Patent ID: 7844140
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A digital camera apparatus comprising: an image sensing unit adapted to sense an object image and generate image data; a generating unit adapted to generate a database related to each image data generated by said image sensing unit; a storage unit adapted to store the image data and the database in a common recording medium; a transmitting unit adapted to transmit the image data to a server; a receiving unit adapted to receive characteristic data of the image data from the server, the characteristic data being based on a result of at least person extraction performed on the image data; an updating unit adapted to update a part of the database stored in the common recording medium the characteristic data received from the server; a searching unit adapted to present the characteristic data as a search key such that the characteristic data can be designated by a user, and search the database so as to hit image data corresponding to the designated characteristic data; and a display unit adapted to display images based on the image data hit by said searching unit.