JP5228760B2 - Imaging apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus having a continuous shooting function and a program thereof.

  Conventionally, as described in Patent Document 1, there has been a technique of an imaging apparatus that automatically classifies captured images into a predetermined folder based on a predetermined classification condition each time an image is captured.

In this technique, automatic classification is performed and completed every time an image is taken.
JP-A-2005-252956

  However, in the above technique, since automatic classification is performed every time an image is taken, it is possible to classify a single image based on a predetermined classification condition. Classification based on the relationship between multiple images could not be performed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an imaging apparatus capable of reliably classifying continuous shot images according to classification conditions, and a program therefor.

In order to solve the above-described problem, in the imaging apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the imaging means, the continuous shooting instruction means for instructing continuous shooting, and the start of continuous shooting are instructed by the continuous shooting instruction means. Identification information for recording identification information for classifying the captured images obtained by the imaging control unit into a predetermined number of sets, and imaging control unit for controlling the imaging unit to sequentially capture a plurality of captured images A recording unit; a determination unit that determines whether or not the identification information recorded in the identification information recording unit satisfies the classification condition during execution of continuous shooting by the imaging control unit; and Classification means for performing a predetermined recording process by associating and classifying captured images in which identification information has been recorded by the identification information recording means each time it is determined to be affirmative
In the imaging device according to the second aspect of the invention, the predetermined recording process is a process of recording the plurality of classified captured images for each set as one image file. Features.
In the image pickup apparatus according to claim 3, the predetermined recording process is a process of compressing and recording the plurality of classified uncompressed captured images for each set. It is characterized by.

The image pickup apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention further includes display means for displaying a classification status by the classification means.

In the image pickup apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the condition for the classification is to classify the plurality of sequentially picked-up images according to the time taken. Features.

In the image pickup apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the invention, the condition for classification is to classify the plurality of sequentially picked-up images based on a predetermined data capacity or number. It is characterized by that.

The image pickup apparatus according to claim 7 further includes change amount acquisition means for acquiring change amounts in the plurality of sequentially picked-up images, and the condition for classification is the It is characterized by classifying a plurality of captured images sequentially captured based on the amount of change acquired by the change amount acquisition means.

In the image pickup apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the invention, in the predetermined recording process , one of the plurality of classified picked-up images is defined as one picked-up image and the other picked-up image as a sub-image. It is the process to perform.

In the program according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, when the computer included in the imaging apparatus detects an instruction detection unit that detects an instruction for continuous shooting, and an instruction to start continuous shooting by the instruction detection unit, a plurality of instructions are detected. Imaging control means for controlling to sequentially take captured images, identification information recording means for recording identification information for classifying the captured images obtained by the imaging control means into a predetermined number of sets, and continuous shooting by the imaging control means During the execution of the identification information recording means, the judgment means for judging whether or not the identification information recorded in the identification information recording means satisfies the classification condition, and whenever the judgment means judges affirmative, the identification information recording It is characterized by functioning as a classification means for executing a predetermined recording process by associating and classifying captured images in which identification information is recorded by the means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reliably classify continuous shot images according to classification conditions.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of an electrical configuration of a digital camera 1 to which an embodiment according to the present invention is applied. The digital camera 1 includes a fixed lens 2 and a zoom lens 3 and a focus lens 4 that are driven in the optical axis direction by motors 5 and 6, respectively. An imaging unit 7 and a distance measuring unit 8 are disposed behind these lenses 2 to 4. The distance measuring unit 8 can be used by switching between contrast AF and hybrid AF.

  The image pickup unit 7 includes an image pickup device such as a CCD, a timing generator, a vertical driver, a sample hold circuit, an A / D converter, and the like, and converts an image pickup signal for one screen into digital data at a fixed period, and a color process circuit Send to 9. The color process circuit 9 generates digital value luminance signals Y and color difference signals Cb and Cr by color process processing including image interpolation processing, and outputs them to a DMA (Direct Memory Access) DMA controller 10. The DMA controller 10 once writes the luminance signal Y and the color difference signals Cb and Cr into the buffer inside the DMA controller 10 using the composite synchronization signal, the memory write enable signal, and the clock signal from the color process circuit 9, and the DRAM interface (I / F) DMA transfer to DRAM 12 via 11.

