# US 8,542,293 B2 · Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling the image pickup apparatus, and storage medium

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- Number: US 8,542,293 B2
- Document ID: US8542293B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/478,952
- Filed: 2012-05-23
- Published: 2012-09-13
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2008-04-08
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Hidetaka Uemura
- Inventors: Hidetaka Uemura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542293B2

## CPC

- G11B 27/034: on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence)
- G11B 27/105: {of operating discs}
- H04N 1/00167: {Processing or editing (H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence)}
- H04N 1/00453: {arranged in a two dimensional array}
- H04N 1/00461: {marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction}
- H04N 1/2158: {using a detachable storage unit}
- H04N 1/32122: {in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data}
- H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure}
- H04N 5/907: using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories (H04N5/91 takes precedence)
- H04N 21/4147: PVR [Personal Video Recorder] (H04N5/76 takes precedence {; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40})
- H04N 21/4223: Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence)
- H04N 21/4334: {Recording operations (recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27)}
- H04N 21/4825: {using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists}
- H04N 2101/00: Still video cameras
- H04N 2201/218: Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion
- H04N 2201/3242: of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording (H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence)
- H04N 2201/325: Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that picks up an image of a subject; an internal memory; a removable external memory; a compression processing unit that compresses the image picked up by the image pickup unit to generate a picked-up image; a recording processing unit that records the picked-up image in the removable external memory and records the compressed image corresponding to the picked-up image in the internal memory; and an editing processing unit that edits the picked-up image in the removable external memory and the compressed image in the internal memory. For a compressed image in the internal memory, a reservation for editing a picked-up image corresponding to the compressed image and recorded in the unmounted removable external memory can be made.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing apparatus comprising:
a display unit;
an internal recording medium;
a recording processing unit configured to control a record of a first image data on an external recording medium and a record of a second image data corresponding to the first image data on the internal recording medium;
an instruction unit configured to make an instruction of the editing process possible by displaying the second image data recorded on the internal recording medium on the display unit, under a condition not being possible to edit the first image data recorded on the external recording medium;
a storing unit configured to store a content of the editing process instructed by the instruction unit; and
an editing unit configured to perform an editing process, when it is ready to perform the editing process on the first image data recorded on the external recording medium, in accordance with the content stored in the storing unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing process includes at least one of editing operations of protecting, deleting or dividing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing process includes making a playlist.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an informing unit configured to inform a user that the editing process is to be performed before performing the editing process in accordance with the content stored in the storing unit after the condition become ready to edit the image data recorded in the external recording medium.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the compressed image which is instructed to be edited by the instruction unit in a display format different from the display format of the compressed image which is not instructed to be edited by the instruction unit.

### Claim 6

An image processing method comprising:
controlling a record of a first image data on an external recording medium and a record of a second image data corresponding to the first image data on an internal recording medium;
making an instruction of the editing process possible by displaying the second image data recorded on the internal recording medium on a display unit, under a condition not being possible to edit the first image data recorded on the external recording medium;
store a content of the instructed editing process; and
performing an editing process, when it is ready to perform the editing process on the first image data recorded on the external recording medium, in accordance with the stored content.

### Claim 7

An image processing apparatus comprising:
a display unit;
an internal recording medium;
a recording processing unit configured to control a record of a first image data on an external recording medium and a record of a second image data corresponding to the first image data on the internal recording medium;
an instruction unit configured to make an instruction of the editing process possible by displaying the second image data recorded on the internal recording medium on the display unit, under a condition not being possible to edit the first image data recorded on the external recording medium;
a storing unit configured to store a content of the editing process instructed by the instruction unit; and
a causing unit configured to cause an editing process, after the condition becomes possible to edit the first image data recorded on the external recording medium, in accordance with the content stored in the storing unit.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the editing process includes at least one of editing operations of protecting, deleting or dividing.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the editing process includes making a playlist.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:
an informing unit configured to inform a user that the editing process is to be performed before performing the editing process in accordance with the content stored in the storing unit after the condition become ready to edit the image data recorded in the external recording medium.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the display unit displays the compressed image which is instructed to be edited by the instruction unit in a display format different from the display format of the compressed image which is not instructed to be edited by the instruction unit.

### Claim 12

An image processing method comprising:
controlling a record of a first image data on an external recording medium and a record of a second image data corresponding to the first image data on an internal recording medium;
making an instruction of the editing process possible by displaying the second image data recorded on the internal recording medium on a display unit, under a condition not being possible to edit the first image data recorded on the external recording medium;
store a content of the instructed editing process; and causing an editing process, after the condition becomes possible to edit the first image data recorded on the external recording medium, in accordance with the stored content.