US6771889B1
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Data storage based on serial numbers
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 2000-11-20
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Granted: 2004-08-03
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Expires: 2020-11-20
Abstract
Abstract An object of the present invention is to easily search data from a recording medium on which different types of data items are recorded. A storing apparatus is disclosed, that comprises a signal processing unit for acquiring first type data and second type data and processing them, a serial number assigning unit for sequentially assigning a serial number to the first type data and the second type data processed by the signal processing unit in the acquired order regardless of the first type data or the second type data, and a storing unit for storing the first type data and the second type data corresponding to the serial number.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Suga
- 👤 Satoshi Ogiwara
- 👤 Taku Yamagami
- 👤 Yuko Tanaka
- 👤 Kazuhiko Nakashita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:50
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32128; H04N1/21; H04N1/2104; H04N1/2112; H04N1/215; H04N1/2158; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3226; H04N2201/3247; H04N2201/3261; H04N2201/3264; H04N2201/3274; H04N2201/3277
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: reproduction means for reproducing on a recording medium an image signal and discrimination information obtained from information representing an image pickup mode of the image signal to automatically select a predetermined application from among plural applications used in case of reproducing an image picked up in the image pickup mode; and processing means for automatically activating the application according to the reproduced discrimination information and thus performing an image processing of the image signal representing the picked-up image; wherein said processing means is adapted to combine plural images into one image using the predetermined application corresponding to each image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: reproduction means for reproducing on a recording medium an image signal and discrimination information obtained from information representing an image pickup mode of the image signal to automatically select a predetermined application from among plural applications used in case of reproducing an image picked up in the image pickup mode; and processing means for automatically activating the application according to the reproduced discrimination information and thus performing an image processing of the image signal representing the picked-up image; wherein said processing means is adapted to combine plural images into one image using the predetermined application corresponding to each image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image process is performed based on reproduction software.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the reproduction software is automatically started in accordance with the identification information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image data and the identification information are recorded in the recording medium by an image pickup apparatus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image processing method, comprising the steps of: reproducing, on a recording medium, an image signal and discrimination information obtained from information representing an image pickup mode of the image signal to automatically select a predetermined application from among plural applications used in case of reproducing an image picked up in the image pickup mode; and automatically activating the application according to the reproduced discrimination information and thus performing an image processing of the image signal representing the picked-up image, wherein in said activating step plural images are combinable into one image using the predetermined application corresponding to each image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
100 words
An image processing method, comprising the steps of: reproducing, on a recording medium, an image signal and discrimination information obtained from information representing an image pickup mode of the image signal to automatically select a predetermined application from among plural applications used in case of reproducing an image picked up in the image pickup mode; and automatically activating the application according to the reproduced discrimination information and thus performing an image processing of the image signal representing the picked-up image, wherein in said activating step plural images are combinable into one image using the predetermined application corresponding to each image.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
110 words
A memory medium, storing computer-executable instructions for performing an image reproduction method, said method comprising the steps of: reproducing, on a recording medium, an image signal and discrimination information obtained from information representing an image pickup mode of the image signal to automatically select a predetermined application from among plural applications used in case of reproducing an image picked up in the image pickup mode; and automatically activating the application according to the reproduced discrimination information and thus performing an image processing of the image signal representing the picked-up image, wherein in said activating step plural images are combinable into one image using the predetermined application corresponding to each image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
110 words
A memory medium, storing computer-executable instructions for performing an image reproduction method, said method comprising the steps of: reproducing, on a recording medium, an image signal and discrimination information obtained from information representing an image pickup mode of the image signal to automatically select a predetermined application from among plural applications used in case of reproducing an image picked up in the image pickup mode; and automatically activating the application according to the reproduced discrimination information and thus performing an image processing of the image signal representing the picked-up image, wherein in said activating step plural images are combinable into one image using the predetermined application corresponding to each image.
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