JP2002044577A - Image processing apparatus and control method for image processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To allow a user to specify a print attribute only once before capturing an image, and then automatically record the captured image in a DPOF file. SOLUTION: Before recording image data, a print designation format is recorded on a recording medium 150 according to predetermined print conditions, and the system control unit 50 sequentially captures image data according to the set print designation format. Is recorded on the recording medium 150 additionally.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus capable of recording or reading image data on a recording medium based on a print designation format, and a method of controlling the image processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, in an image input device such as a digital camera, a Digital Print Order Fi for describing a procedure for automatically printing a photographed image.
It corresponds to a standard called leFormat (DPOF). In order to specify automatic printing, a file (hereinafter, referred to as a DPOF file) that describes print attributes (number of sheets, layout, etc.) corresponding to an image to be automatically printed based on this standard on the input device side after capturing an image. Created media with images recorded (Compact Flash (registered trademark),
Smart media). DPOF when printing
When a corresponding output device reads this DPOF file, an image is automatically printed as specified.

[0003]

However, in the above conventional example, a DPOF file can be created only after all images have been photographed (or input).

[0004] Therefore, even when it is clear that the DPOF designation has already been made before the photographing, the user can make the DPOF designation.
In order to create an F file, all recorded images must be inspected, target images must be selected, and print attributes corresponding to each selected image must be specified. This is a complicated operation, and the user cannot be released from the complicated operation. Further, the operation of creating the DPOF file is complicated, and the printing process cannot be performed promptly, thereby deteriorating the user's convenience. Problems such as getting lost were pointed out.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image recording apparatus capable of recording or reading image data to be photographed on a recording medium based on an automatic image print designation format. In the processing device, before recording the image data, an image automatic print designation format is recorded according to a predetermined printing condition, and the image data to be sequentially photographed according to the set image automatic print designation format is recorded on the recording medium. If the user specifies the print attribute only once before capturing the image, the captured image is automatically added to the DPOF file. It is not necessary to give instructions such as specifying image data to be performed later, greatly simplifying the file creation work, and It is to provide a method for controlling an image processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus capable of printing process quickly the image data is.

Another object of the present invention is to specify a DPOF object by selecting whether to use the automatic creation mode or the post-creation mode as shown in the conventional example as a DPOF file creation function. An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus and a control method of the image processing apparatus capable of performing file management with excellent operability and convenience in which only photographing is performed without leaving a degree of freedom to select later.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus capable of recording or reading image data to be shot on a recording medium based on a print designation format. Before recording, setting means (corresponding to the operation unit 70 shown in FIG. 1) for recording a print designation format according to predetermined printing conditions, and image data to be sequentially photographed according to the print designation format set by the setting means And an image addition control means (corresponding to the system control circuit 50 shown in FIG. 1) for additionally recording on the recording medium.

In a second aspect according to the present invention, the print designation format is a DPOF file.

In a third aspect according to the present invention, the image addition control means sets a printing condition of a print designation format set by the setting means with respect to a captured image to be added, and This is for additionally recording an image on a medium.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the print designation format can be selected from existing ones or newly created.

In a fifth aspect according to the present invention, the image addition control means can set print conditions of a plurality of print designation formats belonging to different selected categories for a captured image to be added. Things.

In a sixth aspect according to the present invention, the image addition control means automatically selects each of the files in which the print designation format is set when each of the files belonging to each of the categories is selected. An image is added.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the print designation format can be selected for each job in a DPOF file.

An eighth invention according to the present invention relates to a control method of an image processing apparatus capable of recording or reading image data to be photographed on a recording medium based on a print designation format, wherein the image data is recorded before the image data is recorded. A setting step of recording a print designation format according to predetermined printing conditions (step S106 shown in FIG. 2); and adding image data to be sequentially photographed to the recording medium in accordance with the print designation format set by the setting step. An image addition control step to be recorded (step S105 shown in FIG. 2,
S106).

In a ninth aspect according to the present invention, the print designation format is a DPOF file.

[0016] In a tenth aspect according to the present invention, the image addition control step includes the steps of:
The printing condition of the print designation format set in the setting step is set, and an image is additionally recorded on the recording medium.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the print designation format can be selected from existing ones or newly created.

