Patent ID: 7075568

Claim:
A digital camera system comprising a digital camera, and a computer which is connected to said digital camera and which controls said digital camera, said digital camera having: a capture unit arranged to capture an image; and an image storing unit arranged to store the captured image in a memory; said computer having: a command issuing unit arranged to issue a capture command for capturing an image by said digital camera or a delete command for deleting the image stored in said memory; wherein said digital camera generates an event signal indicating a change in the content stored in said memory by a common sequence when the content stored in said memory is changed in response to said capture command or said delete command and when the content stored in said memory is changed in response to an operation of said digital camera; and said computer issues a control command for collecting the content stored in said memory by a common sequence in response to said event signal when the content stored in said memory is changed in response to said capture command or said delete command and when the content stored in said memory is changed in response to an operation of said digital camera.