JP2004040601A - Digital camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital camera in which image processing corresponding to a transmission destination is applied to transmit an image. <P>SOLUTION: A server computer for providing various services is connected to obtain an address for providing the services as transmission information and to obtain a condition for an image requested by the services, and the address and the condition are stored in a memory card in advance (P1). The memory card is inserted into the digital camera, and photographed images are stored in the memory card (P2). Transmission information that corresponds to the transmission destination that receives a service is selected among a plurality of pieces of transmission information stored in the memory card and image data to be transmitted are selected (P3). The selected transmission information and an image condition are read from the memory card, and image processing is applied to the selected image data on the basis of the read image condition (P4). A portable terminal is used on the the basis of the transmission information to transmits the image data subjected to the image processing to the transmission destination (P5). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a digital camera, and more particularly to a digital camera having an image shooting function, a captured image storage function, and a captured image transmission function.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Many digital cameras are in circulation as photographing apparatuses having CCD image pickup devices that can be photographed easily. At the time of shooting, the digital camera uses the operation of the release switch as a trigger to read the charge (photoelectric conversion) corresponding to the amount of light with a CCD image sensor or the like for each pixel and convert it into image data, and then the captured image is converted into image data. Data is recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic recording medium.
[0003]
As this type of digital camera, a digital camera that transmits an image on the Internet by an image attachment mail or the like, a digital camera that resizes and records the number of pixels of a recorded image, and the like are proposed.
[0004]
As for image data transmission, a technique such as an image communication system (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-216058) for resizing an image based on a data amount reduction instruction from a mobile phone has been proposed.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Recently, the image size that can be photographed with a digital camera has steadily increased along with the progress of image sensors such as CCDs. However, if an image photographed by the image sensor is to be transmitted and used, large image transmission is possible. However, since communication time and communication cost increase, the image is often resized and transmitted according to the communication speed.
[0006]
Also, on the image receiving side, such as a destination server, the size of the received image for the purpose of avoiding an increase in the recording area for storing the image or specifying the image size according to restrictions on the application that handles the image It is widely practiced to set restrictions on Each server has a different size and is not unified.
[0007]
With the technology described in the conventional digital camera and the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-216058, when transmitting an image to an image server or the like via communication means such as a mobile phone, only a resized image unique to the camera can be transmitted. There is a problem.
[0008]
In addition, in order to transmit an image of a size suitable for the other party, it is only possible to instruct resize using a mobile phone or the like and control it by communication means, and transmit it to a plurality of servers with individual restrictions. There is a problem that it is not possible or it is inconvenient because it is necessary to set the input with a mobile phone or the like.
[0009]
The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera capable of performing image processing according to a transmission destination and transmitting an image.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a digital camera capable of transmitting the image data to a computer that provides a service based on image data obtained by photographing, A removable recording medium in which transmission information for specifying the computer and image conditions that can be processed at the transmission destination are recorded in advance, reading means for reading the transmission information and the image conditions, and the reading Based on the condition of the image read by the means, the processing means for performing image processing on the image data so as to meet the condition of the image, and the processing according to the transmission information read by the reading means Transmitting means for transmitting image data image-processed by the means.
[0011]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the removable recording medium includes transmission information for specifying a computer that provides a service based on image data obtained by photographing, and image conditions that can be processed at the transmission destination. Each of them is stored in advance. For example, services provided by a computer include services such as a print service that creates a print based on image data and a wallpaper conversion service that creates wallpaper data used for a computer screen based on image data. In the recording medium, transmission information such as an address specifying a computer that provides these services, and image conditions restricted by a transmission destination such as an image size and a file format for receiving the services are stored in advance.
[0012]
The reading unit reads the transmission information recorded on the recording medium and the image condition corresponding to the transmission information, and the processing unit conforms to the image condition based on the image condition read by the reading unit. As described above, image processing is performed on image data obtained by photographing. For example, the image data is converted into image data obtained by photographing into a file format required by the transmission destination or an image size required by the transmission destination.
[0013]
Then, the transmission means transmits the image data image-processed by the processing means in accordance with the transmission information read by the reading means. For example, image data subjected to image processing can be transmitted by applying a communication device such as a mobile phone as a transmission means.
[0014]
That is, an image can be transmitted by automatically performing image processing according to the transmission destination.
