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US 6,636,844 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for producing a file name in an image manipulating system having a memory device in which a file name and a second train of characters is provided wherein a file number is automatically generated by incrementing a file number previously assigned and stored in memory
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorKaoru Yoneyama
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Abstract
An image manipulating system having a memory device in which a file name is assigned a train of characters comprised of fixed characters and a second train of characters comprised of a file number, which is generated by incrementing a file number of a name previously assigned and stored in the memory device. The first train of characters includes a file name and a system name. A third train of characters may be provided to represent a subordinate name for the file name.
Claims12
A method for creating a file name for a file containing information comprising:
- a) storing an unassigned serial file number in a memory;
- b) assigning the unassigned file number in memory to the file responsive to a request for a file name;
- c) incrementing the serial file number;
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- d) storing the incremented file number in memory in readiness for a subsequent request for a file name.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.