Electronic apparatus for obtaining pickup data

An external apparatus connected to an image pickup unit, wherein said image pickup unit having a first memory device within which image pickup data is stored, comprising:

• a communicator for communicating with said image pickup unit for recognizing whether a connected unit is the image pickup unit or other unit and for obtaining contents of said first memory device in said image pickup unit if connected unit is recognized as the image pickup unit by said communicator;
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• a controller for displaying image pickup unit indication together with a list of data stored in said first memory device in said image pickup unit on a display device connected to said external apparatus, according to a result of said communicating by said communicator,
• wherein said controller controls said display device for displaying memory space information of a second memory device included in said external apparatus together with memory space information of said first memory device in said image pickup unit.

A control method for an external apparatus connected to an image pickup unit, wherein said image pickup unit having a first memory device within which image pickup data is stored, comprising:

• a communication step for communicating with said image pickup unit for recognizing whether a connected unit is the image pickup unit or other unit and for obtaining contents of said first memory device in said image pickup unit if connected unit is recognized as the image pickup unit by said communication step;
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• a control step for displaying image pickup unit indication together with a list of data stored in said first memory device in said image pickup unit on a display device connected to said external apparatus, according to a result of said communicating by said communication step,
• wherein said control step controls said display device for displaying memory space information of a second memory device included in said external apparatus together with memory space information of said first memory device in said image pickup unit.

A computer readable medium for storing a control method for an external apparatus connected to an image pickup unit, wherein said image pickup unit having a first memory device within which image pickup data is stored, comprising:

• a communication step for communicating with said image pickup unit for recognizing whether a connected unit is the image pickup unit or other unit and for obtaining contents of said first memory device in said image pickup unit if connected unit is recognized as the image pickup unit by said communication step;
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• a control step for displaying image pickup unit indication together with a list of data stored in said memory device in said image pickup unit on a display device of said external apparatus, according to a result of said communication step,
• wherein said control step controls said display device for displaying memory space information of a second memory device included in said external apparatus with memory space information of said first memory device in said image pickup unit.

An external apparatus, connected to an image pickup unit having a first memory device for storing image data, comprising:

• a communicator that communicates with said image pickup unit and obtains data in said first memory device;
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• a display controller that displays a list of data in said first memory device, scroll arrows and a pointer for designating one of said data,
• wherein said display controller displays memory space information of a second memory device included in said external apparatus together with memory space information of said first memory device in said image pickup unit.

A control method for an external apparatus, connected to an image pickup unit having a first memory device for storing image data, comprising:

• communicating with said image pickup unit and obtaining data in said first memory device;
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• displaying a list of data in said first memory device, scroll arrows and a pointer for designating one of said data,
• wherein said displaying step displays memory space information of a second memory device included in said external apparatus together with memory space information of said first memory device in said image pickup unit.