JP2005110132A - Image processing system, image recording apparatus, image management apparatus, image display control method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an image displayed on an image display means from being unexpectedly updated when image data stored in an auxiliary storage means of an image recording apparatus is changed.
A system comprising an image recording apparatus having auxiliary storage means for recording semi-finished image data, and an image management apparatus having image display means for displaying image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means. The auxiliary storage only when it is confirmed that the display content of the image display means is updated when any of addition, deletion, or change is made to the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means. An image file stored in the auxiliary storage means is displayed on the image display means so that the image data recorded in the means and added, deleted, or changed is displayed on the image display means. It is possible to prevent the image displayed on the image display means from being frequently updated when it is changed by the above operation.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing system, an image recording apparatus, an image management apparatus, an image display control method, and a storage medium, and is particularly suitable for use in a camera system including an electronic camera and an image management apparatus.

  Conventionally, as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1, image management capable of managing and displaying image data recorded by an image recording apparatus having a storage medium such as an electronic camera or the like, such as a PC. A system for storing or displaying image data by transferring it to a display device is known.

JP 11-296462 A

  However, the conventional technique has the following problems. That is, when the image recording device is connected to the image management display device, a list of images stored in the storage medium of the image recording device is transferred to the image management display device, and displayed on the display screen In addition, even if a new image is added to or deleted from the recording medium in the image recording device, the image management display device may not be reflected on the display screen.

On the other hand, there is a system in which the display screen of the image management display device is updated each time a new image is added or deleted in the image recording device. In such a system, for example, when the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera and continuous shooting is performed, the display screen is updated every time shooting is performed, and there is a problem that the display becomes troublesome.
In view of the above-described problems, the present invention prevents the image displayed on the image display unit from being updated unexpectedly when the image data stored in the auxiliary storage unit of the image recording apparatus is changed. With the goal.

An image processing system of the present invention includes an image recording apparatus having auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data, and an image management apparatus having image display means for displaying the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means. In the image processing system comprising: image data sending means for sending the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means to the image management device; and addition, deletion and change of the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means. The image recording apparatus has message issuing means for generating a recording state change message and issuing it to the image management apparatus when any of the operations is performed, and the auxiliary storage means issued from the message issuing means Message display means for displaying a state change message on the image display means; and image data is displayed on the image display means. When the recording state change message is displayed, display content update confirmation means for confirming whether or not to update the display content of the image display means, and the display content update confirmation means Display control means for acquiring image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means and controlling the acquired image data to be displayed on the image display means when it is confirmed that the display content is updated; The image management apparatus has the feature.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera.
Another feature of the present invention is that a change message from the image recording apparatus is displayed while a screen for confirming whether or not to update the display content displayed on the image display means is displayed. It is characterized by neglecting.
Another feature of the present invention is that data is added to the auxiliary storage unit of the image recording apparatus while the display control unit acquires the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage unit. It is characterized by prohibiting deletion or modification.
Another feature of the present invention is that an image recording apparatus that records the generated image data in a storage unit, the image data stored in the storage unit are stored in a memory, and the stored image data And an image management device having an output means for displaying an image corresponding to the image display means when the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means changes. It has a notifying means for notifying the user.
Another feature of the present invention is that the notifying means notifies the user of the image management apparatus by causing the image display means to display a message indicating that the storage state of the storage means has changed. It is characterized by doing.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image recording apparatus further includes notification means for notifying the image management apparatus that the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means has changed. It is characterized by.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus further includes a matching unit for matching the storage content of the storage unit with the storage content of the memory.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus further includes control means for controlling the operation of the alignment means based on an instruction from the user.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus is an apparatus configured using resources of a personal computer.

The image recording apparatus of the present invention has auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data, and is connected to an image management apparatus having image display means for displaying image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means. In an image recording apparatus used for constituting an image processing system, an image data sending means for sending image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means to the image management apparatus, and an image recorded in the auxiliary storage means And a message issuing means for generating a recording state change message and issuing it to the image management apparatus when any one of addition, deletion and change is made to the data.
Another feature of the present invention is that it is connected to an image management apparatus having a memory for storing image data and an output means for displaying an image corresponding to the image data stored in the memory on the image display means. An image recording apparatus constituting an image processing system, wherein when the storage state of the generated image data and the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means change, the image management apparatus It has a reporting means for notifying the user.
Another feature of the present invention is that the notifying means notifies the user of the image management apparatus by causing the image display means to display a message indicating that the storage state of the storage means has changed. It is characterized by doing.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus further includes notification means for notifying the image management apparatus that the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means has changed.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera.

