Patent ID: 6661454
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital camera having a plurality of memory card fullness icons to visually indicate the amount of memory space that is available for storage in a plurality of corresponding removable memory cards insertable into the digital camera, comprising:(a) means for capturing and digitizing image data; (b) a display; (c) a processor coupled to the display for constructing the plurality of memory card fullness icons on the display, each memory card fullness icon having an inner portion that can be adjusted to display in graphic format the relative amount of memory space that is available for storage in its corresponding removable memory card; (d) means for receiving the plurality of removable memory cards; (e) means for selecting one of the plurality of removable memory cards for storage; (f) means for transferring the digitized image data into the selected removable memory card; and (g) the processor including means responsive to the data transfer means for determining the relative amount of available memory space in the selected removable memory card and for modifying the adjustable inner portion of the corresponding memory card fullness icon on the display in accordance with the determined relative amount of available memory space on the selected removable memory card to visually indicate in graphic format the present relative amount of available memory space in the selected removable memory card.