Data storage based on serial numbers
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira Suga, Satoshi Ogiwara, Taku Yamagami, Yuko Tanaka, Kazuhiko Nakashita
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to easily search data from a recording medium on which different types of data items are recorded. A storing apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a signal processing unit for acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them, a serial number assigning unit for sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed by the signal processing unit in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data, and a storing unit for storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number.
Claims33
A storing apparatus, comprising:
- signal processing means for acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them;
- serial number assigning means for sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed by said signal processing means in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data;
- and
- storing means for storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number,
- wherein the first type data is data acquired in a first photographing mode for photographing one image, and the second type data is data acquired in a second photographing mode for photographing plural images, and
- wherein said serial number assigning means assigns one number to said one image in said first photographing mode, and assigns one number to said plural images in said second photographing mode.
A storing method, comprising the steps of:
- acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them;
- sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed in said acquiring and processing step in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data;
- and
- storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number,
- wherein the first type data is data acquired in a first photographing mode for photographing one image, and the second type data is data acquired in a second photographing mode for photographing plural images, and
- wherein said serial number assigning step includes assigning one number to said one image in said first photographing mode, and assigning one number to said plural images in said second photographing mode.
A memory medium, storing computer-executable code for causing execution of a storing method, said method comprising the steps of:
- acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them;
- sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed in said acquiring and processing step in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data;
- and
- storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number,
- wherein the first type data is data acquired in a first photographing mode for photographing one image, and the second type data is data acquired in a second photographing mode for photographing plural images, and
- wherein said serial number assigning step includes assigning one number to said one image in said first photographing mode, and assigning one number to said plural images in said second photographing mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.