Patent ID: 8026957
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image-capturing apparatus comprising: a storage controller that writes image data into memory devices, at least one of said memory devices being detachable from said image-capturing apparatus; a writing speed measurer that measures, without regard to whether writing speed is recorded on at least the detachable one of the memory devices, the writing speed of said memory devices by writing dummy data into said memory devices, said writing speed measurer measuring the writing speed of the detachable memory device; a selector that compares the writing speeds of said memory devices, and selects a memory device having the fastest writing speed, said writing speed measurer and said selector being utilized after existing image data in the detachable memory device is overwritten by other image data or after the image data in the detachable memory device is deleted; and said storage controller storing image data in the selected memory device.