[0015]
Therefore, since the image requested by the transmission destination is transmitted, various services provided by the computer can be received.
[0016]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the storage medium stores a plurality of pieces of transmission information and a plurality of image conditions corresponding to the transmission information, and is stored in the storage unit. The image processing apparatus further includes selection means for selecting transmission information and image conditions.
[0017]
According to the invention described in claim 2, in the invention described in claim 1, the storage means stores a plurality of pieces of transmission information and image conditions corresponding to the transmission information. Further, by further including selection means, it becomes possible to select a transmission destination. In other words, even if there are a plurality of computers providing services and the image conditions required by each computer are different, various services can be selected by selecting from the stored transmission information and the plurality of image conditions by the selection means. It becomes possible to receive.
[0018]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the storage medium stores a single piece of transmission information and the image condition, and the storage medium is attached or detached according to a transmission destination. It is characterized by that.
[0019]
According to the invention described in claim 3, in the invention described in claim 1, the transmission information and image conditions of Yatsu are stored in the storage medium, and the transmission information and image conditions are stored for each of the plurality of storage media. Once stored, it is possible to receive various services by attaching and detaching the storage medium according to the transmission destination.
[0020]
In addition, said invention can be set as the following inventions. 4. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for setting the image data to be subjected to image processing by the processing means.
[0021]
According to the above invention, it is possible to set image data for receiving a service by further including setting means.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a digital camera connected to a network to which a computer, a PDA terminal, and the like are connected via communication means such as a portable terminal.
[0023]
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a network 78 to which a digital camera 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of computers 88 and 90 owned by the same or different users are connected to the network 78 via connection devices 86 such as modems, routers, and TAs (terminal adapters). ing.
[0025]
As the network 78, for example, a network represented by a LAN (Local Area Network) as the Internet or other small-scale network can be applied.
[0026]
In the present embodiment, the network 78 includes a communication network 92 represented by a public telephone network or the like constructed and provided by a telephone company in each country or each region. The communication network 92 includes, for example, a PSTN (Public Switched Telephony Network) and an ISDN (Integrated Service Digital Network). Further, the communication network 92 can further include various types of wireless telephone networks such as PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) and PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System). The network 78 and the communication network 92 are interconnected by a gateway system 94.
[0027]
The communication network 92 includes a base station 98 having a data transmission / reception function with respect to the portable terminal 96. Accordingly, the portable terminal 96 can communicate with other portable terminals via the communication network 92 or communicate with other terminals and servers via the communication network 92, the gateway system 94, and the network 78. Although details will be described later, in the present embodiment, the portable terminal 96 is used to transmit image data obtained by photographing with the digital camera 10 to a server computer 88 that provides various services. In FIG. 1, the portable terminal 96 and the digital camera 10 are shown connected by wire, but may be connected wirelessly such as Bluetooth.
[0028]
The plurality of computers 88 and 90 include a computer 88 that functions as a server computer and a computer 90 that functions as a client computer.
[0029]
In this embodiment, the case where the Internet is applied as the network 78 will be described. In this case, at least one of the plurality of computers 88 can function as a WWW (World Wide Web) server, and other machines can function as a WWW client.
[0030]
Specifically, a WWW browser is installed in each computer, and the server computer 88 can be arbitrarily accessed via the network 78 by starting the WWW browser. At this time, the access position (data constituted by the position of the access destination computer and the position of the information in the computer) is specified by a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).
[0031]
When there is an access request from another computer, these computers return the data at the position specified by the URL to the access source computer via the network 78. At this time, data is generally transferred in accordance with HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).
[0032]
Note that an IP (Internet Protocol) address is used to identify these computers. For identification of the portable terminal 96, the client computer 90, etc., the user's own input or a user ID such as a predetermined code can be used.
[0033]
The plurality of computers 88 and 90 have a general computer configuration including various peripheral devices such as an input device such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O, and a keyboard, and a display device such as a monitor. Description is omitted.
[0034]
Next, the configuration of the digital camera 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0035]
As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the main body 12 of the digital camera 10 is substantially box-shaped, and a protrusion (gripping portion) is formed on the left side when viewed from the front to facilitate the gripping of the main body 12. It is made the shape. A lens barrel 15 to which a lens 14 is attached is provided in the center of the front side of the main body 12, and a strobe 18 for emitting auxiliary light in the case of shooting at low illuminance is provided above the lens 14 of the main body 12. An optical finder 16 is attached for the user to visually check the shooting range and the like.
