Patent Document ID: 20090190847
Application ID: 12415276
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of storing multiple captured images in digital form, comprising: capturing a first image in a digital form; providing a digital storage device having a finite storage capacity for storing images in the digital form; storing the captured first digital image in a first format in a first portion of the storage device; setting a threshold value as a function of a percentage of available storage space used to store images in the storage device; capturing a second image in the digital form; determining if a percentage of storage space needed to store the first and second images in the storage device exceeds the threshold value; if the percentage of storage space needed to store the first and second images in the storage device is determined to exceed the threshold value, then compressing at least one of the first and second images; and storing all of the first and second images, including all of the first and second compressed images, in the storage device.