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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Abhijit B. Rao, Irvine, CA (US);
Donald P. Gibson, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Brian M. Keane, Jr., Irvine, CA (US);
Lionel Gregory Croom, Irvine, CA (US);
Costin Valeriu Cozianu, Irvine, CA (US);
Douglas Richard Barr, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Paul Gacek, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Abhijit B. Rao, Irvine, CA (US);
Donald P. Gibson, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Brian M. Keane, Jr., Irvine, CA (US);
Lionel Gregory Croom, Irvine, CA (US);
Costin Valeriu Cozianu, Irvine, CA (US);
Douglas Richard Barr, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Paul Gacek, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the retrieval and storage of image data captured using a digital image acquisition device such as a still camera, a video camera or a scanning device, and of image data stored on removable storage media such as compact flash, smart and memory stick media. An image retrieval architecture is described such that image data may be retrieved from any digital image acquisition device and/or from removable storage media, and a 'one-click' operation is available to minimize an amount of interaction needed to retrieve image data from the digital image acquisition device.