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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1998
Nobuhide Dotsubo, Daito, JP;
Hideto Hayashi, Daito, JP;
Toshinobu Haruki, Kyotanabe, JP;
Toshiyuki Toyofuku, Hachioji, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A digital camera including a memory card for storing a composite image data. When an operator selects template image data and photographed image data recorded in a memory card, a CPU composites these image data with each other by using a DRAM. The CPU then compares a data amount of composite image data with a vacant capacity of the memory card. If the data amount is less than the vacant capacity, the composite image data is recorded into the memory card. Meanwhile, when the data amount is greater than the vacant capacity, the CPU displays a predetermined alarm message on an LCD. Here, if the operator attaches another memory card, the CPU again compares the data amount of the composite image data with a vacant capacity of a memory card newly attached. If the vacant capacity is sufficient, the composite image data is recorded to the same memory card.