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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Hiromi Kuwata, Chiba, JP;
Nobuhiro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Ohori, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image transmission apparatus includes: a deletion unit that deletes an image file recorded in a storage medium; an identifying unit that identifies an image file booked for transmission by an external image reception apparatus; a prohibiting unit that prohibits the deletion unit from deleting the image file recorded in the storage medium, which has been identified by the identifying unit; and a transmission control unit that reads the image file recorded in the storage medium, which has been identified by the identifying unit, and transmits the image file to the image reception apparatus.