Patent ID: 6704047
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital still camera enabling use of a storage medium shared with an external device comprising:an image pickup means for picking up an image of an object to be picked up to obtain image data; a record control means for recording said image data in said storage medium as an image data file in a specified format; and a reproduction control means for controlling a reproducing operation of an image data file recorded in said storage medium, wherein said reproduction control means permits selection of either a first or second mode when the storage medium includes an image data file of the external device, the first mode for (i) reproducing an image data file in a directory prepared by the camera in said storage medium and (ii) permitting selection of but prohibiting reproduction of the image data file of the external device in the storage medium, and the second mode for (i) reproducing the image data file in the directory prepared by said camera and (ii) reproducing the image data file of said external device.