranged in the display control apparatus if a signal indicating that a device connected to the display control apparatus is the image pickup device is received by the communicator, wherein an appearance of the icon indicating the image pickup device differs from an appearance of the icon indicating the second memory device; and   a designator configured to designate the icon indicating the image pickup device, wherein the display controller displays predetermined information for accessing the image data stored in the first memory device based on information received by the communicator if the image pickup device icon is designated by the designator.   
     
     
         17 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the predetermined information indicates the image stored in the first memory device. 
     
     
         18 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the display controller displays a list of the predetermined information. 
     
     
         19 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the communicator obtains image data stored in the first memory device if a predetermined operation is performed to the predetermined information. 
     
     
         20 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the display controller displays a scroll arrow for scrolling the predetermined information. 
     
     
         21 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the display controller displays a list of image data stored in the second memory device. 
     
     
         22 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the display controller displays a list of the image stored in the first memory device. 
     
     
         23 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the display controller displays a list of the image data stored in the first memory device and a list of the image data stored in the second memory in different display windows. 
     
     
         24 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein:
 the designator can select image data from the list of the image data stored in the first memory device; and   the image data selected by the designator is stored in the second memory device if the image data selected by the designator is dragged and dropped onto the list of the image data stored in the second memory device.   
     
     
         25 . A method for controlling a display control apparatus connectable to an image pickup device having a first memory device within which image data is stored, comprising steps of:
 displaying an icon indicating the image pickup device together with an icon indicating a second memory device arranged in the display control apparatus if a signal indicating a device connected to the display control apparatus is the image pickup device is received from the image pickup device, wherein an appearance of the icon indicating the image pickup device differs from an appearance of the icon indicating the second memory device; and   designating the image pickup device icon, wherein predetermined information for accessing the image data stored in the first memory device is displayed based on information received by the communicator if the image pickup icon is designated by the designator.   
     
     
         26 . The control method according to  claim 25 , wherein the predetermined information indicates the image stored in the first memory device. 
     
     
         27 . The control method according to  claim 25 , further comprising a step of displaying a list of the predetermined information. 
     
     
         28 . The control method according to  claim 25 , further comprising a step of obtaining image data stored in the first memory device if a predetermined operation is performed to the predetermined information. 
     
     
         29 . The control method according to  claim 25 , further comprising a step of displaying a scroll arrow for scrolling the predetermined information. 
     
     
         30 . The control method according to  claim 25 , further comprising a step of displaying a list of image data stored in the second memory device. 
     
     
         31 . The control method according to  claim 25 , further comprising a step of displaying a list of the image stored in the first memory device. 
     
     
         32 . The control method according to  claim 25 , further comprising a step of displaying a list of the image data stored in the first memory device and a list of the image data stored in the second memory in different display windows. 
     
     
         33 . The control method according to  claim 25 , wherein:
 an image data from the list of the image data stored in the first memory device is selected; and   the selected image data is stored in the second memory device if the image data selected by the designator is dragged and dropped onto the list of the image data stored in the second memory device.   
     
     
         34 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing a control method described in  claim 25 . 
     
     
         35 . A display control apparatus connectable to an image pickup device having a first memory device within which image data is stored, comprising:
 at least one communicator configured to communicate with the image pickup device,;   a display controller configured to display an icon indicating the image pickup device together with an icon indicating a second memory device arranged in the display control apparatus if a signal indicating that a device connected to the display control apparatus is the image pickup device is received by the communicator, wherein an appearance of the icon indicating the image pickup device differs from an appearance of the icon indicating the second memory device; and   a designator configured to designate the icon indicating the image pickup device, wherein the display controller displays a list of image data stored in the first memory device in the image pickup device based on information received by the communicator after the image pickup device icon is designated by the designator.   
     
     
         36 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 35 , wherein the display controller displays a scroll arrow for scrolling the list of the image data. 
     
     
         37 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 36 , wherein the display controller displays a list stored in the second memory device. 
     
     
         38 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 37 , wherein the display controller displays the list of the image data stored in the first memory device and the list of the image data stored in the second memory in different display windows. 
     
     
         39 . The display control apparatus according to  claim 38 , wherein:
 the designator can select an image data from the list of the image data stored in the first memory device; and   the image data selected by the designator is stored in the second memory device if the image data selected by the designator is dragged and dropped onto the list of the image data stored in the second memory device.   
     
     
         40 . A method for controlling a display control apparatus connectable to an image pickup device having a first memory device within which image data is stored, comprising steps of:
 displaying an icon indicating the image pickup device together with an icon indicating a second memory device arranged in the display control apparatus if a signal indicating a device connected to the display control apparatus is the image pickup device is received from the image pickup device, wherein an appearance of the icon indicating the image pickup device differs from an appearance of the icon indicating the second memory device; and   designating the image pickup device icon, wherein a list of image data stored in the first memory device arranged in the image pickup device is displayed based on information received by the communicator after the image pickup icon is designated by the designator.   
     
     
         41 . The control method according to  claim 40 , further comprising a step of displaying a scroll arrow for scrolling the list of the image data. 
     
     
         42 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing a control method described in  claim 40 .