Electronic device, image data processing method, storage medium and imaging system

An image data processing method comprising:

• establishing communication with a plurality of image transmitting devices;
• receiving image data transmitted from the plurality of image transmitting devices;
• setting respective areas for the plurality of image transmitting devices, in a memory;
• controlling storage in the memory such that the image data from the plurality of image transmitting devices are assigned to and stored in the set respective areas;
• performing display control such that the image data transmitted from the plurality of image transmitting devices and stored in the memory are read out and displayed on a screen of a display, which is split in accordance with a number of the plurality of image transmitting devices,
• wherein the transmitted image data is received every time new images are acquired by the plurality of image transmitting devices,
• wherein the storage in the memory is controlled such that each image data is individually overwritten to perform updating when new image data are received, and
• wherein the display control is performed such that the image data received from the plurality of image transmitting devices and stored in the memory are displayed on the screen of the display all at once at a timing independent from an update timing of each image data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer in an electronic device having a communication section and a storage section to perform functions comprising:

• reception processing for receiving image data transmitted from a plurality of external image transmitting devices via communication by the communication section;
• setting processing for setting respective areas for the plurality of external image transmitting devices in the storage section;
• storage control processing for controlling the storage section such that the image data from the plurality of external image transmitting devices are assigned to and stored in the respective areas set by the setting processing;
• and
• display control processing for performing control such that the image data transmitted from the plurality of external image transmitting devices and stored in the storage section are read out and displayed on a screen of a display section, which is split in accordance with a number of the plurality of external image transmitting devices,
• wherein the reception processing receives transmitted image data every time new images are acquired by the plurality of external image transmitting devices,
• wherein the storage control processing controls the storage section such that each image data is individually overwritten to perform updating when new image data are received, and
• wherein the display control processing performs control such that the image data received from the plurality of external image transmitting devices and stored in the storage section are displayed on a display section all at once at a timing independent from an update timing of each image data by the storage control processing.

An imaging system comprising;

• a plurality of image transmitting devices, and
• an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises:
• a communication section which communicates with the plurality of image transmitting devices,
• a reception section which receives image data transmitted from the plurality of image transmitting devices by the communication section,
• a storage section,
• a setting section which sets respective areas for the plurality of image transmitting devices in the storage section,
• a storage control section which controls the storage section such that the image data from the plurality of image transmitting devices are assigned to and stored in each of the respective areas set by the setting section,
• display section, and
• a display control section which performs control such that the image data transmitted from the plurality of image transmitting devices and stored in the storage section are read out and displayed on a screen of the display section, which is split in accordance with a number of the plurality of image transmitting devices,
• wherein the reception section receives transmitted image data every time new images are acquired by the plurality of image transmitting devices,
• wherein the storage control section controls the storage section such that each image data is individually overwritten to perform updating when new image data are received, and
• wherein the display control section performs control such that the image data received from the plurality of image transmitting devices and stored in the storage section are displayed all at once at a timing independent from an update timing of each image data by the storage control section, and
• wherein each of the plurality of image transmitting devices comprises:
• an image acquisition section, and
• a transmission section which continually transmits image data acquired by the image acquisition section to the electronic device.