In a twelfth aspect according to the present invention, the image addition control step includes the step of:
The print conditions of a plurality of print designation formats belonging to different selected categories can be set.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image addition control step, when each of the files belonging to each of the categories is selected, the image addition control step is automatically performed for each file in which a print designation format is set. An image is added.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the print designation format can be selected for each job in a DPOF file.

[0021]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes an image processing device. Reference numeral 10 denotes a photographing lens, 12 denotes a shutter having an aperture function, 14 denotes an image sensor that converts an optical image into an electric signal, 16
Is an A / D converter for converting an analog signal output of the image sensor 14 into a digital signal.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a timing generation circuit,
4. A clock signal and a control signal are supplied to the A / D converter 16 and the D / A converter 26. Note that the timing generation circuit 18
Is controlled by the memory control circuit 22 and the system control circuit 50.

An image processing circuit 20 performs predetermined pixel interpolation processing and color conversion processing on data from the A / D converter 16 or data from the memory control circuit 22. In the image processing circuit 20, predetermined arithmetic processing is performed using the captured image data, and the system control circuit 50 controls the exposure control circuit 40 and the distance measurement control circuit 42 based on the obtained arithmetic result. TTL (through-the-lens) AF (autofocus) processing, AE
(Automatic exposure) processing and EF (flash pre-emission) processing are performed.

Further, the image processing circuit 20 performs predetermined arithmetic processing using the captured image data, and also performs TTL AWB (auto white balance) processing based on the obtained arithmetic result.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a memory control circuit, which includes an A / D converter 16, a timing generation circuit 18, an image processing circuit 20,
Image display memory 24, D / A converter 26 memory 30,
The compression / decompression circuit 32 is controlled. The data of the A / D converter 16 is transmitted through the image processing circuit 20 and the memory control circuit 22,
Alternatively, the data of the A / D converter 16 is directly written into the image display memory 24 or the memory 30 via the memory control circuit 22.

Reference numeral 24 denotes an image display memory; 26, a D / A converter; and 28, an image display section comprising a TFT LCD or the like. The display image data written in the image display memory 24 is a D / A converter 26. Is displayed by the image display unit 28 via the.

If the image data picked up by the image display unit 28 is sequentially displayed, an electronic finder function can be realized.

The image display unit 28 can arbitrarily turn on / off the display in accordance with an instruction from the system control circuit 50. When the display is turned off, the power consumption of the image processing apparatus 100 is greatly reduced. Can be reduced.

Further, the image display unit 28 is connected to the main body of the image processing apparatus 100 by a rotatable hinge, and can be freely set in a desired direction and angle to use an electronic finder function, a reproduction display function, and various display functions. It is possible to

The display portion of the image display unit 28 can be stored toward the image processing apparatus 100. In this case, the storage state is detected by the image display unit open / close detection circuit 106 and the image display unit 28 is stored. Can be stopped.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a memory for storing photographed still images and moving images, and has a sufficient storage capacity to store a predetermined number of still images and a moving image for a predetermined time.

Thus, even in the case of continuous shooting or panoramic shooting in which a plurality of still images are continuously shot, it is possible to write a large amount of images to the memory 30 at high speed.

The memory 30 is provided with a system control circuit 50.
Can also be used as a work area.

32 is an adaptive discrete cosine transform (ADCT)
A compression / decompression circuit for compressing and lengthening the image data by, for example, reading the image stored in the memory 30 and performing compression or decompression processing, and storing the processed data in the memory 3
Write to 0.

The exposure control circuit 40 also has a flash dimming function by cooperating with the flash 48 by cooperating with the shutter 48 having an aperture function. Reference numeral 42 denotes a distance measurement control unit that controls focusing of the photographing lens 10. The exposure control means 40 and the distance measurement control means 42 are controlled using a TTL method.
The system control circuit 50 controls the exposure control means 40 and the distance measurement control means 42 based on the calculation result obtained by calculating the captured image data by the image processing circuit 20.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a zoom control unit for controlling zooming of the taking lens 10, and 46 denotes a protection unit 1 which is a barrier.
02 is a barrier control circuit that controls the operation of the control circuit 02.

