Patent ID: 7268800

Claim:
An image processing system, comprising: a) an image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup unit adapted to pick up an image; and a storage unit adapted to store an image pickup program which describes how to operate an image pickup action by said image pickup unit; and b) an information processing apparatus including: an interface adapted to be detachably connected to said image pickup apparatus; a detector adapted to detect that said image pickup apparatus is connected to said interface; a memory unit adapted to store images which were picked up by said image pickup apparatus; a display unit adapted to display images picked up by said image pickup apparatus; and a controller, communicatively coupled to said detector, said memory unit, and said display unit, adapted to read out the image pickup program from the storage unit of the image pickup apparatus and to store said program into a predetermined memory, for setting a connection flag in accordance with a detection result by said detector and for automatically switching between a mode for displaying sequential images from said interface on said display unit and a mode for displaying the image from said memory unit on said display unit, in accordance with a state of the connection flag which is set.