Patent ID: 7027171
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera having a normal photographing mode and a document photographing mode, said digital camera comprising: an image pickup unit which captures an image of a subject and converts the image to image data; an angle of photography detection unit which detects an angle of photography with respect to a surface of a document as the subject in the document photographing mode and prevents capturing the image until a suitable angle of photography is detected in order to minimize distortions in the image captured of the document; a compression unit which compresses the image data and generates a compressed image data; a storage unit which stores the compressed image data; an expansion unit which expands the compressed image data; a selection unit with which any of the normal photographing mode and the document photographing mode can be selected, and with which a destination to receive the image data can be selected; and an image processing unit which subjects the image data to image processing depending on the selected photographing mode, wherein said expansion unit expands the compressed image data acquired in the document photographing mode and stored in said storage unit, and then said image processing unit subjects this data to an image processing that a selected destination requires, prior to providing the image data to the destination.