Patent ID: 6515697
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital camera for photographing an object to obtain an image signal, converting said image signal into digital image data, and recording said image data, said digital camera comprising:a main memory for storing said image data; a data bus connected to said main memory and having a connector suitable for attaching and detaching a detachable auxiliary memory to said data bus: a controller designates a plurality of modes of operation and, in a copying mode, causes the image data in said main memory to be transferred and copied to said auxiliary memory, said controller further being capable of detecting whether said auxiliary memory is detached from said connector during a transfer of said image data to or from said main memory and upon said detection forcibly initializing all elements of said digital camera, said controller further including a microprocessor capable of supplying a reset signal when said data bus is active and further capable of storing said digital image data in a predetermined shelter register when said data bus is inactive; and a display device which, according to the mode of operation designated by said controller, sequentially displays number of uncopied image data remaining in said memory and number of image data which can be copied to said auxiliary memory.