The image management apparatus of the present invention is an image management apparatus that constitutes an image processing system by connecting to an image recording apparatus having auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data, and the auxiliary information issued from the message issuing means. Message display means for displaying a recording state change message of the storage means on the image display means, and the image when the recording state change message is displayed when image data is displayed on the image display means. Display content update confirmation means for confirming whether or not to update the display contents of the display means, and when the display content update confirmation means confirms that the display contents of the image display means are to be updated, the auxiliary storage means Display control means for acquiring the image data recorded in the image and controlling the acquired image data to be displayed on the image display means It is characterized by having and.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera.
Another feature of the present invention is that a change message from the image recording apparatus is displayed while a screen for confirming whether or not to update the display content displayed on the image display means is displayed. It is characterized by neglecting.
Another feature of the present invention is that data is added to the auxiliary storage unit of the image recording apparatus while the display control unit acquires the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage unit. It is characterized by prohibiting deletion or modification.
Another feature of the present invention is an image management apparatus that constitutes an image processing system connected to an image recording apparatus having storage means for recording generated image data. When the stored image data is stored in the memory and the image display means displays an image corresponding to the stored image data, and when the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means changes And a notification means for notifying the user.
Another feature of the present invention is that the notifying means notifies the user by displaying on the image display means a message indicating that the storage state of the storage means has changed. .
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus further includes a matching unit for matching the storage content of the storage unit with the storage content of the memory.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus further includes control means for controlling the operation of the alignment means based on an instruction from the user.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus is an apparatus configured using resources of a personal computer.

An image display control method according to the present invention includes an image recording apparatus having auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data, and an image management apparatus having image display means for displaying image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means. In the image display control method of the system comprising: an image data sending process for sending the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means to the image management device; and an addition to the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means, The auxiliary storage issued from the message issuing means by the image recording apparatus which performs a message issuing process for generating a recording state change message and issuing it to the image management apparatus when either deletion or change is performed Message display processing for displaying a change message of the recording state of the means on the image display means, and image data is displayed on the image display means. Display content update confirmation processing for confirming whether or not to update the display content of the image display means when the recording state change message is displayed, and the display content update confirmation processing to display the image. Display control for controlling to acquire the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage unit and display the acquired image data on the image display unit when it is confirmed that the display content of the display unit is updated The image management apparatus performs the processing.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image recording apparatus records the generated image data in the storage means, the image data stored in the storage means is stored in the memory, and is stored in the image display means. A method for controlling the image display of a system comprising an image management apparatus having an output means for displaying an image according to the image data, when the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means changes A notification process for notifying a user of the image management apparatus is performed.
Another feature of the present invention is that the notification process notifies the user of the image management apparatus by causing the image display means to display a message indicating that the storage state of the storage means has changed. It is characterized by doing.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image recording apparatus performs notification processing for notifying the image management apparatus that the storage state of the image data stored in the storage unit has changed. It is a feature.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus performs a matching process for matching the storage content of the storage unit with the storage content of the memory.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus controls the matching process based on an instruction from the user.
Another feature of the present invention is that the image management apparatus is an apparatus configured using resources of a personal computer.

The storage medium of the present invention is characterized by recording a program constituting each means described above.
Another feature of the present invention is that a program for executing the image display control method described above is stored so as to be readable from a computer.

  According to the present invention, the image recording apparatus includes auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data, and the image management apparatus includes image display means for displaying image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means. In the system, when any of addition, deletion, or change is made to the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means, a recording state change message is issued to the image management apparatus, and the display contents of the image display means are displayed. When the update is confirmed, the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means that has been added, deleted, or changed is displayed on the image display means. When the image data stored in the storage means is changed by the operation of the image recording apparatus, the image displayed on the image display means is frequently updated, and the screen Difficult to see made it can be prevented.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an image processing system, an image recording apparatus, an image management apparatus, an image display control method, and a storage medium according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a platform that is a software or hardware environment that is the basis of a system in which the present invention is implemented. In the present embodiment, a configuration example of an electronic camera system including a computer is shown.