  The control unit 13 constitutes the photographing control and recording control means in the present invention. After the DMA transfer of the means and the luminance and color difference signal data, that is, the image data to the DRAM 12, the image data is transferred to the DRAM interface. 11 is read from the DRAM 12 through the VRAM 11 and written into the VRAM 15 through the VRAM controller 14.

  The digital video encoder 16 periodically reads out the image data from the VRAM 15 via the VRAM controller 14, generates a video signal based on these data, and outputs the video signal to the display unit 17. The display unit 17 includes a liquid crystal monitor and a drive circuit thereof, and performs a display based on a video signal from the digital video encoder 16, thereby allowing a through image based on image information captured from the VRAM controller 14 at that time. Is displayed.

  A touch panel 18 is stacked on the screen of the display unit 17, and the touch panel 18 detects a touch position and outputs it to the control unit 13.

  The key input unit 19 includes keys such as a power key, a shutter key, and a mode setting key for switching between shooting mode and playback mode. When the shutter key is operated while a through image is displayed, imaging starts. Generate a trigger signal. In the still image capturing mode in the photographing mode, the control unit 13 stops the path from the image capturing unit 7 to the DRAM 12 according to the trigger signal, and the image data for one frame written in the DRAM 12 is stored in the DRAM interface 11. Are sent to the image processing unit 20. The image processing unit 20 compresses and encodes the sent image data, and the compressed image data is read out by the control unit 13 and recorded as a still image file on the memory card 21 which is an image recording means in the present invention.

  Further, in the moving image capturing mode in the photographing mode, the control unit 13 stops the path from the image capturing unit 7 to the DRAM 12 according to the trigger signal, and image data for a plurality of frames sequentially written in the DRAM 12 is stored in the DRAM. The data is read out via the interface 11 and sent to the image processing unit 20. The image processing unit 20 compresses and encodes the sent image data for a plurality of frames, and the compressed image data is read by the control unit 13 and recorded in the memory card 21 as a moving image file.

  The image file recorded on the memory card 21 is read into the image processing unit 20 in accordance with a selection operation using an operation key or the like in the playback mode, and is decoded into image data there. The contrast and sharpness are controlled and sent to the VRAM 15 via the VRAM controller 14 and displayed on the display unit 17.

  The program recording unit 27 constitutes a condition recording unit in the present invention, and is used in the control unit 13 described later to store various programs according to the present invention and a nonvolatile memory for recording various data. It is.

  The control unit 13 is a microcomputer mainly composed of a CPU and its peripheral circuits, a ROM storing a program and the like, a RAM (internal memory) which is a working memory of the CPU, and a built-in clock having a calendar function. It operates based on a program stored in a program area secured in the ROM, controls the operation of each unit described above, and controls the light emission operation of the strobe light emitting unit 23 via the strobe drive unit 22.

  The microphone 24 detects ambient sound in the moving image capturing mode, and the detected sound is subjected to encoding processing or the like by the sound processing unit 26, and sound data is recorded in the moving image file. In the moving image reproduction mode, audio data is read from the moving image file, decoded by the audio processing unit 26, and emitted from the speaker 25.

(First embodiment)
In the first embodiment of the present invention, the program storage unit 27 stores in advance eight types of selection program groups of the pattern A to D program groups and the pattern A ′ to D ′ program groups shown in FIG. Has been.

  The pattern A program records a plurality of (five) images with the head as the main image, and the pattern B program stores a plurality of images in the middle (if the image is an even number, the earlier one is set as the main image). The image is recorded, the pattern C program records a plurality of images with the main image at the end, and the pattern D program records a plurality of images with the image having the largest change among the five images as the main image.

  Similarly to the corresponding pattern A to D program, the patterns A ′ to D ′ program respectively record images having the head, the middle, the tail, and the maximum change as main images. In the consecutive image group, the same image is recorded at the end of the previous image group and the head of the next image group.

