Method for deleting data files in an electronic device

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a an electronic device such as a digital camera 300 that includes a deletion mode whereby a camera/electronic device user can delete captured images or data files that have already been transferred in order to make room in the electronic device or digital camera memory for capturing further images. In one embodiment a digital camera keep track of which images have already been transferred to an external storage device and presents those to the user as potential images to be deleted. In another embodiment, the user is presented with a “delete all transferred images” which when selected deletes all the captured images that have already been transferred. In still another embodiment, a deletion criteria is used to prioritize which images are deleted first.

主权项

1. A method comprising;
communicating at least one of a plurality of captured images in a memory of an image capture device to a remote storage device; storing, in the image capture device, data indicating which of the plurality of captured images have been communicated to the remote storage device; and deleting, from the memory, captured images that have been stored and previously transferred to the remote storage device in response to receiving an indication that captured images that have been stored and previously communicated to the remote storage device are to be deleted.