  In FIG. 1, 101 is a computer system (PC) main body, 102 is a display 102 and 103 for displaying data, a mouse which is a typical pointing device, 104 is a mouse button, and 105 is a keyboard.

  Reference numeral 107 denotes an electronic camera that can be connected to a computer system, which is connected by a data transferable device such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 106.

  The USB is an interface standard that connects a computer system and peripheral devices, and is adopted by most modern computer systems. In addition to being able to connect a keyboard, mouse, modem, etc. with a single interface, there are features such as easy connection and low component costs.

  Transfer of data that needs to be sent in real time such as sound and video is isochronous transfer, interrupt transfer such as keyboard and mouse that requires interrupt, bulk transfer that can correct errors for modems, device recognition, etc. Then, control transfer is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic camera system including computer software and hardware in which the present invention is implemented. In FIG. 2, 509 is hardware, 505 is an operating system (OS) that operates on the hardware 509, and 504 is application software that operates on the OS 505.

  Of the blocks configuring the hardware 509 and the OS 505, the configuration requirements are included as a matter of course, but the blocks that are not directly necessary for explaining the present embodiment are not shown. As an example of such a block (not shown), there are a CPU and memory as hardware, and a memory management system as OS.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 515 denotes a hard disk for storing files and data, and 508 denotes a file system constituting the OS, which has a function that allows application software to input and output files without directly controlling the hardware.

  Reference numeral 514 denotes a disk IO interface for the file system 508 to read / write the hard disk 515. Reference numeral 507 denotes a drawing management system constituting the OS, which has a function that allows application software to perform drawing without directly controlling the hardware.

  Reference numeral 513 denotes a video interface for the drawing management system 507 to draw on the display 102. Reference numeral 506 denotes an input device management system that constitutes ◯ S, which has a function that allows application software to receive user input without directly controlling hardware.

  This includes a USB host system that becomes a host when a USB device is used. Reference numeral 510 denotes a keyboard interface for the input device management system 506 to receive input from the keyboard 105.

  The mouse interface 512 is a mouse interface for allowing the input device management system 506 to receive an input from the mouse 103.

  Further, the electronic camera 107 is connected to the USB interface 516 and can exchange image data and commands and the like with the electronic camera host application 501 through the input device management system 506.

  Reference numeral 501 denotes an electronic camera host application that manages, stores, and displays images. Reference numeral 502 denotes data management means for managing image data by creation date, shooting date, keyword, and the like. Reference numeral 503 denotes data display means for displaying the managed image data.

  The camera image acquisition unit 520 communicates with the electronic camera and acquires an image captured by the electronic camera 107. In the system of this embodiment, data transfer with the electronic camera 107 is performed by the electronic camera host application 501. The transferred image data is stored in the hard disk 515 of the PC 101 by the data management unit 502.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic camera 107 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an external view of the electronic camera 107. In addition, although it is natural that it is included as a configuration requirement in FIG. 3, blocks that are not directly necessary for describing the embodiment of the present invention are not shown.

  In FIG. 3, an imaging unit 401 includes a lens and a CCD, and outputs a captured image as image data. In addition, thumbnail image data that is a reduced image of the captured image is also generated. The electronic camera 107 in this system can record an audio in addition to taking an image, and is output as recording data (WAVE format data) by the recording unit 402.

  The auxiliary storage device 403 is for storing data from the imaging unit 401 and the recording unit 402 as a file. In this system, a compact flash (R) memory card is used as a removable recording medium.

  Reference numeral 404 denotes an interface 106 for connecting the electronic camera 107 and the computer, which is connected to the USB port in FIG. 2 and is a general-purpose interface similar to the general-purpose interface 106 described above. The 405 control unit is for controlling the entire operation of the electronic camera 107.

  Reference numeral 406 denotes a button / switch unit, which transmits various buttons 3071.3072.3077.33074 and inputs from the switch 3075 shown in the external view of FIG.