  In the present embodiment having the above configuration, when the still image shooting mode in the shooting mode is set, as shown in FIG. 3, the image information captured from the VRAM controller 14 at that time is displayed on the display unit 17. A through image 171 based on is displayed. When the photographer confirms the subject with the through image 171 displayed on the display unit 17 and presses the shutter key fully at the key input unit 19, the control unit 13 performs the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 based on the program. The process shown is started.

When the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is started, the image management table 121 shown in FIG. 9 is created in the DRAM 12. In this image management table 121, the data written in the corresponding column of “F number” means the following items as indicated in the figure.
Shaded: When a row is added.
No shading “1”: image to be filed.
“2” with shading: an image at the end of the file as it is filed.
None shaded "3": indicates that the file of the immediately preceding image.
There hanging net "S": image as a main image in each file of.

  In the flow, an initial value “1” is set to a counter F that counts the number of shots (step S101). Next, the photographing process is executed, the control unit 13 stops the path from the imaging unit 7 to the DRAM 12, and reads one frame of image data written in the DRAM 12 through the DRAM interface 11, The image is sent to the image processing unit 20 (step S102).

  Subsequently, the captured image and header information are recorded (step S103). That is, the image processing unit 20 compresses and encodes the sent image data, reads the compressed image data by the control unit 13, and records it in the DRAM 12. In addition, in the table 121 of igif information provided in advance in the DRAM 12 shown in FIG. Record sensitivity etc.

  Further, the writing process to the image management table 121 is executed according to the shooting conditions (step S104). When writing to the image management table 121, program selection processing is executed in advance according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, and one of the patterns A to D and A 'to D' programs is selected and determined.

  That is, it is determined by the user whether or not the first and last images are to be overlapped and recorded, that is, whether the pattern A ′ to D ′ program group is selected (step S201). If the determination in step S201 is NO and a recording format that does not overlap the first and last images is selected, that is, if the pattern A to D program group is selected, whether the main image is the top It is determined whether or not (step S202). Then, when the photographing condition starting from the main image is selected, the pattern A is determined as a selection program (step S203).

  If the shooting condition with the main image at the head is not selected, it is determined whether or not the shooting condition with the main image as the center is selected (step S204). B is determined as a selection program (step S205). If the shooting condition with the main image in the middle is not selected, it is determined whether or not the shooting condition with the main image as the tail is selected (step S206). If this is selected, Pattern C is determined as a selection program (step S207). If the photographing condition with the main image as the tail is not selected, the pattern D is determined as the selection program (step S208).

  On the other hand, if the determination in step S201 is YES and a recording form that overlaps the first and last images is selected, that is, if the patterns A 'to D' are selected, the main image is the first. It is determined whether or not (step S209). Then, when the photographing condition starting from the main image is selected, the pattern A ′ is determined as a selection program (step S210).

  If the shooting condition with the main image at the head is not selected, it is determined whether or not the shooting condition with the main image as the center is selected (step S211). B 'is determined as a selection program (step S212). If the shooting condition with the main image in the middle is not selected, it is determined whether or not the shooting condition with the main image as the tail is selected (step S213). If this is selected, The pattern C ′ is determined as a selection program (step S214). If the photographing condition with the main image as the tail is not selected, the pattern D ′ is determined as the selection program (step S215).

Therefore, by the above processing, at the time of step S104 in FIG. 4, one of the patterns A to D and A ′ to D ′ programs is determined in advance. Therefore, in step S104, thus Rupa turn A~D been previously determined in a pattern in accordance with the a'-d 'program, sequentially writes data to the image management table 121.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the shaded “2” or “3” exists in the image management table 121 (whether or not it has been written) (step S105). That is, for example, if the pattern A program is selected in advance, the pattern A program creates one file by recording the first main image data and four sub-image data, that is, five image data. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9A, the main image flag 1 is set and “shaded S” is written on the first sheet (F number = 1). In addition, if continuous shooting is continued as it is, as a result, the first file “file 1-1” is an image filed as the first (F number = 1) to the fourth (F number = 4) file. “1” indicating that it is present is set as a file on the fifth sheet (F number = 5), and “2” indicating that it is an image at the end of the file is set.