Reference numeral 48 denotes a connector, which is also called an accessory shoe, and has electrical contacts with the flash device 174 and mechanical fixing means. 50, a system control circuit for controlling the entire image processing apparatus 100;
Is a memory for storing constants, variables, programs and the like for operation of the system control circuit 50.

Reference numeral 54 denotes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display, a speaker, or the like which displays an operating state or a message using characters, images, sounds, or the like in accordance with the execution of the program by the system control circuit 50. A single or a plurality of such devices are installed at easily visible positions near the operation unit of the device 100, and are configured by, for example, a combination of LCDs, LEDs, sound-generating elements, and the like.

The display unit 54 has a part of its functions installed in the optical viewfinder 104. Among the display contents of the display unit 54, those displayed on the LCD or the like include a single shot / continuous shooting display, a self-timer display, a compression ratio display, a recording pixel number display, a recording number display, a remaining number recordable number display, and a shutter. Speed display, Aperture value display, Exposure compensation display, Flash display, Red-eye reduction display, Macro shooting display, Buzzer setting display, Battery remaining battery display, Battery remaining display, Error display, Multi-digit information display and recording Examples include display of the attachment / detachment state of the media 150 and 160, communication I / F operation display, date / time display, display of recorded image data, display of photo frame data to be combined with image data at the time of printing, and the like.

Of the display contents of the display unit 54, those displayed in the optical viewfinder 104 include a focus display, a camera shake warning display, a flash charge display, a shutter speed display, an aperture value display, and an exposure correction display. is there.

Reference numeral 56 denotes an electrically erasable / recordable nonvolatile memory, for example, an EEPROM or the like. 6
Reference numerals 0, 62, 64, 66, 68, and 70 denote operation means for inputting various operation instructions of the system control circuit 50. The operation means includes a switch, a dial, a touch panel, pointing by gaze detection, and a voice recognition device. It is composed of multiple combinations.

Here, these operation means will be specifically described.

Reference numeral 60 denotes a mode dial switch, which can switch and set various function modes such as power-off, automatic photographing mode, photographing mode, vanorama photographing mode, reproduction mode, multi-screen reproduction / erasure mode, and PC connection mode.

Reference numeral 62 denotes a shutter switch (SW1) which is turned on during the operation of a shutter button (not shown),
(Auto focus) processing, AE (auto exposure) processing, A
It instructs to start operations such as WB (auto white balance) processing and EF (flash pre-emission) processing.

Reference numeral 64 denotes a shutter switch (SW 2), which is turned on when the operation of a shutter button (not shown) is completed, and transfers a signal read from the image sensor 14 to the memory 30 via the A / D converter 16 and the memory control circuit 22. Exposure processing for writing data, development processing using operations in the image processing circuit 20 and the memory control circuit 22, reading image data from the memory 30, compression by the compression / decompression circuit 32, and
An instruction to start an operation of a series of processing of writing image data to the recording medium 50 or the recording medium 160 is given.

Reference numeral 66 denotes an image display ON / OFF switch.
ON / OFF of the image display unit 28 can be set. With this function, when photographing using the optical viewfinder 104, the image display unit 2 composed of a TFT LCD or the like is used.
By cutting off the current supply to the power supply 8, power can be saved.

Reference numeral 68 denotes a single shooting / continuous shooting switch. When a shutter switch (SW2) 64 is pressed, a single shooting mode and a shutter switch (SW
2) A continuous shooting mode in which shooting is continuously performed while the button 64 is pressed can be set.

An operation unit 70 includes various buttons, a touch panel, etc., and includes a menu button, a set button, a macro button, a multi-screen playback page break button, a flash setting button, a single-shot / continuous-shot / self-timer switching button, and a menu shift + (Plus) button, Move menu-(Minus) button, Playback image move + (Plus) button, Playback image-(Minus) button, Image quality selection button, Exposure compensation button, Date / Time setting button, Panorama mode, etc. Select / switch button for setting selection and switching of various functions when executing playback, button for starting audio recording, determination for setting and execution of various functions when executing shooting and playback of panorama mode and the like / Execute button, image display 0N / OFF switch for setting ON / OFF of the image display unit 28 Switch to set a quick review function to automatically play back image data taken immediately after shooting, a quick review ON / OFF switch, to select a compression rate of JPEC compression, or to digitize a signal of an image sensor directly to a recording medium. A compression mode switch which is a switch for selecting a CCD RAW mode for recording, a reproduction mode switch for setting various function modes such as a reproduction mode, a multi-screen reproduction / deletion mode, and a PC connection mode, and a photographing mode. A reproduction switch for instructing the start of a reproduction operation for reading the reproduced image from the memory 30 or the recording medium 150 or the recording medium 160 and displaying the image on the image display unit 28, a drive button for changing an active drive, and displaying one image at the time of reproduction. Playback display to switch between multiple images Toggles button, there is an information display button for displaying the additional information of the recorded image.

