Digital camera with detachable memory
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorAtsushi Misawa
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Abstract
A digital camera stores image data, which represent object images captured via a taking lens and a charge coupled device, in a built-in memory, which is provided in a camera body and which is able to store image data of plural object images. When the built-in memory is filled with the image data, a memory card is inserted into a card slot so that the memory card connects to a card connector, and then the image data stored in the built-in memory are automatically transferred to the memory card. In this case, more than ⅓ of the memory card in the insertional direction is exposed, and hence the camera can be small-sized without being restricted by standards of the memory card.
Claims10
A digital camera for capturing images, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a built-in memory for storing image data representing captured images, said built-in memory being provided in said camera body;
- a detachable memory card for storing image data, said detachable memory card having a larger storage capacity than said built-in memory;
- a card slot for receiving said detachable memory card, said card slot being provided in said camera body;
- a connector for connecting with said detachable memory card, said connector being arranged in said card slot;
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- memory control means for transferring image data from said built-in memory to said detachable memory card,
- wherein said detachable memory card is for attachment when the digital camera is not being used to capture images and is detached when the digital camera is being used to capture images and when said detachable memory card is inserted into said card slot and connects to said connector, more than ⅓ of said detachable memory card is exposed in an insertional direction of said detachable memory card.
A digital camera for capturing images, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a built-in memory for storing image data representing captured images, said built-in memory being provided in said camera body;
- a detachable memory card for storing image data, said detachable memory card having a larger storage capacity than said built-in memory;
- a card slot for receiving said detachable memory card, s aid card slot being provided in said camera body;
- a connector for connecting with said detachable memory card, said connector being arranged in said card slot;
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- memory control means for transferring image data from said builtin memory to said detachable memory card,
- wherein said detachable memory card is mainly for attachment when the digital camera is not being used to capture images and is normally detached when the digital camera is being used to capture images, with the digital camera being usable to capture images when the detachable memory card is both attached and detached, and wherein when said detachable memory card is inserted into said card slot and connects to said connector, more than ⅓ of said detachable memory card is exposed in an insertional direction of said detachable memory card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.