  Similarly, the main image flag 1 is set on the sixth sheet (F number = 1) and “shaded S” is written. In the next line “File 1-2”, that is, “File 1-2” as the second file, the sixth file (F number = 6) to the ninth file (F number = 9) are filed. “1” indicating that the image is to be processed is set, and “2” indicating that it is the image at the end of the file is set on the tenth image (F number = 10). That is, by setting a flag (recording identification information), conditions for classification recording are set.

  When “2” is set in this way, the determination in step S105 is YES. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 9A, the fifth sheet (F number = 5), the tenth sheet (F number = 10), the fifteenth sheet (F number = 15), and the 20th sheet (F number). = 20)... At step S105, the determination in step S105 is YES, and the filing process is started each time.

  If there is no “2” or “3”, it is determined whether or not the photographing continuation condition is satisfied, that is, whether or not the shutter key is fully pressed (step S107). If the shutter key is fully depressed, the counter F is incremented and the processing from step S102 is repeated. In addition, when the full press of the shutter key is released, the process proceeds to the end, and the process according to this flow ends.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the file structure of the data file 100 (EXIF extended format JPEG compressed data file in MP format) that is finally recorded on the memory card 21 in the present embodiment. The data file 100 is roughly divided into a main image storage area 101 and a sub image storage area 102. In the main image storage area 101, information of “image data start”, “main image header”..., “Main image data”, and “main image data end” is recorded. In the sub-image storage area 102, “sub-image data start”, “sub-image header”, “main image” for each sub-image (sub-images (1) to (4) in the present embodiment). Information of “data” and “end of sub-image data” is recorded.

  The “main image header” includes “APP1 Marker”, “APP1 Length”, “Exif identification code”, “Exif Header”, main image information (0th IFD), and main image thumbnail (1st IFD, 1st IFD Value). 1st IFD image data (thumbnail image)) is recorded. The “sub-image header includes“ APP1 Marker ”,“ APP1 Length ”,“ Exif identification code ”,“ Exif Header ”, sub-image information (0th IFD, 0th IFD Value), and sub-image thumbnail (1st IFD). 1st IFD Value, 1st IFD image data (thumbnail image)) is recorded.

  The main image information (0th IFD) includes “Exif IFD” (version information tag, image information tag, structure information tag..., Sub-image area presence / absence information...), And “Value of Exif IFD”. “IFD (sub-image index)” and “Value of IFD (image index)” for each sub-image are recorded.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of the filing process (step S106). First, the thumbnails being filed are displayed on the screen (step S301). That is, as described with reference to FIG. 7, since the thumbnail of the main image and the thumbnail of the sub image are recorded in the data file 100, the thumbnail to be recorded in the data file 100 is displayed on the display unit 17. Therefore, as a result of the processing in step S301, as shown in FIG. 3, the thumbnail images “11”, “12”, and “13” that have been filed, and the thumbnail images “14” and “15” that are being filed. Is displayed on a part of the display unit 17.

  In FIG. 3, the thumbnail images “11” to “15” are displayed side by side. However, they may be scroll-displayed if necessary.

  Next, a main image header in which the number of sub-image identification IFDs is set is generated based on the set number of sub-images (four in this embodiment) (step S302).

  Subsequently, compression encoding processing is executed to generate main image data (step S303), and then compression encoding processing is executed again to generate sub image data (step S304). Then, it is determined whether or not the sub-image data generated by the processing in step S304 has reached the set number of sub-images (4) (step S305), and the set number of sub-images (4). Step S304 is repeated until it reaches ().

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the process of step S304 is repeated four times before the determination of step S305 is YES. As described above, when the process of step S304 is repeated four times, the generation of one main image data and four sub-image data constituting the data file 100 is completed.

  Therefore, the process proceeds from step S305 to step S306, and the generation process of the data file 100 is executed. As a result, the generation of the data file 100 including one main image data and four sub-image data and including the EXIF extended format JPEG compressed data file in the MP format shown in FIG. 7 is completed.