[0036]
Further, a strobe light receiving window 38 for guiding the strobe light to a strobe light receiving sensor for detecting the amount of strobe light reflected and returned by the subject at the time of strobe light emission, and a built-in AE sensor are located near the strobe 18. An AE light receiving window 40 is provided for guiding light to the light source.
[0037]
On the upper surface of the main body 12, a power switch 20 is provided on the right side when viewed from the front, and a release switch 22 is provided on the left side (position corresponding to the gripping portion). A slot 24 into which a memory card (not shown) can be loaded is provided. That is, access to the memory card (reading data in the memory card and writing data to the memory card) can be performed via the slot 24.
[0038]
Also, on the right side when viewed from the front of the digital camera 10, a USB for sending image data recorded in a built-in memory built in the digital camera 10 or a memory card loaded in the slot 24 to the outside. (Universal Serial Bus) USB terminal 42 to which a cable is connected, and image data recorded in a built-in memory or a memory card are transmitted to the outside using the portable terminal 96 and used when connected to the portable terminal 96 A portable terminal 44 is provided. That is, the mobile terminal 96 is connected to the mobile terminal terminal 44.
[0039]
Further, an AC adapter connection port 28 for connecting an AC adapter for obtaining power from an AC power source is provided below the terminal 44 for the portable terminal, so that AC power can be supplied to the digital camera 10. ing.
[0040]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, a color display 26 made of transmissive liquid crystal (or transflective liquid crystal may be used) is provided on the back surface of the main body 12, and the display 26 includes a fluorescent tube, an LED, and the like. It is set as the structure provided with the backlight comprised by these. The display 26 also has the function of the optical viewfinder 16.
[0041]
On the rear side of the main body 12, a selection switch 34, a menu switch 30, an execution / screen changeover switch 32, and a cancel switch 36 are provided on the right side. The selection switch 34 is a switch for selecting a mode such as a menu screen displayed by pressing the menu switch 30, and the execution is performed by the execution / screen switching switch 32. The cancel switch 36 is a switch for canceling various modes.
[0042]
Further, a shooting mode changeover switch 82 for changing a shooting mode is provided on the back of the main body 12, and by operating the shooting mode changeover switch 82, a still image shooting mode for shooting a still image and a movie are shot. Switching between the moving image shooting mode to be performed and the simultaneous shooting mode in which still image shooting and moving image shooting are performed simultaneously is performed.
[0043]
FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the electrical system of the digital camera 10. Specifically, the lens 14 is a zoom lens (focal length variable lens), and the zoom mechanism is driven by a drive circuit 46. An autofocus (AF) mechanism 47 is also provided, and the AF mechanism 47 is similarly driven by the drive circuit 46. Instead of the zoom lens, a variable focal length lens having only the AF mechanism 47 may be used.
[0044]
An image sensor 50 composed of an area CCD sensor or the like as an imaging unit is disposed at a position corresponding to the focal position of the lens 14 inside the main body 12, and light incident on the lens 14 after reflecting the subject. Is imaged on the light receiving surface of the image sensor 50. The imaging device 50 outputs an analog signal representing the amount of received light in each of a large number of photoelectric conversion cells arranged in a matrix on the light receiving surface as an image signal. The image sensor 50 is driven at a timing synchronized with the timing signal generated by the timing signal generator connected to the driving circuit 46 and outputs an image signal.
[0045]
A diaphragm 48 is disposed between the lens 14 and the image sensor 50. The aperture may be configured as a single aperture that can be changed continuously, or may be configured to switch a plurality of apertures with different aperture amounts.
[0046]
The timing signal generator 52 is further connected to a strobe control circuit 54 that controls the light emission of the strobe 18. When the strobe 18 is detected to have low illuminance or when the user instructs light emission. Light emission is controlled at a timing synchronized with the timing signal generated by the timing signal generator 52.
[0047]
A sampling unit 56, an A / D converter 58, a signal processing unit 60, a memory 62, and a compression / decompression unit 64 are connected in order to the signal output terminal of the image sensor 50, and each is connected to a system bus 68. The system control unit 70 connected to the system bus 68 controls the entire system.