Numeral 80 denotes a power supply control means, a battery detection circuit, D
It comprises a C-DC converter, a switch circuit for switching a block to be energized, and the like, and detects the presence or absence of a battery, the type of battery, the remaining battery level, and performs DC based on the detection result and an instruction from the system control circuit 50. Control the DC converter to supply a required voltage to each unit including the recording medium for a required period.

Reference numerals 82 and 84 denote connectors, 86 denotes a primary battery such as an alkaline battery or a lithium battery, a NiCd battery or a NiM
It is a power supply unit including a secondary battery such as an H battery and a Li battery, an AC adapter, and the like.

Reference numerals 90 and 94 denote interfaces (I / F) with a recording medium such as a memory card or a hard disk;
And 96 are connectors for connecting to a recording medium such as a memory card or a hard disk, and 98 is the connectors 92 and 11.
2 and / or a recording medium attachment / detachment detecting unit for detecting whether the recording medium 150 or the recording medium 160 is attached to the connectors 96 and 112.

In this embodiment, the description has been made assuming that there are two interfaces and connectors for attaching a recording medium. Of course, the interface and the connector for attaching the recording medium may have a single or plural number of systems. Also, a configuration may be adopted in which interfaces and connectors of different standards are provided in combination.

As the interface and the connector, P
A card conforming to a standard such as a CMCIA card or a CF (compact flash) card may be used.

Further, the interface 90 and the interface 94 and the connector 92 and the connector 96 are connected to a PC.
When using a card conforming to the standard such as MCIA card or CF (Compact Flash) card, LAN
Card, modem card, USB card, IEEE139
4 cards, P1284 card, SCSI card, PHS
By connecting various communication cards such as a communication card, etc., image data and management information attached to the image data can be transferred between other computers and peripheral devices such as a printer.

Reference numeral 102 denotes the lens 1 of the image processing apparatus 100.
This is a protection unit that is a barrier that prevents the imaging unit from being stained or damaged by covering the imaging unit including “0”.

Reference numeral 104 denotes an optical finder, which allows photographing using only the optical finder without using the electronic finder function of the image display unit 28. The display unit 5 is provided in the optical finder 104.
Some functions of 4 such as (focus display, camera shake warning display,
A flash charge display, a shutter speed display, an aperture value display, an exposure correction display, and the like are provided.

Reference numeral 106 denotes an image display unit open / close detecting means.
The image display unit 28 can detect whether or not the display portion of the image display unit 28 is in a storage state in which the display portion is stored toward the image processing apparatus 100.

Here, if the storage state is detected, it is possible to stop the display operation of the image display unit 28 and prohibit unnecessary power consumption.

Reference numeral 110 denotes communication means, such as RS232-C or U
It has various communication functions such as SB, IEEE1394, P1284, SCSI, modem, LAN, wireless communication, and the like.

Reference numeral 112 denotes a connector for connecting the image processing apparatus 100 to another device by the communication means 110 or an antenna in the case of wireless communication.

Reference numeral 150 denotes a recording medium such as a memory card or a hard disk. The recording medium 150 is a recording medium 160 including a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk, an interface 154 with the image processing apparatus 100, and a connection with the image processing apparatus 100. Is provided. 16
0 is a recording medium such as a memory card or a hard disk.

The recording medium 160 includes a storage unit 162 composed of a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, or the like, and the image processing apparatus 1.
An interface 164 with the image processing apparatus 100 and a connector 112 for connecting to the image processing apparatus 100 are provided. 174 is a flash device. 172 is a connector for connecting to an accessory shoe of the image processing apparatus 100. The flood 174 also has a function of projecting AF auxiliary light and a function of controlling flash light.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a first data processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention. In addition, S101 to S109 indicate each step.

