Intermediate memory for a digital camera
OwnerGary David Sasaki, Todd Andrew Miklos +1inventors
InventorsGary David Sasaki, Todd Andrew Miklos, Heather Deanne Uhland
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Abstract
A digital camera system includes an optical system for forming optical images onto an image sensor. The image sensor provides digital images of the optical images to an intermediate memory. A display provides a visual display of selected digital images stored in the intermediate memory. A controller responds to a manual input from a user to initiate long-term storage of selected digital images from the intermediate memory in a long-term memory.
Claims18
A digital camera for:
- providing digital images of optical images, the camera comprising;
- an intermediate memory for storing said digital images;
- a display for providing a visual display of said digital images stored in said intermediate memory;
- long-term image memory for storing a plurality of digital images;
- and
- a controller for selecting digital images from said intermediate memory and storing said selected digital images in said long-term image memory.
A method of processing a digital image, comprising:
- storing said digital image in an intermediate memory;
- displaying a visual image of said digital image in said intermediate memory;
- and
- selectively storing said digital image to a long-term image memory from said intermediate memory.
A digital image capture system comprising:
- sensor means for providing a digital image of an optical image;
- first storage means for storing said digital image;
- display means for providing a visual display of said digital image in said first storage means;
- second storage means for storing a plurality of digital images;
- and
- control means for selecting digital images in said first storage means for storage in said second storage means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.