Image capture device and image capture system
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Shioji
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Abstract
An image capture device is provided that can playback and output a desirable file of multiple files accumulated in an external storage device. The image capture device of the present invention has a camera body 1 including: a memory controller 14 for writing an image file obtained by image shooting to an external memory card 16, or for reading a file from the external memory card 16; a USB interface 17 for making connection to an external hard disk drive 3; a USB host controller 19 for controlling transmission and receipt of data through the interface 17; and a CPU 31 for controlling the operations of the memory controller 14 and the USB host controller 19 in order to transmit data between the external memory card 16 and the external hard disk drive 3.
Claims10
An image capture device which has an image capture function and in which a memory is provided, the image capture device comprising:
- first signal processing means configured to create an image file by encoding image data obtained by image shooting;
- second signal processing means configured to create image data by decoding the image file created by the first signal processing means;
- a memory controller configured to write the image file obtained from the first signal processing means into said memory, or to read an image file from said memory;
- output means configured to output the image data obtained from the second signal processing means;
- an interface configured to make connection to an external storage device, the external storage device having a capacity larger than that of said memory;
- a host controller configured to control transmission and receipt of data through the interface;
- and main control means configured to control operations of said memory controller and the host controller in order to transmit data between said memory and the external storage device.
An image capture system comprising a main body which has an image capture function and in which a memory is provided, and an external storage device connected to the main body, the external storage device having a capacity larger than that of said memory, said main body including:
- first signal processing means configured to create an image file by encoding image data obtained by image shooting;
- second signal processing means configured to create image data by decoding the image file created by the first signal processing means;
- a memory controller configured to write the image file obtained from the first signal processing means into said memory, or to read an image file from said memory;
- output means configured to output the image data obtained from the second signal processing means;
- an interface configured to make connection to said external storage device;
- a host controller configured to control transmission and receipt of data through the interface;
- and main control means having an image transmission function for transmitting an image file written in said memory to said external storage device by controlling the operations of said memory controller and the host controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.