[0048]
The sampling unit 56 samples the image signal output from the image sensor 50 at a timing synchronized with the timing signal generated by the timing signal generation unit 52, amplifies it, and outputs it to the A / D converter 58. The sampling unit 56 includes a CDS (Correlated Double Sampling: hereinafter referred to as CDS) unit (not shown). The CDS unit uses, for example, a CCD type imaging device, and basically holds a clamp circuit that clamps various noises generated by the device with a timing signal from the timing signal generation unit, and an analog voltage signal with the timing signal. It has a sample hold circuit. The CDS unit removes the noise component and sends the image signal to the A / D converter 58 as an analog output signal. The image signal output from the sampling unit 56 is converted into digital image data by the A / D converter 58 and input to the signal processing unit 60. The signal processing unit 60 performs various processes such as color correction, γ correction, and Y / C conversion on the input image data. The image data output from the signal processing unit 60 is temporarily recorded in a memory 62 configured by a RAM or the like, compressed by the compression / expansion unit 64, and then stored in the internal memory 84 or the memory card 80 loaded in the slot 24. It has come to be.
[0049]
A display 26 is also connected to the system bus 68 so that an image can be displayed based on image data obtained by photographing.
[0050]
Further, the system bus 68 includes various operation switches (menu switch 30, execution / screen change-over switch 32, the above-described USB terminal 42, portable terminal 44, microphone 66 for recording sound, and release switch 22. An input / output interface (I / F) 76 to which a selection switch 34, a cancel switch 36, a shooting mode changeover switch 82, etc.) 74 are connected is connected so that control according to the operation of the various operation switches 74 is performed. It has become.
[0051]
That is, when the image data is stored in the internal memory 84 or the memory card 80 loaded in the slot 24 by operating the release switch 22 or the like, the system control unit 70 is temporarily recorded in the memory 62. The image data is read out and transferred to the compression / decompression unit 64. As a result, the image data is compressed by the compression / decompression unit 64 and then stored in the built-in memory 84 or the memory card 80. The image data may be stored in the built-in memory 84 or the memory card 80 without being compressed depending on the shooting mode.
[0052]
When an instruction to reproduce (display) an image represented by image data stored in the internal memory 84 or the memory card 80 loaded in the slot 24 is given, the memory card loaded in the internal memory 84 or the slot 24. Image data is read from 80, and the read image data is decompressed (decompressed) by the compression / decompression unit 64 and then temporarily recorded in the memory 62. Then, using the image data temporarily recorded in the memory 62, the image is displayed (reproduced) on the display 26.
[0053]
Incidentally, the memory card 80 used in the digital camera 10 according to the present embodiment stores the image data as described above. In addition, as shown in FIG. Transmission information such as an address of a transmission destination for transmitting data, and image conditions such as a file format requested by the transmission destination and an image size are stored. FIG. 4 shows an example of a setting file set in the memory card 80.
[0054]
The digital camera 10 performs image processing based on the above-described image conditions stored in the memory card 80 corresponding to the transmission information. That is, the digital camera 10 is provided with an image processing unit 72, and the image processing unit 72 is connected to the system bus 68 and performs various types of image processing in accordance with image conditions acquired from the memory card 80. . For example, image processing to convert to a file format requested by the destination, image processing to convert to the image size requested by the destination, and image processing to convert to a compression rate corresponding to the image compression rate requested by the destination Is done. Here, selection of transmission information and selection of a captured image to be transmitted can be performed by operating various switches 74 provided in the digital camera 10.
[0055]
The transmission information and image conditions stored in the memory card 80 are connected to the destination server computer 88 connected to the network 78 using the client computer 90, PDA, portable terminal 96, and the like. By receiving the corresponding transmission information and image conditions, the transmission information and image conditions can be stored in advance in the memory card 80 loaded in the digital camera 10.
[0056]
Next, the flow of data transmission when receiving various services provided by the server computer 88 using the digital camera 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.
[0057]
First, using a computer 90 or a PDA terminal connected to the network 78, a print service (a service for creating a print by transmitting image data) or a wallpaper conversion service (a computer screen by transmitting image data) Connected to a server computer 88 that provides various services, such as a service for converting the image data into wallpaper), obtains an address for providing the service as transmission information, and sets image conditions required by the service. Acquired and stored in the memory card 80 (P1).
