Patent ID: 7525571

Claim:
An image processing system, comprising: an image pickup device for transferring image data obtained by picking up an image of a subject; and an image processing apparatus for obtaining the transferred image data; wherein the image pickup device includes: image pickup means for picking up the image of the subject and generating the image data, generating means for generating representative image data representing the image data generated by the image pickup means, and supplying means for supplying the representative image data and the image data to the image processing apparatus, the representative image data being supplied preferentially with respect to the image data so that upon the generating means generating new representative image data representing new image data generated from a newly picked up image, the supplying means interrupts the supplying of the image data to the image processing apparatus, supplies the new representative image data to the image processing apparatus, and then resumes the supplying of the image data to the image processing apparatus after completing the supplying of the new representative image data; and the image processing apparatus includes: obtaining means for obtaining the representative image data and the image data supplied from the image pickup device, displaying means for displaying the representative image data obtained by the obtaining means, and storing means for storing the representative image data and the image data obtained by the obtaining means in association with each other.