First, in step S101, the system control unit 50 determines whether or not to select the automatic creation mode of the DPOF file (the automatic addition mode of the captured image to the DPOF file) based on the instruction from the operation unit 70. If NO is selected, the flow exits from this flow and the normal photographing mode is set.

On the other hand, if YES is selected, a search is made in step S102 as to whether an existing DPOF file exists on the medium. If it is determined that there is no existing file, the process branches to step S106,
Create a new DPOF file. In addition, new DPO
An example of the procedure for creating the F file is described in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

On the other hand, in step S102, the existing DPOF
If at least one file has been found, it is determined in step S103 whether a new creation of a DPOF file has been selected, and if YES has been selected by a user's operation instruction from the operation unit 70, the process proceeds to step S103. S10
In step 6, a DPOF file is newly created through the procedure described above.

On the other hand, if NO is selected in step S103, a mode for adding an image to an existing DPOF file is selected, and in step S104, the DPO to be added is selected.
The F file is selected. Note that this process will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

Then, in step S104 or step S109, the JO in the target DPOF file
When the section B is determined, in step S105,
By operating a shutter button or the like (not shown), the user focuses on the subject of interest, that is, captures an actual image.

Then, in step S107, the photographed image is added to the JOB section in the DPOF file.

Finally, in step S108, it is determined whether or not the addition of the image is to be terminated. If the determination is YES, the process is exited. If the determination is NO, the process returns to step S105 to repeat the image shooting and addition process.

The return value from step S104 is
It is determined in step S109. If a valid job has not been selected, the process branches from step S109 to step S106, and the above-described new creation of a DPOF file is performed.

Here, if there are a plurality of DPOF files belonging to different categories, for example, for print designation, file transfer, slide show, etc., one file can be selected for each category. A configuration is also possible.

That is, a plurality of category settings such as a print setting, a slide jaw setting, a transfer setting by e-mail or the like are automatically set to an image each time an image is taken. You may do it.

In this case, the images taken in the future will be additionally set to all the DPOF files selected for each category.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the second data processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention. The DP to be added in step S104 shown in FIG.
This corresponds to a processing procedure in which an OF file is selected. Note that S
401 to S408 indicate each step.

First, in step S401, all the JOB sections of all the found DPOF files are scanned, and all unique JOB sections are grasped. In the present embodiment, the unique section is one or a plurality of sections having different combinations of setting items (print type, number of prints, paper type / size, image rotation, image trimming) according to the DPOF standard. Point to things.

Next, from step S402 to step S4
In the loop 06, the information of the existing unique JOB sections is displayed in order, and the user is given an opportunity to select a desired section (for example, to select a job).

If a job is selected in step S404, the selected job is notified from step S407 through a branch of step S405, and this processing is terminated.

On the other hand, in step S405, all the jobs
If has not been selected, it is notified from step S408 that there is no selected JOB, and the process ends.

Note that steps S402 to S4
A series of processes in the loop of 06 is performed by analyzing the operation performed by the user via the operation unit 70 from the information displayed on the display unit 54 under the control of the system control circuit 50.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a third data processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to a procedure for creating a new DPOF file. Note that S501 to S504 indicate each step.

First, a print type is set in step S501. This setting is STANDA as the print type.
This is performed by selecting either RD PRINT or INDEX PRINT.

Next, in step S502, the number of prints is set. Next, in step S503, the size and type of paper to be printed are set. Finally, step S
In step 504, settings such as rotation and trimming of the image are performed.

As described above, a new DPOF file is created, and one JOB section is formed in the file according to the parameters set above. Step S
A series of processing from step 501 to step S504 proceeds under the control of the system control unit 50 by analyzing the operation performed by the user via the operation unit 70 from the information displayed on the display unit 54.

The setting items listed in the present embodiment are examples according to the DPOF standard, and the selection of the items is arbitrary.

According to the above-described embodiment, an image can be automatically added to a DPOF file by using a means for automatically generating a DPOF file. Therefore, the user can create the DPOF file only by designating (or selecting) the print attribute only once, which has the effect of enabling efficient shooting.

