Image processing method, an image processing apparatus, an image input device, a photographing device, a photographing system, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium

A method comprising the steps of:

• receiving data through a net work;
• inputting image data obtained in accordance with the designated input mode;
• managing storage of the data received in said receiving step and the image data inputted in said inputting step to a memory;
• and
• intervening between operations of said receiving step and said inputting step on the basis of said storage management.

An image input apparatus having a communicating function, and for storing into storage means data received by said communicating function and an image inputted in a photographing mode designated in advance, comprising:

• image compression means for storing into said storage means the input image at a compression ratio corresponding to the photographing mode;
• reception amount generating means for obtaining a capacity required for a data reception by said communicating function;
• remaining amount generating means for obtaining the memory remaining amount for said storage means;
• and
• control means for controlling the compression ratio of said image compression means on the basis of the capacity obtained by said reception amount generating means, and the memory remaining amount obtained by said remaining amount generating means.

An image input apparatus, comprising:

• input means for inputting a photographing mode;
• image input means for inputting an image obtained in the photographing mode inputted by said input means;
• image compression means for compressing the image inputted by said image input means;
• communicating means for receiving arbitrary data;
• storage means for storing the input image compressed by said image compression means and the data received by said communicating means;
• remaining amount generating means for managing memory remaining amount of said storage means;
• and
• control means for controlling an amount of the input image for said image compression means on the basis of photographing mode inputted by said input means, and the memory remaining amount obtained by said remaining amount generating means.

An image input apparatus having the communicating function, and for storing into storage means data received by said communicating function and an image inputted in the photographing mode designated in advance, comprising:

• reception amount generating means for obtaining a capacity required for receiving data by said communicating function;
• remaining amount generating means for obtaining a memory remaining amount for said storage means;
• and
• control means for controlling a receiving operation of said communicating function on the basis of the capacity obtained by said reception amount generating means, and the memory remaining amount obtained by said remaining amount generating means.

An image input apparatus, comprising:

• input means for inputting a photographing mode;
• image input means for inputting an image obtained in the photographing mode inputted by said input means;
• image compression means for compressing the input image inputted by said image input means;
• communicating means for receiving arbitrary data;
• storage means for storing the input image compressed by said image compression means and the data received by said communicating means;
• remaining amount generating means for managing memory remaining amount of said storage means;
• reception amount generating means for obtaining a capacity required for receiving data by said communicating function;
• and
• control means for controlling the amount of reception data of said communicating means on the basis of the memory remaining amount obtained by said remaining amount generating means, and the capacity obtained by said reception amount generating means.

A storage medium which stored processing steps readable by a computer, for storing on memory a communicating function, reception data by the communication function, and an image inputted in a photographing mode designated in advance, said processing steps comprising the following steps of:

• compressing the input image with a compression ratio corresponding to the photographing mode and storing the compressed image;
• generating reception amount for obtaining a capacity required for the data reception by said communicating function;
• generating remaining amount for obtaining the memory remaining amount of said memory;
• and
• controlling the compression ratio in said image compressing step on the basis of said photographing mode, the capacity obtained in said reception amount generating step, and the memory remaining amount obtained in said remaining amount generating step.