  In FIG. 4, reference numeral 3071 denotes a menu button. When this button is pressed, a menu for performing various camera settings is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 3070. The user can change the setting of the electronic camera 107 by operating the operation button 3072 and the set button 3073.

  Further, when a shooting button 3074 is pressed while a mode switch 3075 described later is in the “shooting” position, shooting by the electronic camera 107 is executed. The captured image data is stored in the auxiliary storage device of the electronic camera 107 as a JPEG file.

  Reference numeral 3075 denotes a mode switch, which switches between photographing and reproduction. Reference numeral 407 denotes a display unit for displaying the image data from the imaging unit and the image data stored in the auxiliary storage device 403 on the liquid crystal display screen 3070 of the electronic camera 107 and for setting the electronic camera 107. Or display a menu.

  Here, a method for deleting an image in the electronic camera 107 related to the present embodiment will be described. When the mode switch 3075 is set to “playback”, a photographed image 701 stored in the auxiliary storage device of the camera is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 3070 of the electronic camera 107 as shown in FIG.

  When the menu button 30.71 is pressed here, the menu shown in FIG. 8 is displayed in the liquid crystal display screen. In order to delete the displayed image, “Delete Single” is selected from the menu, and the set button 3073 is pressed.

  Then, a deletion confirmation screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. If the displayed image can be deleted, the OK button is focused and the set button 3073 is pressed. Thereby, the image file of the displayed image 701 is deleted from the auxiliary storage device of the electronic camera.

  Next, FIG. 5 shows a display screen of the host application of the electronic camera 107 in this embodiment. This application runs on the PC 101, and manages and displays images in groups of albums 131 and 132 as shown in FIG. When newly registering data photographed by the camera in the album, the [Camera Image] menu 133 is selected to display the camera image display screen 140 shown in FIG.

  The camera image display screen 140 is for viewing a list of images stored in the auxiliary storage device of the camera, and displays a reduced image 148 of the captured image. Note that the reduced image is automatically created separately from the main body image at the time of photographing with the electronic camera 107.

  When the [Image List] button 143 is designated, connection with the electronic camera 107 is started. When the connection is established, a reduced image of the captured image data is displayed in the reduced image display area 150. Register the main image corresponding to the displayed reduced image in the album of the host application, and when managing and storing, drag and drop the reduced image to the album, or select the desired image and select the import button 144 Then, the main body image is loaded into the application from the camera or the auxiliary storage device of the PC 101, and the image is registered in the album. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 145 is an “all import” button, 146 is an “erase” button, and 147 is an “end” button.

  Next, a method for maintaining the uniformity between the camera image display screen 140 and the image data in the auxiliary storage device in the electronic camera 107 and reducing the unsightly display according to the present embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, when the electronic camera 107 side takes a picture or deletes an image and the contents in the auxiliary storage device are changed, the contents are changed from the electronic camera 107 to the host application. Issue a message to let you know.

  Hereinafter, this message is referred to as an update message. When receiving the update message, the application side displays a screen asking the user for permission to update the display.

  Even if an update message is received while this screen is displayed, the application does not display a new screen asking for permission. As a result, even if shooting or deletion is continuously performed, the display remains as it is unless the user permits the update of the display, so that it is possible to prevent the screen from being frequently updated and becoming unsightly. .

  First, an operation at the time of photographing or deleting an image with the electronic camera 107 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation when the photographing button 3074 of the electronic camera 107 is pressed.

  When the shooting button 3074 is pressed, it is checked in step S1 whether the PC 101 is connected. Here, the connection state with the PC 101 does not simply indicate whether the electronic camera 107 and the PC 101 are physically connected by a USB cable, but the electronic camera host application is activated on the PC 101 and is in a communicable state. It means that there is.

  If the result of determination in step S1 is that the PC 101 is not connected, shooting is performed in step S6, and the captured image data is stored as a file in the auxiliary storage device of the electronic camera 107. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S1 is that it is in a connected state, it is checked in step S2 whether thumbnail data is being transmitted.

