Abstract: A candidate image presenting method using thumbnail images and an image signal processor and an imaging device performing the candidate image presenting method are provided. The image signal processing device processes a plurality of original image data by frames to generate a plurality of frame image data, generates and firstly outputs a plurality of thumbnail image data corresponding to the plurality of frame image data, and secondly outputs the frame image data corresponding to the thumbnail image data selected on the basis of a selection signal. Accordingly, it is possible to enable an image to be captured in a suitable photographing mode without missing a desired instant by providing a user with thumbnail images obtained by means of photographing operations in various photographing modes for a short time and causing a user to select a desired frame image on the basis of the thumbnail images.

Abstract: An image file generation device includes: an image file generation unit that generates an image file having stored therein a plurality of sets of image data obtained in a batch via an image sensor; and an image recording unit that records the image file into a storage medium, wherein: if the image file generation unit determines that an image file-splitting condition has been satisfied while the batch of image data is being obtained via the image sensor, the image file generation unit ends image data storage into the current image file and starts image data storage into a new image file.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including a mounting portion configured to allow a rewritable recording medium and an unrewritable recording medium to be mounted thereon includes a determination unit configured to determine a file name with a number for recording a file on a recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, and a recording control unit configured to record, on the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, the file using the file name determined by the determination unit, wherein the determination unit changes a file name determination method when the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion is replaced such that the rewritable recording medium and the unrewritable recording medium are replaced with each other.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically determine whether an image captured by a digital camera should be stored in a raw format or a compressed format. After an image is captured by the digital camera, the digital camera checks certain sets of characteristics of the captured image to check the image quality. If the image quality falls within an acceptable range, then the digital camera saves the image in a compressed format. If the captured image does not fall within predetermined quality levels, then the captured image is save in raw format for later processing.

Abstract: An electronic device for editing a dual image and a method thereof are provided. The method includes storing at least one photographed front and rear images, respectively, and editing a stored dual image using at least the one stored front and rear images.

Abstract: Still image data generated in response to an instruction for starting the recording of movie data is recorded in such a manner as to be associated with the movie data, and information indicating that the still image data associated with the movie data has been recorded is displayed in response to an instruction for predetermined processing on the movie data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control method of a portable device, including activating a normal camera mode of a camera application, activating a normal standby mode upon detecting a normal lock event in the normal camera mode, activating a temporary standby mode upon detecting a temporary lock event in the normal camera mode, and releasing the temporary standby mode and activating the temporary camera mode upon detecting a first temporary unlock event in the temporary standby mode. In this case, a first image captured in the normal camera mode is stored in a first folder and a second image captured in the temporary camera mode is stored in a second folder. The first folder and the second folder are different folders.

Abstract: Name management and group recovery methods and systems for burst shot are provided. In name management, a burst shot is performed to continuously capture a group of images in sequence. Each of the images in the group is named with a same prefix, and a respective infix, wherein the infixes of the respective images are progressively increased along the period of the burst shot. One of the images within the group is selected as a cover image of the group, and a specific postfix is added to the name of the selected image. In group recovery, if a specific image having a name comprising the specific postfix is in the electronic device, images having a name comprising at least one predefined text in an infix corresponding to the specific image are retrieved and grouped, and the burst bit of each grouped image is enabled.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating a photographed point and date/time information indicating a photographed date/time for each of a plurality of images representing image data obtained by photographing; a determination unit that determines whether the photographed point of each image is a main photographed point or a sub-photographed point on the basis of the location information and the date/time information; and a recording unit that, if the photographed point of the image is the main photographed point, records information indicating the location of the main photographed point in association with the image data of the image, and that, if the photographed point of the image is the sub-photographed point, records information indicating the locations of the sub-photographed point and of the main photographed point in association with the image data of the image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit for storing user information correlating user identification information and acknowledger information in advance; an image file acquiring unit for acquiring the image file; and a control unit for controlling a writing process in a detachable storage medium. The control unit includes a registration processing unit for correlating the user identification information and authentication information contained in an acknowledgement notice, and for registering the user identification information and the authentication information as acknowledgement information in the storage unit. The control unit further includes a determining unit for determining whether the user identification information and the authentication information received through an input unit are registered in the acknowledgement information, and for allowing the image file stored in the storage unit to be written in the detachable storage medium when the authentication notice is authenticated.

