Camera Image Forwarding Status Control for Sent Photo Confirmation
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need to easily confirm which images stored in a recording medium have been forwarded to an external device without causing user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing apparatus with communication, selection, and control means for forwarding images to external devices, and controlling attributes of forwarded images, and managing the forwarding state of the image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If write protection is set on images before transmission as in PTL 1, then the images are protected during transmission, but the user cannot easily confirm which images have been forwarded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image data and forwarding status information into separate components. The image data is stored in the recording medium while the forwarding status information is managed separately by the control unit, allowing independent management of protection and status tracking without interference between them.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary forwarding status information that mediates between the image data and the user. This status information acts as a bridge, providing users with forwarding confirmation without directly modifying the protected image data or requiring additional user operations.
2Reliability
If deletion protection is applied as in PTL 2, then images are protected from deletion, but the system complexity increases for managing protection states
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the forwarding status management with the existing protection state management system. The control unit integrates the tracking of forwarded images into the same control framework that manages write protection and deletion protection, consolidating multiple protection-related functions into a unified system rather than creating separate complex management mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit automatically manages the forwarding status information without requiring user intervention. The system self-updates the status when images are forwarded, eliminating the need for users to manually track or manage protection states, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining reliable protection.
3Ease of operation
If no status tracking is implemented, then the system remains simple, but users cannot easily confirm which images have been forwarded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary forwarding status information that mediates between the image data and the user. This status information acts as a bridge, providing users with forwarding confirmation without directly modifying the protected image data or requiring additional user operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the state parameter of the image data by adding a forwarding status flag. This parameter change allows the system to track forwarded images without fundamentally altering the image data structure or requiring complex additional systems, simply by modifying the status parameter associated with each image.
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AI summary
An image capturing apparatus of the present disclosure comprises: communication means for communicating with an external device; selection means for selecting an image to be forwarded to the external device as a forward target image from among images stored in storage means; forwarding means for forwarding the forward target image to the external device via the communication means; and control means for controlling a predetermined attribute of the forward target image. The control means manages, in response to the forwarding of the forward target image, the forward target image as a forwarded image, and controls the predetermined attribute of the forward target image to correspond to a forwarded state of the image.