Patent ID: 7855735
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: B41J,G03B,G07F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a timer module in communication with an image capture module and at least one detachably connected non-volatile memory module to store digital images generated by the image capture module, the at least one memory module comprising a male connector and a female connector such that when a plurality of memory modules is provided, the male connector of one memory module is detachably connected to the female connector of another non-volatile memory module, the method comprising the steps of: querying the non-volatile memory module to determine available digital image storage locations, each storage location having assigned thereto an image number; receiving as user input a selection selecting one of the available digital image storage location as a starting location, and assigning an image number corresponding to the starting location as a starting image number; determining a number of image storage locations having an image number equal to or greater than the starting image number; instructing the image capture module to capture images a number of times equal to the number of image storage locations having an image number equal to or greater than the starting image number; transferring an image to the memory module each time the image capture module captures an image, the image being transferred into the memory module at a storage location corresponding to the starting image number; and updating the starting image number to correspond to a consecutively subsequent storage location, wherein when a plurality of non-volatile memory modules are provided, a memory module physically closest to the image capture module is completely filled first before a memory module that is next closest to the image capture module is filled.