[0058]
A memory card 80 in which transmission information and image conditions are stored is loaded into the digital camera 10, and a captured image is stored in the memory card 80. That is, image data representing a photographed image photographed by the digital camera 10 is stored in the memory card 80 (P2).
[0059]
From the plurality of transmission information stored in the memory card 80, the transmission information corresponding to the transmission destination to receive the service is selected by the digital camera 10, and the image data to be transmitted is selected (P3).
[0060]
Here, the digital camera 10 reads the selected transmission information and image conditions from the memory card 80, and executes image processing on the selected image data based on the read image conditions (P4). That is, the digital camera 10 performs conversion into a file format or image size required by the transmission destination (service provider).
[0061]
Then, based on the transmission information, the image data subjected to image processing using the portable terminal 96 is transmitted to the transmission destination (P5). In other words, since image data to be transmitted is processed according to the image conditions requested by the service provider, transmission to a plurality of partners having different conditions can be easily performed.
[0062]
In the destination server computer 88, processing corresponding to various services is executed based on the transmitted image data (P6). That is, in the case of a print service, print creation is performed based on transmitted image data, and in the case of a wallpaper conversion service, data used for wallpaper on a computer screen based on transmitted image data is used. Image processing is performed accordingly. Here, since the transmitted image data is converted into image data requested by the service provider, various services can be received.
[0063]
Here, the processing of memory card setting performed by the computer 90, data transmission performed by the digital camera 10, and service provision performed by the server computer 88 will be described.
[0064]
First, a memory card setting process performed by the computer 90 will be described with reference to FIG.
[0065]
In step 100, it is determined whether or not the service provider is connected. That is, in order to receive various services such as a print service and a wallpaper conversion service, it is determined whether or not the computer 90 is used to connect to a service provider. The process waits until the determination is affirmed and proceeds to step 102.
[0066]
In step 102, the service providing screen is displayed on a monitor or the like. That is, data representing a screen for providing a service is received from the server computer 88 via the network 78, and display is performed based on the data.
[0067]
In step 104, it is determined whether or not the service providing transmission address is acquired. That is, it is determined whether or not a transmission address as transmission information for receiving a service has been acquired. The process waits until the determination is affirmed and proceeds to step 106.
[0068]
In step 106, it is determined whether image conditions for service provision have been acquired. That is, it is determined whether different image conditions have been acquired for each service. Until this determination is affirmed, the process waits and proceeds to step 108.
[0069]
In step 108, the transmission information and the image conditions acquired as described above are stored in the memory card 80 in association with each other. As a result, the memory card 80 can be set.
[0070]
The memory card 80 is set by the computer 90 connected to the network 78. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a PDA terminal connected to the network 78 can be used. A portable terminal 96 connected to the digital camera 10 can also be used.
[0071]
Next, data transmission performed by the digital camera 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this embodiment, the data transmission process is described as being performed using the digital camera 10 and the mobile terminal 96 connected to the digital camera 10.
[0072]
First, in step 150, it is determined whether or not the memory card 80 set as described above is loaded in the slot of the digital camera 10, and waits until the determination is affirmed, and the process proceeds to step 152. To do.
[0073]
In step 152, it is determined whether or not the data transmission mode is set. In this determination, it is determined whether or not an operation indicating the transmission mode has been performed by operating the various switches 74 of the digital camera 10, and if the determination is negative, the data transmission process is terminated.
[0074]
If the determination in step 152 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 154 to determine whether or not a transmission destination has been selected. That is, it is determined whether the transmission destination address of the service to be received is selected from the transmission information set in the memory card 80. The process waits until the determination is affirmed and proceeds to step 156. The transmission destination can be selected by using various switches 74 such as the menu switch 30, the selection switch 34, the execution / screen changeover switch 32, and the cancel switch 36.
[0075]
In step 156, it is determined whether transmission image data has been selected. That is, it is determined whether image data to be transmitted to the service provider to be received has been selected from the photographed images obtained by photographing with the digital camera 10. The process waits until the determination is affirmed and proceeds to step 158. The transmission image data can be selected using various switches 74 such as the menu switch 30, the selection switch 34, the execution / screen changeover switch 32, and the cancel switch 36, similarly to the selection of the transmission destination.
