Seiko Epson Corporation

A.i. Soft, Inc.

Other

Yasushi Hiraoka

Kaoru Nakabayashi

Shingo Yudasaka

Takahiro Kobayashi

Akihiro Sato

Noboru Kitazawa

There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in a necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic datacorresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.

Image data management processing apparatus, medium recording image data management processing program and image data management processing method

Image data processing apparatus, medium recording image data set, medium recording image data processing program and image data processing method

There has been a problem in that original image data should be saved with another name so as not to be altered, resulting in complexity and an increase in necessary storage region. Image data are housed in a folder managed as a film metaphor and a database of photographic datacorresponding to each image data is prepared. When a desirable image processing is selected for desirable image data, the selected image processing is updated as modification information in the database structure. When display, output or print is actually required, various image processings are executed by referring to modification information on only a work area with original image data left. Therefore, it is possible to easily enjoy image modification or the like with the original image data left as they are.

A user I/F unit,transmits an instruction given by a user to an access management unit,and displays data on a monitor,. The access management unit,transfers requirements to a communication control unit,and a data management unit,in response to the instruction from the user, transfers data from a communications host to the data management unit,, and outputs data from a database,to the user I/F unit,. The data management unit,writes data into the database,and reads storage data from the database,in response to the requirement from the access management unit,. Data transmitted from the communications host are sorted out according to communication services and stored in the database,. The communication control unit,translates the requirement from the access management unit,to a menu number representing each communication service available from the communications host or a command and sends the translated requirement to a communication I/F unit,. This structure enables input data to be sorted out and stored without any overlap.

Data-update monitoring in communications network

A user I/F unit 200 transmits an instruction given by a user to an access management unit 100 and displays data on a monitor 76. The access management unit 100 transfers requirements to a communication control unit 300 and a data management unit 400 in response to the instruction from the user, transfers data from a communications host to the data management unit 400, and outputs data from a database 410 to the user I/F unit 200. The data management unit 400 writes data into the database 410 and reads storage data from the database 410 in response to the requirement from the access management unit 100. Data transmitted from the communications host are sorted out according to communication services and stored in the database 410. The communication control unit 300 translates the requirement from the access management unit 100 to a menu number representing each communication service available from the communications host or a command and sends the translated requirement to a communication I/F unit 500. This structure enables input data to be sorted out and stored without any overlap.

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