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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Kentaro Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Aichi, Tokyo, JP;
Akitoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ruriko Mikami, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Masumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Aichi, Tokyo, JP;
Akitoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ruriko Mikami, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Masumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, when a printer which is directly connected to a digital camera via a communication interface and records image data transmitted from the digital camera receives a recording request from the camera, the printer acquires an image data amount to be supplied from the digital camera, and determines whether to be able to receive the whole image data at once and process the image data. In a case where it is determined that the image data is not able to be processed, the printer requests segmented data of the image data stored in the digital camera. The printer receives the segmented data a plurality of number of times, and prints the whole image data.