US6927794B2
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Digital camera provided with a plurality of mounting portions to each of which a recording medium is mounted
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 2000-12-05
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Granted: 2005-08-09
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Expires: 2020-12-05
Abstract
Abstract The CPU 17 accesses multiple slots 41 a and 41 b in a digital camera 1 at regular intervals to detect whether or not memory cards 40 a and 40 b are mounted in the slots 41 a and 41 b , respectively. Based on whether or not memory cards 40 a and 40 b are mounted in the slots 41 a and 41 b , respectively, the CPU 17 selects one slot as the slot to be accessed. There are three modes available as the mode from which to perform this selection, i.e., a fixed mode, a priority mode and a manual operation mode.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroaki Kubo
- 👤 Yasuhiro Morimoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:29
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/21; H04N1/2104; H04N1/2158; H04N1/2112; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04N5/77; H04N5/772; H04N2101/00; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/21; H04N2201/216; H04N5/907; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N9/8047
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A digital camera comprising: a plurality of mounting portions to which recording media can be mounted; a detector which detects whether or not the recording media are mounted to said mounting portions; and a selector which selects from among said mounting portions a portion to be accessed based on the detection result of said detector, wherein, where at least two recording media are mounted to said mounting portions, said selector selects the mounting portion to which the recording medium was mounted first as the mounting portion to be accessed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A digital camera comprising: a plurality of mounting portions to which recording media can be mounted; a detector which detects whether or not the recording media are mounted to said mounting portions; and a selector which selects from among said mounting portions a portion to be accessed based on the detection result of said detector, wherein, where at least two recording media are mounted to said mounting portions, said selector selects the mounting portion to which the recording medium was mounted first as the mounting portion to be accessed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 further comprising a first display which displays information regarding the mounting portion selected by said selector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A digital camera according to claim 2 further comprising a second display which displays the picked-up image, and said first display and said second display are located separately from each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein each of said mounting portions is a connector to be mechanically and electrically connected to each of the recording media.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein each of said mounting portions is a slot inside of which each of the recording media is housed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein each of said mounting portions has a slot inside of which each of the recording media is housed and a connector to which the recording media housed in said slot is mechanically and electrically connected.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
123 words
A digital camera comprising: a plurality of mounting portions to each of which a recording medium is mounted; a mode setting member which is operated to set a mode from among a plurality of selection modes, in each of said plurality of selection modes the mounting portion to be accessed being selected from among said plurality of mounting portions; and a selector which selects one of said mounting portions to be accessed from among said plurality of mounting portions in accordance with the selection mode set by the operation of said mode setting member, wherein the selection modes include a mode in which the mounting portion in which a storm medium was first mounted is selected as the mounting portion to be accessed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
123 words
A digital camera comprising: a plurality of mounting portions to each of which a recording medium is mounted; a mode setting member which is operated to set a mode from among a plurality of selection modes, in each of said plurality of selection modes the mounting portion to be accessed being selected from among said plurality of mounting portions; and a selector which selects one of said mounting portions to be accessed from among said plurality of mounting portions in accordance with the selection mode set by the operation of said mode setting member, wherein the selection modes include a mode in which the mounting portion in which a storm medium was first mounted is selected as the mounting portion to be accessed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
A digital camera according to claim 7 , wherein the selection modes include a mode in which a particular mounting portion is selected as the mounting portion to be accessed at all times from among said plurality of mounting portions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
A digital camera according to claim 7 , wherein the selection modes include a mode in which a mounting portion is selected from among said plurality of mounting portions as the mounting portion to be accessed based on an operation performed by means of an operating member.
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