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Image recording device

A technology of image recording and image retrieval, applied in image communication, television, special data processing applications, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-30
RICOH KK
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That is to say, although specific retrieval conditions can be selected, it is necessary to know in advance what kind of retrieval conditions to obtain the image files desired by the user is feasible.

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[0042] Next, an embodiment of image file retrieval using an image recording device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is an example of a screen displayed on the LCD monitor 10 of the digital camera 1 performing search processing. In FIG. 5 , a screen 100 shows a reproduced image 101 of a recorded image file, and an example of image search information 102 generated by extracting a detection key from photographic information of the reproduced image 101 . On the screen 100, the image search information displayed in the left column is the type (attribute) information 102a of the search condition, and depends on the classification of the information recorded in the photography information. The retrieval condition information in the right column is the key information 102b corresponding to the attribute of the above retrieval condition. Key information 102b refers to information that can be selected from search condition info...

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[0052] Another embodiment of the image recording device according to the present invention will be described below. 8 , 9 , and 10 are other examples of display of image search information displayed on the LCD monitor 10 together with a list of image files. When the file format is selected in the above-mentioned FIG. 5, the display as shown in FIG. 8 will be formed. On the image file 101 in the screen 100, a screen for specifying a file format, which is one of image search information, is displayed. In this example, since the file format of the reproduced image is JPEG, JPEG is first selected. As the image search information that can be selected in FIG. 8 , other than JPEG, TIFF, DNG (Digital Negative Format), etc. can be selected as the key information 102b.

[0053] The display example shown in FIG. 9 is a display example when WB (white balance) is selected in FIG. 5 . Similar to the example in FIG. 8 , in FIG. 9 , the white balance is initially selected as AUTO on the re...

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[0056]Next, image retrieval processing using the image recording device according to the present invention will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 11 . The retrieval conditions are obtained in FIG. 11 . As described above, the search condition is to obtain category information 102a and key information 102b as a set, and record them as image search information 102 in SDRAM 34 (S901). Next, an image file to be searched is set. Since the image recording apparatus usually stores files in multiples, the first recorded image file can be searched (S902). In this embodiment, the image retrieval information is stored in the header of the image, so the header information is read (S903), and retrieval processing is performed based on the image retrieval information 102 obtained in S901. When searching for an image having the same key information 102b as the image search information 102, the category information 102a corresponding to the key information 102b is stored (S905), (S90...

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Abstract

The invention provides an image recording device which can search the predetermined image file easily from a plurality of image files stored after imaging. The image recording device comprises an image searching information generating device for generating image searching information from the imaging information of an image file displayed on a display device; an image searching information displaying and selecting device for selectively displaying the image searching information; and an image searching device for selecting at least one image searching information displayed on the image searching information displaying and selecting device, and searching the image file according to the image searching information and displaying on the image displaying device.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image recording device that records captured photographic images in a file format, and more particularly, relates to an image recording device that facilitates retrieval of recorded images. Background technique [0002] A digital camera is known as an image recording device for recording captured photographic images in a file format. A digital camera uses a nonvolatile memory such as a memory card as a recording medium to record and save image files. Unlike conventional silver halide cameras, with such a digital camera, it is easy to delete the captured image once it is saved, so it is possible to take and save it easily. Because it is so easy, more and more users keep a large number of captured images forever. Moreover, due to the expansion and cost reduction of memory card storage capacity in recent years, although the size of the image at the time of shooting varies, more than 1,000 image files can be stored in ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/92G06F17/30
Inventor 水藤浩
Owner RICOH KK