Abstract: A voice recordable terminal and its image processing method are provided. The image processing method includes determining whether or not capturing is selected when a recording function of storing voice data is performed, acquiring at least one meta image when the capturing is selected, and storing at least one voice file including the acquired meta image and the voice data.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an input unit configured to input moving image data, a recording unit configured to record the moving image data input by the input unit to a plurality of recording media, an output unit configured to output information to a display device, a selection unit configured to select any of a plurality of modes including a first mode for simultaneously recording the moving image data input by the input unit to the plurality of recording media, and a control unit configured, when a last clip is recorded in the first mode from the moving image data of a plurality of clips recorded to the plurality of recording media, to control the output unit to output a selection screen for selecting any of the plurality of recording media, and erase the moving image data of the last clip from the selected recording medium.

Abstract: An image processor has an image input section that receives image data output from an imaging unit for imaging a subject, the image data including the subject, a position information acquisition section that acquires position information indicating a current position, an object recognition section that recognizes the subject in the image data input from the image input section, and an attention object list management section that manages, for each position upon photographing, a first attention object list including first attention object data indicating an attention object candidate selected from among the subjects recognized in the image data that is previously photographed at the position upon photographing.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided, which includes a camera part for imaging an object and outputting image data; a display part for receiving an image signal corresponding to the image data of the camera part and displaying a corresponding image; and an image controller for outputting an image signal processed from the image data output from the camera part, to the display part, generating and storing a corresponding image file. When generating a first image file by processing the image data provided from the camera part, the image controller selectively generates and stores a second image file of a lower capacity and a lower resolution than the first image file at the same time.

Abstract: A digital electronic apparatus and a method of controlling continuous photographing performed by the digital photographing apparatus are provided. According to the method of controlling continuous photographing performed by the digital photographing apparatus of the invention, continuous photographing can be achieved according to a user's intention without causing inconvenience for a user during continuous photographing, and a desired event can be photographed from its start to end rather than during a precisely given interval.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes an image processing unit which processes an image input through the plurality of image pickup units, a plurality of microphones which are spaced apart from each other, an audio processing unit which senses a voice of a photographer using the plurality of microphones, and a control unit which, when the voice of a photographer is sensed through the audio processing unit, controls the image processing unit to combine an image of an image pickup unit corresponding to a location of the photographer with an image of an image pickup unit currently performing photographing.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image generation section that generates at least one of a first captured image having a predetermined size and a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image; a recording control section that, when an instruction operation to record the generated captured image is received, records the generated captured image based on the instruction operation; and a display control section that, when a captured image to be displayed at the time of displaying the recorded captured image on a display section is the second captured image, displays the second captured image and an enlarged image of a specific region in the second captured image are displayed on the display section in a correlated manner.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of generating an album by laying out desired images in desired positions by a simple operation, while confirming a result of the layout by a photographer when shooting an image. A control section displays a through-the lens-image obtained by shooting an object on a display section by inserting the through-the lens-image in a plurality of frames on a template. When it is detected that one of the plurality of frames has been designated, the control section generates an image file by executing image pickup processing, and stores the generated image file in a storage medium in association with the designated frame of the plurality of frames on the template.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically categorizing images in a digital camera is provided. In one aspect, image data is captured by a digital camera. Image data analysis is performed on the captured image data by the digital camera to automatically generate a category tag to which the captured image data may relate. The generated category tag is stored in association with the captured image data for categorizing the captured image data.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a method for managing media files created by a digital camera. More specifically, a content analyzing module tags a media file with one or more location media tags, event media tags, and/or content media tags. The location media tags are indicative of the geographic location where the media file was created. The event media tags are indicative of an event where the media file was created; and, the content media tags are indicative of individual(s) in the media file. A priority analyzing module connected to the content analyzing module determines a priority of the media file based on priority rules and the location media tags, event media tags, and/or the content media tags. A storage management module connected to the priority analyzing module stores the media file based on the determined priority.