  The fact that the thumbnail data is being transmitted means that the file in the auxiliary storage device of the electronic camera 107 has been examined, and the camera screen of the host application of the PC 101 is now being updated. In order to maintain the uniformity of the display data on the camera screen, shooting is not performed, and a warning sound is emitted in step S3, and the process ends.

  If the result of the determination in step S2 is that thumbnail data is not being transmitted, the process moves to step S4, where shooting and image file saving are performed. Next, in step S5, an update message according to the present embodiment is issued to the host application of the PC 101.

Next, FIG. 14 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation when the menu button of the electronic camera 107 is pressed to delete an image.
First, in the first step S1, a menu is displayed and an item is selected by the user. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not “erase” is selected in step S2. If the result of this determination is that the selected item is other than “single erase” (or “all erase”), the process proceeds to step S8, and processing corresponding to the selected item is performed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the selected item is erased, the process moves to step S3 to check whether the PC 101 is connected. If the result of this determination is that there is no connection, processing proceeds to step S8, and processing corresponding to the selected item is executed.

  If the result of determination in step S3 is that it is connected to the PC 101, it is checked in step S4 whether thumbnails are being collected. The reason is the same as in the case of the shooting button. If the data is being collected, the process proceeds to step S5, a warning sound is emitted, and a warning message is displayed on the display screen of the electronic camera 107 as shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if not being collected, in step S6, an operation corresponding to the selected item, that is, an image is deleted. Thereafter, in step S7, an update message is issued to the host application of the PC 101.

Next, the operation on the host application side of the PC 101 will be described.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining the operation procedure on the camera image screen of the digital camera host application in this embodiment. FIG. 15 shows the operation when an update message is received from the electronic camera 107. When an update message is received, first, in step S1, it is checked whether the drawing update confirmation screen 1000 is being displayed.

  The drawing update confirmation screen 1000 is as shown in FIG. 10, and the image data in the auxiliary storage device has been changed in the camera, so that permission for updating the display data is requested.

  If the drawing update confirmation screen is not displayed yet, it is displayed in step S2. In step S3, the process waits until the user is allowed to update the drawing. With the processing of step S1, step S2, and step S3, even if a plurality of update messages are received, only one drawing update confirmation screen is displayed.

  When the user is permitted to update the drawing, in step S4, the thumbnail data of all the stored images is acquired from the camera, and in step S5, they are displayed on the camera image screen.

With the above processing, the actual operation is as described below.
It is assumed that the user starts the electronic camera host application, connects to the camera on a screen as shown in FIG. 6, and views an image in the camera. At this time, on the electronic camera 107 side, as shown in FIG. 7, an image corresponding to the image 149 is displayed on the liquid crystal screen on the camera image screen, and the operations shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are performed to delete the image. And

  Then, an update message is issued from the camera side to the host application, and the host application that has received the message displays a drawing update confirmation screen as shown in FIG.

  When the user presses “OK” on the screen, the screen is updated as shown in FIG. 11, and a reduced image other than the deleted reduced image is displayed on the camera image display screen.

  In this state, it is assumed that two photographs are taken in the electronic camera 107. Then, the update message is issued twice continuously from the electronic camera 107 toward the host application. In the application, the drawing update confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed in response to the first update message. The second update message that comes immediately after is ignored because the drawing update confirmation screen is already displayed.

  When the user presses OK in this state, as shown in FIG. 12, reduced images 1201 and 1202 of two images taken by rapid shooting are added to the camera image display screen. In this case, the screen needs to be updated only once, and the unpleasantness due to frequent updates is eliminated.

  In the present embodiment, the drawing update confirmation screen is displayed only for the increase / decrease of the image data in the auxiliary storage device of the electronic camera 107 due to shooting and deletion. The same processing may be applied to the rotation operation of the above.

  In this embodiment, the update message is not distinguished from shooting and deletion. However, the update message may be distinguished, and in the case of deletion, an image file name or the like may be added to the message. As a result, the host application can achieve uniformity with the auxiliary storage device of the camera simply by deleting the thumbnail of the deleted image from the camera image display screen.

(Another embodiment of the present invention)
The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.) or an apparatus composed of one device.

