Patent ID: 7269600
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A digital camera comprising: an imaging unit configured to convert an optical image to image data and to output the image data; a display unit configured to display the image data; means for determining when said digital camera switches from a photographing mode to a transfer mode; means for clearing a directory entry list comprising the names of directories contained within a parent directory of a currently selected directory among directories stored within a storage unit of an external apparatus in response to said determining means determining that said digital camera switches from the photographing mode to the transfer mode and for setting an index to indicate that there is no currently selected directory; means for obtaining, through a means for communication, directory information of data stored in the storage unit of the external apparatus to which the image data is to be transmitted from said digital camera, which is connected to said external apparatus including a list of the names of parent directories stored in the storage unit and the names of directories within the parent directories; means for controlling said display unit to display the directory information including the list of the names of parent directories stored in the storage unit and the names of directories within the parent directories obtained from the external apparatus by said means for obtaining on a display screen of said display unit and to visually distinguish a default selected directory from the other displayed directories within the displayed list after the cleaning operation is performed; a designating unit configured to designate from the directory information displayed on the display screen of said display unit a destination directory, comprising one of the displayed directories in the list, providing a destination for transferring the image data output from said imaging unit to the storage unit of the external apparatus and configured to stop the visual distinguishing of the default currently selected directory and to visually distinguish the destination directory from the other directories in the list in the event the destination directory is different from the default selected directory; and a transferring unit configured to transfer the image data to a storage area of the storage unit of the external apparatus corresponding to the destination directory designated by said designating unit.