Patent ID: 7688350
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera apparatus comprising: first storing means for storing image data; interface means for connecting the digital camera with a printer; image pickup means for photographing an object image; second storing means for storing photographed still image data and motion image data; and control means for controlling the first storing means, the interface means, the image pickup means, and the second storing means, wherein a plurality of frames are sequentially designated for printing, and each time when a designation of a frame is finished, the control means inquiries whether a designation of another frame is intended, wherein the control means automatically detects a change point of frames of the motion image data according to a correlation of the frames, and wherein when a frame to be printed in the motion image data stored in said second storing means is designated, position information of said designated frame to be printed is stored, and the motion image data is read out from said second storing means on the basis of said stored position information of the frame, and the still image data is formed from the motion image data of the frame which is specified by said frame position information in said motion image data, and said formed still image data is transmitted to said printer through said interface, wherein the position information includes a byte position of the designated frame, and wherein frames of a predetermined interval are extracted from the motion image data for selection.