Hereinafter, the configuration of a data processing program readable by an image processing system to which the image processing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied will be described with reference to a memory map shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a memory map of a storage medium for storing various data processing programs readable by an image processing system to which the image processing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied.

Although not shown, information for managing a group of programs stored in the storage medium, for example, version information, a creator, etc. are also stored, and information dependent on the OS or the like on the program reading side, for example, a program is stored in the storage medium. An icon or the like for identification display may also be stored.

Further, data dependent on various programs is also managed in the directory. In addition, a program for installing various programs on a computer or a program for decompressing a program to be installed when the program to be installed is compressed may be stored.

The functions shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 in this embodiment may be performed by a host computer by a program installed from the outside. And in that case, CD-ROM, flash memory, FD
The present invention is applicable even when a group of information including a program is supplied to an output device from a storage medium such as the above or from an external storage medium via a network.

As described above, the storage medium storing the program codes of the software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to the system or the apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MP) of the system or the apparatus is supplied.
It goes without saying that the object of the present invention is also achieved when U) reads and executes the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

Examples of a storage medium for supplying the program code include a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, and C
D-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, etc. can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) And the like perform part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, The CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing is also included.

[0098]

As described above, the first embodiment according to the present invention is described.
According to the fourteenth aspect, in an image processing apparatus capable of recording or reading image data to be shot on a recording medium based on a print designation format, a print designation is made in accordance with a predetermined printing condition before recording the image data. The format is recorded, and according to the set print designation format, the image data to be sequentially photographed is controlled so as to be additionally recorded on the recording medium, so that the user can specify the print attribute only once before photographing the image. After that, since the captured image is automatically added to the DPOF file, there is no need to specify any operation such as specifying the image data to be printed, which greatly simplifies the file creation operation. The image data designated for printing can be promptly printed.

Further, as a function of creating a DPOF file, whether to use the automatic creation mode or the post-creation mode as shown in the conventional example is selected.
An excellent effect is obtained such that only shooting is performed without specifying an OF target and file management with excellent operability and convenience can be performed so that a degree of freedom to select later can be left.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a first data processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a second data processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a third data processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a memory map of a storage medium that stores various data processing programs that can be read by an image processing system to which the image processing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 50 system control unit 54 display unit 70 operation unit 150 recording medium

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. An image processing apparatus capable of recording or reading image data to be photographed on a recording medium based on a print designation format, comprising: before recording the image data, changing the print designation format according to a predetermined printing condition. An image processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit for recording; and an image addition control unit for additionally recording image data to be sequentially photographed on the recording medium in accordance with a print designation format set by the setting unit. 2. The print designation format is DPOF.
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing device is a file. 3. The image addition control unit sets a printing condition of a print designation format set by the setting unit for a captured image to be added, and additionally records the image on the recording medium. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print designation format can be selected from existing ones or newly created. 5. The image addition control unit according to claim 3, wherein a print condition of a plurality of print designation formats belonging to different selected categories can be set for a captured image to be added. The image processing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims. 6. The image addition control means automatically adds an image to each file for which a print designation format is set when each of the categories belonging to each of the categories is selected. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein 7. The print designation format is DPOF.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein selection is possible for each job in the file. 8. A method for controlling an image processing apparatus capable of recording or reading image data to be photographed on a recording medium based on a print designation format, wherein the image data is printed according to a predetermined printing condition before the image data is recorded. Image processing, comprising: a setting step of recording a designated format; and an image addition control step of additionally recording image data sequentially photographed on the recording medium in accordance with the print designation format set in the setting step. How to control the device. 9. The print designation format is DPOF.
The method according to claim 8, wherein the file is a file. 10. The image addition control step includes setting a print condition of a print designation format set in the setting step with respect to a captured image to be added, and additionally recording the image on the recording medium. 9. The control method for an image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein: 11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the print designation format can be selected from existing ones or newly created. 12. The image addition control step, wherein a print condition of a plurality of print designation formats belonging to different selected categories can be set for a captured image to be added. The control method of the image processing device described in the above. 13. The image addition control step, wherein when an image belonging to each of the categories is selected, an image is automatically added to each file for which a print designation format is set. Claim 12
The control method of the image processing device described in the above. 14. The print designation format is a DPO
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein selection is possible for each job in the F file.