Abstract: A camera includes: a battery unit on which a battery is mounted, that can be detachably loaded into the camera and supplies power to the camera; and a function unit that executes camera functions, wherein: as a function of the camera is executed, the function unit transmits information related to the executed function to the battery pack; and the battery unit has a storage unit in which the information related to the camera function is stored.

Abstract: A camera includes: a battery unit on which a battery is mounted, that can be detachably loaded into the camera and supplies power to the camera; and a function unit that executes camera functions, wherein: as a function of the camera is executed, the function unit transmits information related to the executed function to the battery pack; and the battery unit has a storage unit in which the information related to the camera function is stored.

Abstract: A digital camera having small time lag for recording the object after releasing a shutter by employing less movable parts, and by employing an image sensor for other purpose as well as actual forming picture image for recording the object is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, a digital camera includes an image sensor having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels capable of selectively reading out signals from desired pixels and capable of adding signals of at least two pixels prior to getting the output from the image sensor, a first processor for processing outputs got from the individuals of the pixels of the image sensor to form a picture image of an object of the camera and a second processor for processing the added signal of the image sensor for light metering of the object.

Abstract: An image storage for storing digital still image data is connected to a television set for selectively watching a broadcast program in a first mode or a still image transmitted from the image storage in a second mode. The image storage has an input circuit for receiving a control signal form the television set and an output circuit for transmitting a still image signal to the television set on the basis of the digital still image data, the output circuit being responsive to the control signal. The television set, on the other hand, has an output circuit for transmitting the control signal to the image storage. By means of the control signal, the image storage is automatically turned on or off when the television set is turned on or off, respectively. The control signal makes image storage operative or inoperative when the television set is in the second mode or in the first mode, respectively, to save power consumption with the television set in the first mode.

Abstract: In a system for making a print of a digital image including a computer for storing a digital image data and a printing device for making the print of the digital image data, a method comprises a step of transmitting from the computer to the printing device the digital image data along with information indicative of a location of the digital image data in the computer, a step of making at the printing device the print based on the transmitted digital image data, and a step of adding at the printing device the transmitted information to the print.

Abstract: A digital camera has a memory for storing a plurality of programs each to embed a watermark on a digital image data. The digital camera embeds the watermark on the image data according to the program selected by a program selector. In the case of a digital camera capable of selecting whether or not to embed a watermark, the digital camera forcibly controls to embed the watermark if the selection is failed. The digital camera has a processor for processing a digital image data in accordance with one of a plurality of selective data forms, one of the data forms being suitable for a watermark, and another unsuitable. In this case, the digital camera controls the processor to replace the unsuitable data form by the suitable one under the necessity of embedding the watermark on the digital image data.

Abstract: A plurality of sites for print service each having its own available public transportation system for delivering the print are in cooperation. An order from a customer accepted at a site is mutually assigned to another site in dependence on which is the most convenient public transportation system to deliver the print to the destination designated by the customer. The sites and the destination are typically at stations of railroads, respectively. The assignment of the order is made by way of a managing center capable of settling the assignment, recording a report from the assignee site, balancing the accounts among the sites by gathering accounts caused by the assignment of order, or dividing an order into a plurality of sub-orders for a plurality of destinations corresponding thereto. Order may be accepted through a computer communication, in which a computer of the acceptance site provides with a combined data composed of a plurality of kinds of data from the customer.

Abstract: A digital image storage system includes a digital camera having a first terminal for data communication in accordance with a data communication interface standard and an adapter for the digital camera for communicating with the digital camera. The adapter has a second terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal. The digital image storage system further includes a data storage having a third terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal. The data storage is capable of communicating with the digital camera by way of the adapter through a connection between the third and the second terminals and also capable of directly communicating with the digital camera through a connection between the third and the first terminals.

Abstract: A digital image storage system includes a digital camera having a first terminal for data communication in accordance with a data communication interface standard and an adapter for the digital camera for communicating with the digital camera. The adapter has a second terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal. The digital image storage system further includes a data storage having a third terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal. The data storage is capable of communicating with the digital camera by way of the adapter through a connection between the third and the second terminals and also capable of directly communicating with the digital camera through a connection between the third and the first terminals.

Abstract: A game machine displays a target on a display plane with four known points. An image sensor with an image plane on which an image of the display plane is formed with the known points included. The game machine calculates an attitude of the image plane relative to the display plane in response to the image of the known points on the image plane. The game machine causes a change in the target depending on the calculated attitude. The game machine calculates the position of a point on the display plane corresponding to a predetermined position on the image plane in response to the image of the known points on the image plane. The game machine compares the position of the target point with the calculated position to cause a change in the image of the target point on the display plane in response to the comparison.

