Patent ID: 7768558
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital still camera, comprising: an image sensor mounted in a housing for receiving light and generating output signals representative of an image of an object or a scene of interest; a processing circuit mounted in the housing and connected to the image sensor for processing the output signals from the image sensor; a memory mounted in the housing; a control circuit mounted in the housing and connected to the processing circuit for successively generating a plurality of image files corresponding to a plurality of images and storing the image files in the memory in accordance with a selected one of a plurality of picture modes, the control circuit determining a remaining picture count after each image file is generated based on one of a plurality of predetermined decrement numbers corresponding to an actual image file size of each image file; and means mounted in the housing for indicating the remaining picture count to a user.