Abstract: Provided is an image folder transmission/playing device which can transmit an image folder regardless of whether or not a name of the image folder complies with DCF standard and further can display an image file included in the image folder on a monitor. A CPU determines whether or not there is an album setting folder file in the image folder. When there is no album setting folder file, the CPU creates the album setting folder file in the image folder included in the album setting folder file. The CPU transmits the image folder and displays an electronic album on the monitor in accordance with information included in the album setting folder file. Accordingly, a user can view the electronic album with a user's favorite layout.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a data conversion part converting first data into second data, an identification data generation part generating identification data which depends on the first data, and a data processing part relating the identification data to the second data. Specifically, the data processing part adds the identification data to the second data.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device acquiring a captured image on a subject; a display section; setting means for setting whether to make effective a temporary recording mode in which the captured image is temporarily recorded in a first storage section; if the temporary recording mode is effective, display control means for playback displaying the captured image recorded in the first storage section from when the temporary recording mode has been effective on the display section in response to an instruction operation of a user; and recording control means for recording an image specified by the user from the playback-displayed captured images in a second storage section as an image to be saved.

Abstract: There are provided an imaging section imaging a subject and generating a plurality of images; an evaluating section performing evaluation on the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a selecting section selecting, based on an evaluation result of the evaluating section, a part of images from among the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a recognizing section performing scene recognition on a plurality of images selected by the selecting section; and a determining section determining, based on a recognition result of the recognizing section, reproduction order of the plurality of images subjected to the scene recognition.

Abstract: A system for arranging a number of images into a compilation of images a metadata derivation unit (230) configured to derive metadata from the images based on the content of the images, and an image arranging unit (240) configured to arrange the images into a compilation of images based on the metadata derived from the images. A method for arranging a number of images into a compilation of images is also provided.

Abstract: Management of files stored on a digital camera includes a user interface for a windowing application for viewing system objects in a first area for displaying a hierarchical tree of system objects, a second area for displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to a system object selected in the first area, a third area adjacent to the second area for displaying a sound icon indicating that a sound file is associated with the displayed thumbnail image, and a fourth area which surrounds the second area and the third area. An item may be dragged to an icon representing a storage device in order to copy the item to the storage device.

Abstract: A database stores a plurality of image data to which the shooting date is attached. A list displaying unit displays on a display device a list of thumbnail images of the image data. An instruction receiving unit acquires a thumbnail image as a specified image. An image classifying unit generates one or a plurality of groups of images by classifying the plurality of image data in terms of the year when the image data were shot. A representative image selector acquires, as a representative image of each image group, image data having a shooting month-day identical to or close to the shooting month-day of the image data corresponding to the specified image from each image group. The list displaying unit displays a list of the each image group for each year and displays the representative image placed at the head of each image group.

Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an image processing unit that performs image quality adjustment using a plurality of adjustment parameters, an information acquisition unit that acquires from an external device first image quality adjustment information including a parameter group for use with the image quality adjustment and an image quality adjustment algorithm that applies the parameter group, and a control unit that controls the image processing unit so that it performs image quality adjustment while applying the parameter group included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired to the image quality adjustment algorithm included in the first image quality adjustment information that has been acquired.

Abstract: An approach is provided for tagging information based on contextual criteria. A tagging platform determines at least one criteria for associating information acquired by a device with at least one tag. The tagging platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of context information of the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof to determine a state of the at least one criteria. The tagging platform further causes, at least in part, an association of the at least one tag with the information based, at least in part, on the state of the at least one criteria. Such an approach allows for configuring the tagging of information prior to or upon initially acquiring the information.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for geotagging objects on a mobile handheld communication device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing a user interface with a plurality of user selectable options for obtaining geographic location coordinates; receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of options; and tagging an object with the geographic location coordinates obtained from the selected one of the plurality of options. In another embodiment, the method may further comprise obtaining from an active global positioning system (GPS) module the geographic location coordinates for a current location to tag the object. The method may further comprise providing previously saved geographic location coordinates to tag the object. The object may be an image object.

Abstract: Visual concepts contained within a video clip are classified based upon a set of target concepts. The clip is segmented into shots and a multi-layer multi-instance (MLMI) structured metadata representation of each shot is constructed. A set of pre-generated trained models of the target concepts is validated using a set of training shots. An MLMI kernel is recursively generated which models the MLMI structured metadata representation of each shot by comparing prescribed pairs of shots. The MLMI kernel is subsequently utilized to generate a learned objective decision function which learns a classifier for determining if a particular shot (that is not in the set of training shots) contains instances of the target concepts. A regularization framework can also be utilized in conjunction with the MLMI kernel to generate modified learned objective decision functions. The regularization framework introduces explicit constraints which serve to maximize the precision of the classifier.

