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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoru Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/222 ; H04N 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 ; H04N 5/222 ; H04N 1/100 ;
Abstract
A digital still camera in which a CPU retrieves, when the digital still camera has been switched ON, whether any directory prepared by an external device (other maker's device: e.g., a digital still camera produced by some other maker or a PC) exists on a memory card or not, displays, when it is retrieved that the directory prepared by the external device exists thereon, a message or sign to that effect on an LCD, and reports it to an operator, in addition, the CPU has, as a reproduction mode, a mode for reproducing also a file in a directory prepared by an external device on the memory card.