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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Hideaki Kawamura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kan Takaiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Horii, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera having an image capture unit and first and second image compression units adapted to compress a digital image outputted from the image capture unit in a first compression method and a second compression method which is different from the first compression method. First and second image decompressions units are adapted to decompress a digital image compressed in the first and second compression methods. The camera is adapted to provide a digital image outputted from the image capture unit to the first or the second image compression unit. The camera is further adapted to store a digital image compressed in the first or the second image compression unit in a removable memory unit, to provide a digital image read from the removable memory unit to the first image decompression unit if the digital image read from the removable memory unit is compressed in the first compression method, and to provide a digital image read from the removable memory unit to the second image decompression unit if the digital image read from the removable memory unit is compressed in the second compression method.