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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Makoto Hirata, Osaka, JP;
Takeki Kageyama, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Hirata, Osaka, JP;
Takeki Kageyama, Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, JP;
Abstract
A digital camera includes a first CPUand a second CPU. The first CPUdetermines an operation of a release buttonwhich instructs to photograph an object, and a photographing request is issued when the release buttonis operated. On the other hand, the second CPUphotographs the object by driving a CCD imagerwhen the photographing request is issued, and stores image data of the object photographed into an SDRAMin a compressed state. The second CPUfurther records into a memory cardcompressed image data stored in the SDRAMpredetermined amount by predetermined amount, and determines whether or not the photographing request is issued every time that a recording of the predetermined amount is completed.