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US 7,605,849 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for image transfer processing according to transfer history
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Hatanaka
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Abstract
Transfer history information of images to other apparatus is read out from a storing medium, reference is made to the transfer history information at the time of transferring images to other apparatuses or capturing images from other apparatuses, and images not transferred to other apparatus can be transferred or captured in batch fashion, thereby solving the problem in the conventionally-known art for displaying or recognizing transferred images, in that selecting all images not transferred yet at the time of making selection of the images to be transferred on a display screen has been extremely troublesome in the event that the number of images to select is great and that this increases with the number of images.
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An image transferring apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit, adapted to store image data;
- an image data transfer instruction unit, which includes a button for instructing image data transfer, adapted to enable a user to enter an instruction to transfer the image data;
- a display unit, adapted to display a first screen to enable a user to select between (1) automatically selecting and transferring only image data stored in said storage unit that have has not previously been transferred and (2) automatically selecting and transferring all image data stored in said storage unit, and to display a second screen to enable a user to select between (1) automatically transferring image data in response to connecting said image transferring apparatus to another apparatus and (2) automatically transferring image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user with said image data transfer instruction unit;
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- a transfer control unit, adapted to perform control to automatically transfer the image data, and (1) to judge a selection selected from the first screen displayed by said display unit, and if the selection to automatically select and transfer only image data stored in said storage unit that have not previously been transferred is made, perform control to automatically select and transfer only the image data stored in said storage unit that have not previously been transferred based on transfer history information, and if the selection to automatically select and transfer all image data stored in the storage unit is made, perform control to automatically select and transfer all the image data stored in said storage unit regardless of the transfer history information and (2) to judge a selection selected from the second screen displayed by said display unit, and if the selection to automatically transfer image data in response to connecting said image transferring apparatus to the other apparatus is made, perform control to automatically transfer image data in response to connecting said image transferring apparatus to the other apparatus, and if the selection to automatically transfer image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user with said image data transfer instruction unit is made, perform control to automatically transfer image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user with said image data transfer instruction unit.
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An image transferring method of transferring image data to an apparatus, comprising:
- a storage step, of storing image data;
- an image data transfer instruction step, of instructing to transfer the image data by using a button provided for the image data transfer instruction;
- a display step, of displaying a first screen to enable a user to select between (1) automatically selecting and transferring only image data stored in said storage step that have not previously been transferred and (2) automatically selecting and transferring all image data stored in said storage step, and displaying a second screen to enable a user to select between (1) automatically transferring image data in response to connecting to the apparatus and (2) automatically transferring image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user in said image data transfer instruction step;
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- a transfer control step, of performing control to automatically transfer the image data, and (1) to judge a selection selected from the first screen displayed in said display step, and if the selection to automatically select and transfer only image data stored in said storage step that have not previously been transferred is made, perform control to automatically select and transfer only the image data stored in said storage step that have not previously been transferred based on transfer history information, and if the selection to automatically select and transfer all image data stored in the storage step, is made, perform control to automatically select and transfer all the image data stored in said storage step regardless of the transfer history information, and (2) to judge a selection selected from the second screen displayed in said display step, and if the selection to automatically transfer image data in response to connecting to the apparatus is made, perform control to automatically transfer image data in response to connecting to the apparatus, and if the selection to automatically transfer image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user in said image data transfer instruction step is made, perform control to automatically transfer image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user in said image data transfer instruction step.
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A storing medium, storing a computer-readable program for implementing an image transferring method of transferring image data to an apparatus, the method comprising:
- a storage step, of storing image data;
- an image data transfer instruction step, of instructing to transfer the image data by using a button provided for the image data transfer instruction;
- a display step, of displaying a first screen to enable a user to select between (1) automatically selecting and transferring only image data stored in said storage step that have not previously been transferred and (2) automatically selecting and transferring all image data stored in said storage step, and displaying a second screen to enable a user to select between (1) automatically transferring image data in response to connecting to the apparatus and (2) automatically transferring image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user in said image data transfer instruction step;
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- a transfer control step, of performing control to automatically transfer the image data, and (1) to judge a selection selected from the first screen displayed in said display step, and if the selection to automatically select and transfer only image data stored in said storage step that have not previously been transferred is made, perform control to automatically select and transfer only the image data stored in said storage step that have not previously been transferred based on transfer history information, and if the selection to automatically select and transfer all image data stored in the storage step, is made, perform control to automatically select and transfer all the image data stored in said storage step regardless of the transfer history information, and (2) to judge a selection selected from the second screen displayed in said display step, and if the selection to automatically transfer image data in response to connecting to the apparatus is made, perform control to automatically transfer image data in response to connecting to the apparatus, and if the selection to automatically transfer image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user in said image data transfer instruction step is made, perform control to automatically transfer image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user in said image data transfer instruction step.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a capturing unit adapted to capture a plurality of bodies of reduced image data corresponding to respective image data, and transfer history information of the image data, from a storage medium of at least one external device;
- a transfer unit, adapted to transfer image data stored in the storage medium;
- a display control unit, adapted to perform control so as to display the reduced image data captured by said capturing unit and control a display order of the plurality of bodies of reduced image data based on the transfer history information;
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- a screen display control unit, adapted to perform control so as to display a first screen to enable a user to select between (1) selecting only image data stored in the storage medium that have not previously been transferred and (2) selecting all image data stored in the storage medium, and a second screen to enable a user to select between (1) transferring image data in response to connecting said image processing apparatus to another apparatus and (2) transferring image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user,
- wherein said screen display control unit is adapted to control so as to display, selectively, in response to selection made by the user with said screen display control unit, either (1) only any image data not previously transferred or (2) all image data stored in the storage medium,
- wherein said display control unit controls the display order of the plurality of bodies of reduced image data, based on the transfer history information, so that reduced image data corresponding to image data that have not been transferred are preferentially displayed among the reduced image data captured by the capturing unit.
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A storing medium, storing a computer-readable program for implementing an image processing method of transferring image data to an apparatus, the method comprising:
- a capturing step, of capturing a plurality of bodies of reduced image corresponding to respective image data, and transferring history information of the image data from a storage unit of at least one external device;
- a transfer step, of transferring image data stored in the storage unit;
- a display control step, of performing control so as to display the reduced image data captured in said capturing step and control a display order of the plurality of bodies of reduced image data based on the transfer history information;
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- a screen display control step, of performing control so as to display a first screen to enable a user to select between (1) selecting only image data stored in the storage unit that have not previously been transferred and (2) selecting all image data stored in the storage unit, and a second screen to enable a user to select between (1) transferring image data in response to connecting to the apparatus and (2) transferring image data in response to an instruction to transfer entered by the user,
- wherein the screen display control includes controlling so as to display, selectively, in response to selection made by the user in said screen display control step, either (1) only any image data not previously transferred or (2) all image data stored in the storage medium,
- in which said display control step controls the display order of the plurality of bodies of reduced image data based on the transfer history information, so that reduced image data corresponding to image data that have not been transferred are preferentially displayed among the reduced image data captured by the capturing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.