Abstract: A print system receives an image file and a print order file from a customer, the image file having an image data area and an order data area. The print system copies information of the received print order file into the order data area of the received image file. The print system produces a print of the image data in the image file according to the information in the order data area of the image file. The print system has a printer capable of producing a print of a predetermined image data provided by a third party as well as that of the image data of the customer. The print system delivers to the customer the print ordered by the customer as well as the print of the predetermined image data. The print system selects a group of orders among all the orders in accordance with the destination of delivery for controlling the printer to give priority to the group of orders in producing the prints.

Abstract: A print system receives an image file and a print order file from a customer, the image file having an image data area and an order data area. The print system copies information of the received print order file into the order data area of the received image file. The print system produces a print of the image data in the image file according to the information in the order data area of the image file. The print system has a printer capable of producing a print of a predetermined image data provided by a third party as well as that of the image data of the customer. The print system delivers to the customer the print ordered by the customer as well as the print of the predetermined image data. The print system selects a group of orders among all the orders in accordance with the destination of delivery for controlling the printer to give priority to the group of orders in producing the prints.

Abstract: A graphical user interface is proposed for generating an interface signal with a target on a display aimed. An image sensor has an image plane on which an image of the display including characteristic points is formed, a point of the image formed at a predetermined position of the image plane corresponding to the target. A processor calculates the position of the target on the display relative to the characteristic points on the basis of the output of the image sensor including the information of the positions of the characteristic points. And the interface signal is generated with the position of the target calculated.

Abstract: A camera includes an imaging element that picks up an image of an object through a taking-lens, an evaluation value calculator that calculates focus evaluation value based upon a picked-up imaging signal, a selector that selects one focusing mode from a plurality of focusing modes, a focusing device that performs a focusing operation based upon the focus evaluation value and the selected focusing mode and a rebooting device that reboots the focusing operation after the focusing operation finishes, wherein further includes an evaluation value memory device that stores a plurality of focus evaluation values calculated by the evaluation value calculator in time sequence after the focusing operation finishes and a fluctuation evaluator that evaluates fluctuation in focus evaluation value stored into the evaluation value memory device, wherein, when the rebooting device reboots the focusing operation, the selector selects one focusing mode from a plurality of focusing modes.

Abstract: An image processor for a digital image of an object having a crack is disclosed, the digital image being made of a plurality of pixels. The image processor comprises a counter for counting a number of the pixels relating to the crack within a selected portion of the image, the selected portion being of a known area, an investigator for investigating the relationship among the pixels relating to the crack within the selected portion of the image, and a width evaluator for evaluating the width of the crack corresponding to the selected portion of the image on the basis of the number of the pixels and the relationship among the pixels.

Abstract: A print system receives an image file and a print order file from a customer, the image file having an image data area and an order data area. The print system copies information of the received print order file into the order data area of the received image file. The print system produces a print of the image data in the image file according to the information in the order data area of the image file. The print system has a printer capable of producing a print of a predetermined image data provided by a third party as well as that of the image data of the customer. The print system delivers to the customer the print ordered by the customer as well as the print of the predetermined image data. The print system selects a group of orders among all the orders in accordance with the destination of delivery for controlling the printer to give priority to the group of orders in producing the prints.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera capable of outputting image information suitable for using by peripherals.

Abstract: A camera includes an imaging element that receives transmitted light of an imaging optical system, a calculator that calculates focus evaluation value responding to a focus status of the focus lens based upon an output of the imaging element, a scan driving that scans the focus lens in a single direction along an optical axis, a detector that detects an absolute position of the focus lens, a pitch determiner that determines a lens movement pitch deciding timing to obtain the focus evaluation value at a given interval in response to an output of the detector during the scan driving, a controller that obtains the focus evaluation value every time the focus lens moves by the determined lens movement pitch during the scan driving and a focusing adjuster that seeks a focus point by evaluating focus evaluation values obtained by the controller and drives the focus lens to the focus point.

Abstract: An image recorder has a storage for a visual broadcast program. The image recorder makes a question of whether or not the data of the visual broadcast program is to be automatically deleted from the storage after the playback of the visual broadcast program is terminated. The image recorder makes it possible to interrupt the storage of a selected one of a plurality of visual broadcast programs with the storage of at least another visual broadcast program continued. The image recorder is capable of recording both the data of visual broadcast program and digital image data from another source, the priority is given to the data of visual broadcast program over the digital image data.

Abstract: An x-ray irradiation apparatus and x-ray exposure apparatus provide improved x-ray generation. The x-ray irradiation apparatus includes a target material feed-out device to provide a target material in a feed-out direction to a specified target position and a laser to provide laser light to the specified target position to cause the target material to emit x-rays. In some configurations, an x-ray generation position control device may be used to determine and control a position of x-ray generation, a rotary mechanism may be operatively connected to the target material feed-out device to axially rotate the target material feed-out device about the feed-out direction, and/or a target feed-out control device may be used to detect and control the position of the target material feed-out device.