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US 6,269,357 B1Granted
Information processing system, apparatus, method and recording medium for controlling same
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsMayumi Nakayama, Keita Kimura, Tadashi Nakayama, Makoto Yamazaki
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Abstract
To shorten the time required to transfer image data from a first information processing apparatus (e.g., an electronic camera) to a second information processing apparatus (e.g., a personal computer) the first information processing apparatus reduces the image data when it is determined that a slow interface is being used. Additionally, the reduced image data being transferred can be altered in size (enlarged or further reduced) prior to compression so that its size is best suited for the particular compression process.
Claims57
An information processing system comprising:
- a first information processing apparatus that stores image data;
- a second information processing apparatus having a display;
- the first information processing apparatus coupled to the second information processing apparatus via one of a first interface having a first transfer speed and a second interface having a second transfer speed that is slower than the first transfer speed, such that the image data stored by the first information processing apparatus can be displayed by the display of the second information processing apparatus;
- the first information processing apparatus including a controller that controls the transfer of the image data from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus, when the first and second information processing apparatus are coupled via the first interface, the controller transfers the image data at the first transfer speed, and when the first and second information processing apparatus are coupled via the second interface, the controller reduces a data amount of the image data to form reduced image data and then transfers the reduced image data at the second transfer speed.
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An information processing apparatus that stores image data, comprising:
- a first interface that transfers the image data at a first transfer speed;
- a second interface that transfers the image data at a second transfer speed that is slower than the first transfer speed;
- evaluating means for determining whether the first interface or the second interface is being used to transfer the image data;
- reducing means for reducing a data amount of the image data when the it is determined that the second interface is to be used to produce reduced image data;
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- transfer means for transferring the image data via the first interface when the first interface is determined to be used and for transferring the reduced image data via the second interface when the second interface is determined to be used.
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An information processing apparatus that stores image data, comprising:
- a first interface that transfers the image data at a first transfer speed;
- a second interface that transfers the image data at a second transfer speed that is slower than the first transfer speed;
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- a controller coupled to the first interface and to the second interface to determine whether the first interface or the second interface is being used to transfer the image data, the controller reducing a data amount of the image data to produce reduced image data when it is determined that the second interface is to be used, the controller transferring the image data via the first interface when the first interface is determined to be used and transferring the reduced image data via the second interface when the second interface is determined to be used.
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A method of transferring image data between a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- determining whether the first and second information processing apparatus are coupled by a first interface having a first transfer speed or by a second interface having a second transfer speed that is slower than the first transfer speed;
- transferring the image data via the first interface when the first and second information processing apparatus are determined to be coupled by the first interface;
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- reducing a data amount of the image data to produce reduced image data and transferring the reduced image data via the second interface when the first and second information processing apparatus are determined to be coupled by the second interface.
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A recording medium that stores a computer-readable control program having instructions that are executable by a first information processing apparatus and by a second information processing apparatus to perform the steps of:
- determining whether the first and second information processing apparatus are coupled by a first interface having a first transfer speed or by a second interface having a second transfer speed that is slower than the first transfer speed;
- transferring image data from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus via the first interface when the first and second information processing apparatus are determined to be coupled by the first interface;
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- reducing a data amount of the image data to produce reduced image data and transferring the reduced image data via the second interface when the first and second information processing apparatus are determined to be coupled by the second interface.
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An information processing system comprising:
- a first information processing apparatus that stores image data;
- a second information processing apparatus having a display;
- the first information processing apparatus coupled to the second information processing apparatus via an interface;
- the first information processing apparatus further including:
- pixel changing means for changing the number of pixels of the image data to a number of pixels that is suitable for a prescribed compression method, to produce changed image data;
- compression means for compressing the changed image data using the prescribed compression method to produce compressed image data;
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- transfer means for transferring the compressed image data to the second information processing apparatus via the interface;
- the second information processing apparatus further comprising means for decompressing the compressed image data that was transferred by the transfer means.
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An information processing system comprising:
- a first information processing apparatus that stores image data;
- a second information processing apparatus having a display;
- the first information processing apparatus coupled to the second information processing apparatus via an interface;
- the first information processing apparatus further including:
- a controller coupled to the interface to change the number of pixels of the image data to a number of pixels that is suitable for a prescribed compression method to produce changed image data, compress the changed image data using the prescribed compression method to produce compressed image data, and transfer the compressed image data to the second information processing apparatus via the interface;
- the second information processing apparatus further comprising a controller coupled to the interface to decompress the compressed image data that was transferred by the controller of the first information processing apparatus.
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An information processing apparatus that stores image data, comprising:
- an interface;
- pixel changing means for changing the number of pixels of the image data to a number of pixels that is suitable for a prescribed compression method to produce changed image data;
- compression means for compressing the changed image data using the prescribed compression method to produce compressed image data;
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- transfer means for transferring the compressed image data through the interface.
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An information processing apparatus that stores image data, comprising:
- an interface;
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- a controller coupled to the interface to change the number of pixels of the image data to a number of pixels that is suitable for a prescribed compression method to produce changed image data, compress the changed image data using the prescribed compression method to produce compressed image data, and transfer the compressed image data through the interface.
A method of transferring image data stored in a first information processing apparatus to a second information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- changing the number of pixels of the image data to a number of pixels that is suitable for a prescribed compression method, to produce changed image data;
- compressing the changed image data using the prescribed compression method to produce compressed image data;
- transferring the compressed image data to the second information processing apparatus via an interface;
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- decompressing the compressed image data that was transferred in the second information processing apparatus.
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A recording medium that stores a computer-readable control program having instructions that are executable by a first information processing apparatus and by a second information processing apparatus to perform the steps of:
- changing the number of pixels of the image data to a number of pixels that is suitable for a prescribed compression method, to produce changed image data;
- compressing the changed image data using the prescribed compression method to produce compressed image data;
- transferring the compressed image data to the second information processing apparatus via an interface;
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- decompressing the compressed image data that was transferred in the second information processing apparatus.
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An information processing system comprising:
- a first information processing apparatus having storage means for storing information data, and transmission means for transmitting the information data by using one of a first transmission method and a second transmission method that is different from the first transmission method;
- a second information processing apparatus having receiving means for receiving the information data that has been transmitted from the transmission means, and reproduction means for reproducing the information data that has been received by the receiving means;
- the first information processing apparatus further including a controller that controls transmission of the information data from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus, the controller changing a data amount of the information data that has been stored in the storage means of the first information processing apparatus and transmitting the data amount with the transmission means, depending on a classification of a transmission method that is used in the transmission means.
An information processing system comprising:
- a first information processing apparatus having a memory to store information data, and a transmitter to transmit the information data by using one of a first transmission method and a second transmission method that is different from the first transmission method;
- a second information processing apparatus having a receiver to receive the information data that has been transmitted from the transmitter;
- the first information processing apparatus further including a controller that controls transmission of the information data from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus, the controller changing a data amount of the information data that has been stored in the memory of the first information processing apparatus and transmitting the data amount with the transmitter, depending on a classification of a transmission method that is used in the transmitter.
A method of transferring information data between a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a transmission method that is to be used to transmit the information data from a transmitter of the first information processing apparatus to a receiver of the second information processing apparatus, the transmission method being one of at least a first transmission method and a second transmission method that is different from the first transmission method;
- transmitting the information data from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus according to the determined transmission method;
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- changing a data amount of the information data that is transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus based upon the determined transmission method.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.