Image Pick-up Apparatus File Format for Continuous Shooting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image pick-up apparatuses produce multiple files for continuous shooting operations, leading to cumbersome management and editing of images due to the assumption that only main and sub-image data are included in a single file, resulting in inefficient file handling for multiple images.
Innovation Solution
An image pick-up apparatus with multiple shooting modes that uses a first file format for single images and a second file format for multiple images, allowing the user to select and set shooting modes to produce image files accordingly, enabling efficient management of images by grouping multiple images in a single file format.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple files are produced for continuous shooting operations using conventional formats, then each image can be stored individually, but the management and editing of images becomes cumbersome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual image files into a single container file format. This container file can hold multiple images captured in continuous shooting mode, along with their metadata and thumbnail information, thereby reducing the number of separate files and simplifying management operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal file format that can accommodate different types of image data (main images, thumbnails, metadata) and different shooting modes within a single file structure. This multi-functional format adapts to various shooting scenarios while maintaining consistent management approaches.
2Device complexity
If a single file format is used for all shooting modes, then file structure is simple, but efficient organization of multiple images in continuous shooting is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the file structure into distinct components: main image data, thumbnail data, metadata sections, and continuous shooting information. This segmentation allows efficient organization and access to different types of data within the file while maintaining an overall unified structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new organizational dimension to the file format by incorporating continuous shooting mode information that groups multiple images together. This creates a hierarchical structure where images are organized not just individually but also in sequences, enabling more efficient batch operations.
Data Source
AI summary
Digital camera is provided with an image pick-up unit 24 and a best shot data memory, which stores plural sorts of shooting scenes each associated with one of a first file format and a second file format, wherein the first file format is used for an image file of a single image and the second file format is used for an image file of plural images, when the image file of images obtained in the shooting scenes is produced. When one of the shooting scenes is set, a shooting operation is performed in the set shooting scene to obtain image(s) and an image file of the image or an image file of the images is produced, wherein the image file has the file format corresponding to the set shooting scene.