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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Kuwata, Tokyo, JP;

Shuji Okegawa, Chiba, JP;

Yuji Matsui, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 1/327 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); G06F 17/30876 (2013.01); H04N 1/00209 (2013.01); H04N 1/00222 (2013.01); H04N 1/00233 (2013.01); H04N 1/00244 (2013.01); H04N 1/00347 (2013.01); H04N 1/32117 (2013.01); H04N 1/32561 (2013.01); H04N 1/32771 (2013.01); H04N 1/32776 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); G06F 17/30884 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0087 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3205 (2013.01); H04N 2201/325 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus by which image data can be downloaded simply. A video camerareceives thumbnail images corresponding to one or more images included in an album from a video camera image stationand displays the thumbnail images on an LCD unit. If one or more images to be downloaded are selected, then the video cameraacquires image information of the selected image or images from a video camera image station, analyzes the image information and discriminates it one by one image whether or not the selected image data are downloadable. Every time one image is discriminated to be downloadable, the video cameraaccesses a corresponding URL designated for each image, downloads the image from the URL and records the image onto a recording medium. The video camerasuccessively downloads the selected images in this manner.


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