Patent ID: 6661452
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital camera comprising:an outputter for outputting first image data of an object photographed in response to a photographing instruction; a first writer for writing said first image data outputted from said outputter to an image data area; a data processor for subjecting said first image data stored in said image data area to a predetermined data process; a second writer for writing second image data produced by said data processor to a work area; a compressor for producing compressed image data on the basis of said second image data stored in said work area; an overwriter for writing said compressed data produced by said compressor over said image data of the same object stored in said image data area; and a recorder for recording said compressed image data stored in said image data area into a recording medium, wherein said compressor performs a compression process every first number of pixels, and said overwriter performs an overwriting process in a manner avoiding said first image data to which neither said predetermined data process nor said compression process is subjected.