File management apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Kaibara
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Abstract
When storing an image file in an external recording medium with a communication function that is configured to automatically transfer a JPEG file stored in a predetermined directory, the apparatus stores a thumbnail image obtained by reducing an image size of a primary image in a predetermined directory. The primary image file is stored in a different directory to the predetermined directory.
Claims7
A file management apparatus comprising:
- a connection unit to which an external recording medium is to be attached, wherein the external recording medium comprises a storage unit and a communication unit, and wherein said storage unit has a first directory which is predetermined and a second directory which is different from the first directory, and the communication unit is configured to transfer a file stored in the first directory to an external device wirelessly and not to transfer a file stored in the second directory to the external device;
- a control unit that controls read and/or write of a file from/to said storage unit of said external recording medium that is attached to said connection unit;
- an acquisition unit that acquires first image data;
- a generation unit that reduces an image size of the first image data to generate second image data, in response to the acquisition of the first image data by the acquisition unit, and
- wherein, when the acquisition unit acquires the first image data, said control unit stores a first image file, in which the first image data is included, in the second directory of said storage unit, and stores a second image file, in which the second image data is included, in the first directory of said storage unit.
A control method of a file management apparatus comprising a connection unit to which an external recording medium is to be attached, wherein the external recording medium comprises a storage unit and a communication unit, and wherein said storage unit has a first directory which is predetermined and a second directory which is different from the first directory, and the communication unit is configured to transfer a file stored in the first directory to an external device wirelessly and not to transfer a file stored in the second directory to the external device, the method comprising:
- a control step of controlling read and/or write of a file from/to said storage unit of said external recording medium that is attached to said connection unit;
- an acquisition step of acquiring first image data;
- a generation step of generating second image data by reducing an image size of the first image data, in response to the acquisition of the first image data in the acquisition step, and
- wherein, when the first image data is acquired in the acquisition step, the control step controls the storage unit to store a first image file in which the first image data is included in the second directory in said storage unit, and to store a second image file in which is included the second image data in the first directory of the storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.