Patent ID: 8279481
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera, comprising: an image data generating module configured to generate image data of an image captured by the digital camera; a display device; a control data storage for storing in advance plural sets of image control data for use in controlling image processing of the image data, each of the plural sets of image control data including control parameters for a plurality of image processing items; an image control data generating module configured to generate image control data that is suitable for controlling image processing of the image data; and a memory management module configured to acquire additional image control data from an external memory device separate from the digital camera, and to store the additional image control data into the control data storage, wherein the image control data generating module displays a user interface screen including a plurality of image control modes on the display device to enable a user to select one of the plurality of image control modes, and generates the image control data for the image data using specific image control data which is associated with the selected image control mode and which is selected from plural sets of the image control data stored in the control data storage, and when the additional image control data has been stored in the control data storage, the image control data generating module displays on the display device a plurality of image control modes which includes an additional image control mode related to the additional image control data.