Digital camera with communication function

摘要

In a digital camera having a wireless communicator with a server, a storage controller treats full size image data and display size image data unequally if the full size image data has been already sent to the server. For example, the display size image data is not allowed to be replaced by new digital image data unless the digital camera is not in use over a prescribed time. Own image data and other's image data are treated equally. Image data received from outside and retrieved from inside memory are treated equally. Search key for own image data and related search keys existing in the outside are indicated in a comparable manner. The digital camera receives search key from neighboring advertiser to send it for Internet search of advertisement. Search key received from neighboring notable site is sent for Internet search of photographs of the notable site taken by others.

主权项

1. A digital camera with communication function comprising:
an image taking portion arranged to capture digital image data of a picture; a wireless communicator arranged to download digital image data of a picture from outside of the digital camera through Internet; a display arranged to display digital image data of the picture; an image storage portion located inside the digital camera and arranged to store a first digital image data derived from the image taking portion capturing the first digital image data and a second digital image data derived from the wireless communicator downloading the second digital image data from outside of the digital camera through Internet, wherein the image storage is arranged to store thumbnail data of the first digital image data and of the second digital image data for designating the picture for display among a plurality of thumbnails on the display for selection, and wherein the image storage portion includes a first capacity located inside the digital camera and secured to record the first digital image data and a second capacity located inside the digital camera and secured to record the second digital image data; a storage controller arranged to record the second digital image data into the second capacity, wherein the storage controller is further arranged to record the second digital image data into the first capacity along with the first digital image data if the first capacity is not fully occupied by the first digital image data; and a capacity indicator arranged to indicate information relating to the room for the first capacity of the image storage portion to store new digital image data, wherein the capacity indicator is arranged to make an indication if an extra room for the new digital image data can be secured by replacing old image data in the first capacity of the image storage portion.