Abstract: In video conference scenarios, participants may be interested in preserving particular video frames. The participants may wish to capture one or more individual frames for storage and later usage. Systems and methods are described herein for a presenter to tag individual pictures during a live video stream for remote user download.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a an electronic device such as a digital camera 300 that includes a deletion mode whereby a camera/electronic device user can delete captured images or data files that have already been transferred in order to make room in the electronic device or digital camera memory for capturing further images. In one embodiment a digital camera keep track of which images have already been transferred to an external storage device and presents those to the user as potential images to be deleted. In another embodiment, the user is presented with a “delete all transferred images” which when selected deletes all the captured images that have already been transferred. In still another embodiment, a deletion criteria is used to prioritize which images are deleted first.

Abstract: When a shutter release operation is performed at an electronic still camera, an MPU records image data output from an image capturing element into a CF card. The MPU also stores the image data in a transfer buffer memory of an interface circuit. The image data stored in the transfer buffer memory are transferred to a transfer buffer memory provided at an interface circuit of a personal computer connected via an IEEE-1394 cable. The MPU of the personal computer reads out the image data having been taken into the personal computer from the transfer buffer memory and records them in a specific recording area in a recording device.

Abstract: A file managing method for a digital apparatus includes (a) establishing a folder corresponding to a file type generated in an operational mode of the digital apparatus, and (b) storing a file according to its file type to the folder corresponding to the file type established in step (a).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a memory, a data bus provided to access the memory, an image conversion unit which receives an image signal and converts the image signal into a frame comprising a plurality of lines, and an image compression/decompression unit which divides the frame into a plurality of line groups, compresses each of the plurality of line groups to generate compressed data, and stores the compressed data in the memory via the data bus, where at least one line in at least one line group is omitted from the compression.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes entering, via a camera of the mobile terminal, a capture mode; receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a start input for starting a grouping image process; capturing, via the camera, at least one image; receiving, via the controller, an end input for ending the grouping image process; and storing, in a memory associated with the mobile terminal, the at least one image captured between the start input and the end input in a group.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus which selects a predetermined number of images from a plurality of images captured at an event. The apparatus includes: an image analyzing section analyzing and calculating individual evaluation values of the images; on the basis of differences in shooting date and time and distance of adjacent images when the plurality of images are rearranged in order of shooting date and time, a first and a second clustering sections determining a first and a second boundary groups, respectively, including a plurality of boundaries for sorting the plurality of images rearranged in order of shooting date and time into a plurality of sub-events, a sorting section sorting the plurality of the images into the plurality of sub-events in accordance with the determined boundary groups; and an image selecting section determining images to be selected by excluding images having small evaluation values.

Abstract: The presence/absence of a face in an image and the type of imaging mode during imaging (such as a landscape imaging mode and a close-up imaging mode) of the image acquired by imaging and the like are detected. Images are automatically classified by groups based on the detected information (classification information). A plurality of images classified by the groups are connected to create a multi-image file (MP file), and the MP file is recorded in a recording medium. As a result, the plurality of classified images can be managed altogether (without dissipation), and the plurality of classified images can be reproduced by providing the multi-image file even if a reproducer does not have a classification function.

Abstract: A method to create a faux group by using at least one digital image combined with at least one other digital image is provided. Associated with each digital image is data that is linked, which identifies the image and biographical data elements associated with the subject appearing in the image. From the digital images and linked data, a faux group image is created. On the faux group image, biographical data elements such as names or other identifiers are optionally displayed. If displayed, each biographical data element is linked to the associated individual digital image in the order it appears. Any rearrangement, movement or adjustment to either the digital image or associated biographical data element in the faux group image causes the digital image and biographical data element to be updated relative to all of the other digital images and biographical data element in the order that the subject of each individual digital image appears.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus which is connectable with an image supplying apparatus having a unit which acquires position information, comprising: a file acquiring unit which acquires, from the image supply apparatus, an image file having shooting position information attached and a log file indicating locations along a path of movement of the image supplying apparatus; a file designating unit which designates an image file and a log file to be transferred from the image supplying apparatus; and a determining unit which determines, in a case that a file to be transferred is designated by the file designating unit, whether the designated file has already been transferred, wherein the determining unit determines whether the file has already been transferred, in accordance with a determination procedure that differs between a case where the designated file is an image file and a case where the designated file is a log file.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that records image data on a detachable storage medium in a previously set recording format is provided. The apparatus sets the recording format of image data, and determines whether or not a storage medium attached to an attachment unit has a communication function that communicates with a different apparatus than the image processing apparatus. If it is determined that the storage medium has a communication function, and that the recording format of image data that can be transferred by the communication function does not match the recording format that has been set, the apparatus issues a warning.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to devices for compression, decompression or reconstruction of image data for still or moving pictures, such as image data detected with a digital camera. In some embodiments, data channels are compressed using a scalable compression algorithm. The compression algorithm may allow customization of compression parameters, such as a quantization factor, code block size, number of transform levels, reversible or irreversible compression, a desired compression ratio with a variable bit rate output, a desired fixed bit rate output with a variable compression rate, progression order, output format, or visual weighting. A lower quality image or an image with lower resolution may be reconstructed using only some of the compressed data. Use of offsets to various layers and color channels allow reconstruction of the image without requiring decompression of all of the full image data.