[0076]
In step 158, the image conditions stored corresponding to the selected transmission information are read from the memory card 80, and image processing is performed on the image data selected according to the read image conditions. For example, when the print service stored in the memory card 80 is received (when the print service is selected as the transmission destination), the file is converted into a file format corresponding to the print service (tiff in the example of FIG. 4). At the same time, the image size is converted to 160 or 120. When receiving the wallpaper conversion service (when the wallpaper conversion service is selected as the destination), the file is converted into a file format (jpeg in the example of FIG. 4) stored corresponding to the wallpaper conversion service, The image size is converted to a size of 1600 or 1200.
[0077]
In step 160, the transmission information of the selected transmission destination is read, and image data subjected to image processing is transmitted via the portable terminal 96 according to the transmission information. That is, image data that has undergone image processing is transmitted via the portable terminal 96 in accordance with an address that represents the transmission destination. As a result, various services such as a print service and a wallpaper conversion service can be received. At this time, the image can be automatically converted into image conditions constrained by a destination set in advance in the memory card 80.
[0078]
Step 154 corresponds to the selection means of the present invention, step 158 corresponds to the reading means and processing means of the present invention, and step 160 corresponds to the transmission means of the present invention.
[0079]
Next, service providing processing performed by the server computer 88 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0080]
In step 200, it is determined whether or not there is a request for obtaining a service provision screen. That is, as described above, when setting the memory card 80 using the computer 90, it is determined whether or not an acquisition request for the service providing screen has been made by connecting to the server computer 88. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 202, the service providing screen data is transmitted, and the process proceeds to step 204.
[0081]
On the other hand, if the determination in step 200 is negative, the process proceeds to step 204 as it is.
[0082]
In step 204, it is determined whether or not service request image data has been received. That is, as described above, it is determined whether image data for service request has been transmitted from the digital camera 10. The process waits until the determination is affirmed and proceeds to step 206.
[0083]
In step 206, various services are executed. That is, in the case of the print service, print creation is performed based on the image data transmitted from the digital camera 10, and in the wallpaper conversion service, the wallpaper data is converted based on the image data transmitted from the digital camera 10. Creation is done. At this time, the image data converted into the file format and image size required by the various services is transmitted from the digital camera 10, so that the processing of the various services can be performed.
[0084]
As described above, in the digital camera 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, transmission information such as a transmission destination address and a transmission destination image condition corresponding to the transmission information are set in advance in the memory card 80. Thus, it is possible to automatically perform image processing according to the transmission destination and transmit the image. Thus, troublesome processing such as image resizing and file format conversion can be automatically performed, and various services can be easily received.
[0085]
In the above embodiment, a plurality of pieces of transmission information and corresponding image conditions are set in the memory card 80. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the corresponding image condition may be set so that the memory card 80 is replaced for each transmission destination.
[0086]
In the above embodiment, the digital camera 10 and the mobile terminal 96 are described as separate configurations. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the digital camera 10 has a communication function such as the mobile terminal 96. May be provided.
[0087]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, transmission information and image conditions are read from a recording medium in which transmission information for specifying a transmission destination and image conditions that can be processed by the transmission destination are recorded in advance. Since image processing is performed on the image data obtained by photographing so as to conform to the image conditions based on the image conditions, and the image processed image data is transmitted according to the transmission information. There is an effect that an image can be transmitted by automatically performing image processing according to the transmission destination.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a network to which a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electric system of the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a setting file set in a memory card.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a flow of data transmission when receiving various services provided by the server computer using the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of memory card setting processing performed by a computer.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of data transmission processing performed by the digital camera.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of a service providing process performed by the server computer.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Digital camera
24 slots
72 Image processing unit
80 memory card
96 Mobile terminal

Claims (3)

A digital camera capable of transmitting the image data to a computer that provides a service based on image data obtained by photographing,
A detachable recording medium in which transmission information for identifying the destination computer and image conditions that can be processed at the destination are recorded in advance, and
Reading means for reading the transmission information and the condition of the image;
Processing means for performing image processing on the image data so as to conform to the conditions of the image based on the conditions of the image read by the reading means;
Transmitting means for transmitting image data image-processed by the processing means according to the transmission information read by the reading means;
A digital camera characterized by including: The storage medium stores a plurality of transmission information and a plurality of image conditions corresponding to the transmission information,
2. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising selection means for selecting the transmission information and the image condition stored in the storage means. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the storage medium stores a single piece of transmission information and the image condition, and the storage medium is attached or detached according to a transmission destination.

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