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Digital camera with a plurality of media for recording captured images
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 2000-12-18
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Granted: 2006-01-31
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Expires: 2020-12-18
Abstract
Abstract A digital camera reduces the possibility that a user's release operation is disabled and performs photographing operations at the appropriate times. The digital camera ( 1 ) can load a memory card ( 40 a ) and a magnetic disk card ( 40 b ) as a plurality of recording media, wherein a CPU ( 17 ) can independently make accesses to the memory card ( 40 a ) and the magnetic disk card ( 40 b ). The CPU ( 17 ) performs a plurality of tasks in parallel, whereby a captured image is recorded on either one of the memory card ( 40 a ) and the magnetic disk card ( 40 b ) while predetermined processing is performed on the other. In such a configuration, a captured image which is stored in image memory ( 21 ) through a photographing operation can be recorded at an early stage on one of the recording media. This enables continuous photographing and the like even in such a condition that recording on a recording medium which is selected as a subject of recording is not allowed.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroaki Kubo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 09:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/21; H04N1/2104; H04N1/2112; H04N1/2137; H04N1/215; H04N2101/00; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/21; H04N2201/216; H04N2201/218
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A digital camera, comprising: a plurality of media provided for recording and storing a captured image generated in response to a photographing operation; and a controller capable of performing a plurality of tasks in parallel, said controller when performing a first task to record said captured image on a medium which is selected as a subject of recording out of said plurality of media, performing a second task which is different from said first task to perform predetermined processing on a medium which is not said subject of recording, wherein said predetermined processing is formatting of a medium which is not said subject of recording.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
A digital camera, comprising: a plurality of media provided for recording and storing a captured image generated in response to a photographing operation; and a controller capable of performing a plurality of tasks in parallel, said controller when performing a first task to record said captured image on a medium which is selected as a subject of recording out of said plurality of media, performing a second task which is different from said first task to perform predetermined processing on a medium which is not said subject of recording, wherein said predetermined processing is formatting of a medium which is not said subject of recording.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
117 words
A digital camera comprising: a plurality of slots capable of loading a plurality of media for recording and storing a captured image generated in response to a photographing operation; and a controller capable of performing a plurality of tasks in parallel, said controller when performing a first task to record said captured image on a medium which is selected as a subject of recording out of said plurality of media loaded in said plurality of tasks, performing a second task which is different from said first task to perform predetermined processing on a medium which is not said subject of recording, wherein said predetermined processing is formatting of a medium which is not said subject of recording.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
117 words
A digital camera comprising: a plurality of slots capable of loading a plurality of media for recording and storing a captured image generated in response to a photographing operation; and a controller capable of performing a plurality of tasks in parallel, said controller when performing a first task to record said captured image on a medium which is selected as a subject of recording out of said plurality of media loaded in said plurality of tasks, performing a second task which is different from said first task to perform predetermined processing on a medium which is not said subject of recording, wherein said predetermined processing is formatting of a medium which is not said subject of recording.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of media include media employing magnetic recording and media employing a semiconductor memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The digital camera according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of media include media employing magnetic recording and media employing a semiconductor memory.
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