Abstract: A digital camera checks whether an image file stored in a flash memory unit belongs to an image file group including a RAW file and a JPEG file generated from the RAW file, and displays an image of an image file belonging to the image file group and an image of a single image file not belonging to any image file group in mutually different modes and so that the user can select an image. If the image of the image file group is selected, text that allows the user to select an image file to be deleted among the image files belonging to the image file group is displayed. As described above, one image corresponding to an image file among a plurality of image files belonging to an image file group is displayed, and text that allows the user to select an image file to be deleted is displayed.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a lens unit and a device body detachably joined with each other. The lens unit includes an optical lens, an image sensor capturing an optical lens image of a subject having transmitted through the optical lens and outputting an output signal, and an image processing unit executing a plurality of image processings on image data generated from the output signal of the image sensor. The device body includes a display unit displaying the image data, a storage unit storing an image file containing the image data and an image processing unit having a substantially same image processing function as that of the lens unit and executing a plurality of image processings on the image data. The imaging device is configured that the image processings to execute on the image data are changeably allocated to the image processing units of the lens unit and the device body.

Abstract: A shooting apparatus includes: an image-pickup section outputting a picked-up image obtained by picking up an image of a subject; and a control section performing acceptance of a still image shooting operation and acceptance of a part specification operation of specifying a partial area of the picked-up image during video image pickup by the image-pickup section.

Abstract: An image display device that displays image information includes an image retrieving unit that retrieves image information; a device status identifying unit that identifies a status of the present device; an image condition specifying unit that specifies an image condition that indicates a condition which the image information needs to satisfy to be displayed, based on the status identified by the device status identifying unit; and a display unit that displays the image information retrieved by the image retrieving unit if the image information satisfies the image condition specified by the image condition specifying unit.

Abstract: An optical-flow calculating unit (122) detects the amount of movement of an image capturing apparatus at the time of shooting a shot moving image. A camerawork-parameter calculating unit (123) calculates transformation parameters on the basis of the amount of movement. An image transforming unit (160) transforms a captured image on the basis of the transformation parameters. An image combining unit (180) combines the transformed captured image with a history image. A display unit (260) displays, as a representative image, the history image generated by the image combining unit (180) from a certain number of images among captured images. When a selecting operation of selecting a position in the displayed representative image is accepted, a selecting unit (240) selects a recording position of the moving image on the basis of the selected position. A display control unit (250) plays the moving image, starting from the selected recording position of the moving image.

Abstract: A digital camera is disclosed for capturing digital images and organizing the captured images for subsequent transfer from the digital camera to an external device that utilizes the digital images. The digital camera includes a database having a plurality of customized profiles, wherein each customized profile contains a plurality of image utilization fields. A user selects one of the plurality of customized profiles from the database. The digital camera further includes a structure for defining a plurality of profile indices respectively corresponding to ones of the plurality of customized profiles, and an image sensor for capturing images. A profile index is associated with at least one captured image to identify the corresponding selected customized profile. The digital camera further includes a memory for receiving and storing the at least one captured image and the corresponding profile index.

Abstract: In response to an input instruction to start a still image capturing operation when a moving image capturing operation is being performed, an imaging apparatus controls the still image capturing operation to record a still image file on a recording medium, interrupts the moving image capturing operation, generates a moving image in which an interframe-compressed image whose difference information is zero is inserted as at least one of images to be substituted for a moving image corresponding to a time period for which the moving image capturing operation is interrupted, and records the generated moving image on the recording medium.