  In addition, for operating various devices so as to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments, for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments for an apparatus or a computer in the system connected to the various devices. Implementations by supplying software program codes and operating the various devices in accordance with programs stored in a computer (CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  In this case, the program code of the software itself realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code itself and means for supplying the program code to the computer, for example, the program code are stored. This storage medium constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for storing the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program code supplied by the computer, not only the functions described in the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the OS (operating system) or other operating system in which the program code is running on the computer. It goes without saying that the program code is also included in the embodiment of the present invention even when the functions described in the above-described embodiment are realized in cooperation with application software or the like.

  Further, after the supplied program code is stored in the memory provided in the function expansion board of the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit based on the instruction of the program code The present invention also includes a case where the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized by performing part or all of the actual processing.

It is a figure which shows the apparatus structure of this embodiment. It is a system block diagram of this embodiment. It is a system block diagram of the electronic camera in this embodiment. It is an external view of the electronic camera in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen in a host application in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the camera image display screen of the host application in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen in the liquid crystal screen with an electronic camera in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen in the liquid crystal screen with an electronic camera in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen in the liquid crystal screen with an electronic camera in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the camera image display screen of the host application in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the camera image display screen of the host application in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the camera image display screen of the host application in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement when the imaging | photography button of an electronic camera is pushed in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement when the menu of an electronic camera is operated in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the host application in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen in the liquid crystal screen with an electronic camera in this embodiment.

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101 Computer System (PC) Main Body 102 Display 103 Mouse 104 Mouse Button 105 Keyboard 106 USB (Universal Serial Bus)
107 electronic camera

Claims (37)

