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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
Satoshi Nakama, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakama, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a recording unit, a first detecting unit, a second detecting unit, and a control unit. The recording unit records taken images on a first recording medium. The first detecting unit detects the remaining available recording space of the first recording medium. The second detecting unit detects a plurality of external recording devices from a network. The control unit (a) determines a priority among the plurality of external recording devices, (b) automatically selects one of the plurality of external recording devices in accordance with the determined priority among the plurality of external recording devices, and ©) changes a recording medium for the taken images from the first recording medium to the selected external recording device so that the selected external recording device records the taken images on a second recording medium.
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