| US 7,593,035 B2 | ||
| Image data transmitting device and method | ||
| Satoshi Okamoto, Asaka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 13, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/833,649. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-113379 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0021359 A1, Feb. 21, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/225 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—207.1 [348/207.2; 348/207.11] | 61 Claims |
| 1. An image data transmitting device, comprising:
an information processing device that creates a reduced image data based on a subject main image data by reducing the subject
main image data, and stores an image file including the subject main image data and the reduced image data in a storage medium;
and
a communication device that transmits the image file stored in the storage medium to an external apparatus,
wherein the information processing device deletes from the image file in the storage medium the subject main image data after
the communication device transmits the image file, and keeps the reduced image data of the image file after the subject main
image data is deleted, and
wherein the information processing device adds information to the reduced image data, the added information indicating the
main image data has been transmitted, the added information identifying the external apparatus to which the main image has
been transmitted, or the added information indicating the main image data has be stored, the added information identifying
a location of the storage;
wherein the image data transmitting device requests the transmitted main image data from the external apparatus and receives
the main image data from the external apparatus; and
wherein information regarding the received main image data is added to the reduced image data.
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