Method and system for processing digital images having an association file separate from an image life

A portable image capture device that generates a file corresponding to an image data captured thereby, comprising:

• an executable device program stored in a data storage medium of the portable image capture device;
• the device program having a select program segment for a user to associate an attribute program segment that provides a data processing attribute before an image data capture by the portable image capture device;
• and
• the device program having an association program segment that associates a data processing attribute from the attribute program segment with an image data during image capture and generates a separate association file relating the data processing attribute with the captured image data for storage on the data storage medium.

A portable image capture device that generates an image file corresponding to an image data captured thereby, comprising:

• an executable device program stored in a program storage memory of the portable image capture device;
• the device program having a select program segment for a user to associate an attribute program segment that provides a data processing attribute before an image data capture by the portable image capture device;
• and
• the device program having an association program segment that associates a data processing attribute from the attribute program segment with an image data during image capture and generates a separate association file relating the data processing attribute with the captured image data for storage on a secondary data storage medium.

A portable image capture device that generates a video file corresponding to dynamic image data captured thereby, comprising:

• an executable device program stored in a program storage memory of the portable image capture device;
• the device program having a select program segment for a user to associate an attribute program segment that provides a data processing attribute before a dynamic image data capture by the portable image capture device;
• and
• the device program having an association program segment that associates a data processing attribute from the attribute program segment with a dynamic image data during dynamic image capture and generates a separate association file relating the data processing attribute with the captured dynamic image data for storage on a secondary data storage medium.

A method of controlling and managing the capture of image data by a portable image capture device, comprising:

• providing data processing attributes into a data storage medium of the portable image capture device;
• selecting using a select program segment to associate an attribute program segment that provides a data processing attribute before an image data capture by the portable image capture device;
• capturing an image as image data;
• associating at least one of the data processing attributes from the selected attribute program segment with image data during capture of the image data;
• and
• storing the image data in an image file on a removable data storage medium and a separate association file relating the at least one data processing attribute and the stored image file on the data storage medium.

A method of controlling and managing the capture of image data by a portable image capture device, comprising:

• providing data processing attributes associatable with image data captured by the portable image capture device into program storage memory of the portable image capture device;
• selecting using a select program segment to associate an attribute program segment that provides a data processing attribute before an image data capture by the portable image capture device;
• capturing an image as image data;
• associating at least one of the data processing attributes from the selected attribute program segment with image data during capture of the image data;
• and
• storing the image data in an image file on a removable data storage medium and a separate association file relating the at least one data processing attribute and the stored image file on a removable storage medium.

A method of controlling and managing the capture of image data by a portable image capture device, comprising:

• providing data processing attributes into a data storage medium of the portable image capture device;
• selecting using a select program segment to associate an attribute program segment that provides a data processing attribute before a dynamic image data capture by the portable image capture device;
• capturing a dynamic image as dynamic image data;
• associating at least one of the data processing attributes from the selected attribute program segment with dynamic image data during capture of the dynamic image data;
• and
• storing the dynamic image data in a video file on a secondary data storage medium and a separate association file relating the at least one data processing attribute and the stored video file.

A method of controlling and managing the capture of image data by a portable image capture device, comprising:

• providing data processing attributes associatable with dynamic image data captured by the portable image capture device into program storage memory of the portable image capture device;
• selecting using a select program segment to associate an attribute program segment that provides a data processing attribute before a dynamic image data capture by the portable image capture device;
• capturing a dynamic image as dynamic image data;
• associating at least one of the data processing attributes from the selected attribute program segment with the dynamic image data during capture of the dynamic image data;
• and
• storing the image data in a video file on a secondary data storage medium and a separate association file relating the at least one data processing attribute and the stored video file.

A portable image capture device, comprising:

• a data input device to capture image data;
• a data storage medium having an executable device program stored thereon;
• a processor to execute the device program to generate an image data file corresponding to the image data captured by the data input device and a separate association file relating a data processing attribute with the image data,
• wherein the device program has a select program segment for a user to associate an attribute program segment that provides the data processing attribute before the image data is captured, and
• wherein the device program has an association program segment that associates the data processing attribute from the attribute program segment with the image data and generates the separate association file for storage on the data storage medium separate from the image data file.