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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1992
Charles Kerns, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Eric Zarakov, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Thomas S Gilley, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A digital still image camera having a memory means functioning as a ring buffer. Image and sound acquisition and storage begins upon a first command signal from the camera's operator and continues at a defined rate until the operator generates a second command signal. During the time period between the first and second command signal, images are taken and stored at the defined rate, the newest image overwriting the oldest image within the ring buffer after the ring buffer is initially filled. After generating the second command signal, the operator can review the contents of the ring buffer on a display and speaker incorporated into the camera, selecting those images and sounds the operator wishes to store permanently, and then directing that the selected images and sounds be placed in the camera's long term storage memory.