In an image processing system comprising an image recording apparatus having auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data, and an image management apparatus having image display means for displaying image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means,
Image data sending means for sending the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means to the image management apparatus, and when any of addition, deletion or change is made to the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means The image recording apparatus has message issuing means for generating a recording state change message and issuing the message to the image management apparatus,
A message display means for displaying on the image display means a message indicating a change in the recording state of the auxiliary storage means issued from the message issuing means; and a change in the recording state when image data is displayed on the image display means. When the message is displayed, the display content update confirmation means for confirming whether or not the display content of the image display means is updated, and the display content of the image display means can be updated by the display content update confirmation means. When confirmed, the image management apparatus has display control means for acquiring image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means and controlling the acquired image data to be displayed on the image display means. An image processing system.   The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera.   3. The change message from the image recording apparatus is ignored while a screen for confirming whether or not to update the display content displayed on the image display means is displayed. The image processing system described in 1.   The addition, deletion, or change of data to the auxiliary storage unit of the image recording apparatus is prohibited while the display control unit acquires the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage unit. Item 4. The image processing system according to any one of Items 1 to 3. In order to configure an image processing system having auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data and connected to an image management apparatus having image display means for displaying image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means In the image recording apparatus used,
Image data sending means for sending the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means to the image management apparatus, and when any of addition, deletion or change is made to the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means An image recording apparatus comprising: a message issuing unit that generates a recording state change message and issues it to the image management apparatus.   6. The image recording apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera. In an image management apparatus constituting an image processing system connected to an image recording apparatus having auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data,
A message display means for displaying on the image display means a message indicating a change in the recording state of the auxiliary storage means issued from the message issuing means; and a change in the recording state when image data is displayed on the image display means. When the message is displayed, the display content update confirmation means for confirming whether or not the display content of the image display means is updated, and the display content of the image display means can be updated by the display content update confirmation means. And a display control unit configured to acquire the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage unit and control the acquired image data to be displayed on the image display unit when confirmed. Management device.   The image management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera.   9. The change message from the image recording apparatus is ignored while a screen for confirming whether or not to update the display content displayed on the image display means is displayed. The image management apparatus described in 1.   The addition, deletion, or change of data to the auxiliary storage unit of the image recording apparatus is prohibited while the display control unit acquires the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage unit. Item 10. The image management device according to any one of Items 7 to 9. Image display control method for system comprising image recording apparatus having auxiliary storage means for recording generated image data and image management apparatus having image display means for displaying image data recorded in auxiliary storage means In
When image data transmission processing for transmitting the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means to the image management apparatus and any of addition, deletion, or change to the image data recorded in the auxiliary storage means The image recording apparatus performs a message issuing process for generating a recording state change message and issuing it to the image management apparatus,
A message display process for displaying on the image display means a message indicating a change in the recording state of the auxiliary storage means issued from the message issuing means; and a change in the recording state when image data is displayed on the image display means. When a message is displayed, a display content update confirmation process for confirming whether or not to update the display content of the image display means, and a display content of the image display means can be updated by the display content update confirmation process. If confirmed, the image management device performs display control processing for acquiring image data recorded in the auxiliary storage unit and controlling the acquired image data to be displayed on the image display unit. An image display control method characterized by the above.   A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program constituting each means described above.   A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the image display control method described above. An image recording apparatus for recording the generated image data in a storage means;
An image management apparatus having an image management device having output means for storing image data stored in the storage means in a memory and displaying an image corresponding to the stored image data on the image display means,
An image processing system comprising notification means for notifying a user of the image management apparatus when the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means changes.   15. The image according to claim 14, wherein the notification means notifies the user of the image management apparatus by causing the image display means to display a message indicating that the storage state of the storage means has changed. Processing system.   The image processing system according to claim 14, wherein the image recording apparatus further includes notification means for notifying the image management apparatus that the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means has changed. .   The image processing system according to claim 14, wherein the image management apparatus further includes a matching unit that matches a storage content of the storage unit with a storage content of the memory.   The image processing system according to claim 14, wherein the image management apparatus further includes a control unit that controls an operation of the alignment unit based on an instruction of the user.   The image processing system according to claim 14, wherein the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera.   The image processing system according to claim 14, wherein the image management apparatus is an apparatus configured using resources of a personal computer. An image recording apparatus constituting an image processing system connected to an image management apparatus having a memory for storing image data and an output means for causing the image display means to display an image corresponding to the image data stored in the memory. And
Storage means for recording the generated image data;
An image recording apparatus comprising: notifying means for notifying a user of the image management apparatus when the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means changes.   The image according to claim 21, wherein the notifying means notifies the user of the image management apparatus by causing the image display means to display a message indicating that the storage state of the storage means has changed. Recording device.   The image recording apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising notification means for notifying the image management apparatus that the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means has changed.   The image recording apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the image recording apparatus is an electronic camera. An image management apparatus that constitutes an image processing system by connecting to an image recording apparatus having storage means for recording generated image data,
Output means for storing the image data stored in the storage means in a memory, and causing the image display means to display an image corresponding to the stored image data;
An image management apparatus comprising: notifying means for notifying a user when the storage state of the image data stored in the storage means changes.   26. The image management apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the notification unit notifies the user by displaying a message indicating that the storage state of the storage unit has changed on the image display unit.   26. The image management apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising a matching unit configured to match the storage content of the storage unit with the storage content of the memory.   26. The image management apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising a control unit that controls an operation of the alignment unit based on an instruction from the user.   26. The image management apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the image management apparatus is an apparatus configured using resources of a personal computer. An image recording apparatus for recording the generated image data in a storage means;
A method for controlling image display of a system comprising an image management device having output means for storing image data stored in the storage means in a memory and displaying an image corresponding to the image data stored in the image display means Because
An image display control method, comprising: performing a notification process for notifying a user of the image management apparatus when a storage state of image data stored in the storage unit changes.   The said notification process notifies the user of the said image management apparatus by displaying the message which shows that the memory | storage state of the said memory | storage means changed on the said image display means, The image management apparatus of Claim 30 characterized by the above-mentioned. Image display control method.   The image display control method according to claim 30, wherein the image recording apparatus performs a notification process for notifying the image management apparatus that the storage state of the image data stored in the storage unit has changed. .   31. The image display control method according to claim 30, wherein the image management apparatus performs a matching process for matching the storage content of the storage unit with the storage content of the memory.   The image display control method according to claim 30, wherein the image management apparatus controls the alignment processing based on an instruction from the user.   The image display control method according to claim 30, wherein the image management apparatus is an apparatus configured using resources of a personal computer.   30. A computer-readable storage medium on which a program constituting each means according to any one of claims 14 to 29 is recorded. 36. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the image display control method according to any one of claims 30 to 35.

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