  Next, the data file 100 that has been generated is recorded in the memory card 21 (step S307). In addition, the thumbnails recorded in the data file 100 recorded in the memory card 21 after the filing process are displayed on the screen of the display unit 17. At this time, since the thumbnails recorded in the data file 100 include thumbnails of one main image and four sub-images, a total of five thumbnails are displayed on the display unit 17.

  Therefore, the user can check the image in the data file 100 recorded on the memory card 21 this time by looking at the thumbnail displayed on the display unit 17. Of course, at this time, similarly to the processing in step S301, the thumbnails may be scroll-displayed as necessary.

  If the recording of the data file 100 is completed by the above processing, the unnecessary image written in the DRAM 12 is deleted (step S309). The process according to this flowchart is terminated.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment described above, when the pattern A program is selected in advance, as shown in FIG. 9A, the files 1-1 to 1-4. File 100) is generated and recorded on the memory card 21.

  Therefore, since a plurality of continuous shot image groups are generated and recorded under the selection conditions determined in advance in this way, it is easy to search for a continuous shot image group including a target scene at a later date. Become.

  When the patterns A and A ′ programs are selected, the first image in the plurality of images becomes the main image, so that the user can recognize the continuous relationship of each data file 100 based on the main image. When the pattern B or B ′ program is selected, the middle image of the plurality of images becomes the main image, so that the user can easily view the sub-image recorded in each data file 100 based on the main image. Can be recognized. When the patterns C and C ′ programs are selected, the last image in the plurality of images becomes the main image, so that the user recognizes the image recorded in the next data file 100 based on the main image. be able to. When the patterns D and D ′ programs are selected, the image with the largest change among the plurality of images becomes the main image, and the user recognizes the characteristics of the sub-image recorded in the data file 100 based on the main image. can do.

  When the pattern A ′ to D ′ program is selected, the same image is recorded at the end of the previous image group and the beginning of the next image group in the continuous image group, and the previous image Since the last image in the group becomes the main image in the next image group, the user can more clearly recognize the continuous relationship of each data file 100 based on the main image.

  In the present embodiment, the photographed image that has become unnecessary is automatically deleted by the processing in step S309, but it is not automatically deleted but is deleted according to the user's operation. May be. Thereby, the user can view the images individually.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a program group stored in the program storage unit 27 in the second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, eight types of selectable program groups of pattern E to H program groups and pattern E ′ to H ′ program groups are stored in advance.

  The pattern E program records a plurality of images within a predetermined storage capacity with the head as the main image, and the pattern F program records a plurality of images within the predetermined storage capacity with the middle as the main image (number of images). When the number is an even number, the front side of the two middle images is set as the main image), the pattern G program records a plurality of images within a predetermined storage capacity with the tail as the main image, and the pattern H program A plurality of images are recorded within a predetermined storage capacity with the image having the largest change among the images as a main image.

  Also, the patterns E ′ to H ′ programs, like the corresponding patterns E to H programs, record the main, main, and last images in the same predetermined storage capacity. Unlike the patterns E to H program, the same image is recorded at the end of the previous image group and at the beginning of the next image group in successive image groups.

  Further, the image recording state is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 by the same method as that described in the first embodiment.

  Therefore, according to the second embodiment, when the data file 100 is generated, a different number of sub-images are recorded according to the data of each image, but the image in each data file 100 is recorded. The amount of data is almost the same.

  Therefore, the data file 100 can be managed in a predetermined data amount unit, and management becomes easy.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a program group stored in the program storage unit 27 in the third embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, three types of patterns I, J, and K program groups are stored in advance as selectable programs.

  The pattern J program is a pattern for storing a predetermined number of pieces of image data centered on an image having a medium change or higher, and therefore, the main image is an image located at the center of a plurality of images. In addition, the pattern K program sets the first image as a main image without any change, and records the main image as the main image every time there is a large change in the image.

  Here, the large change image and the large change mean an image whose change is larger than a predetermined first threshold value compared with the image immediately before or after the image, and the medium change or more means that the change is the first change. An image that is larger than a threshold value of 1 by at least a second threshold value.

  Further, the image recording state is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 by the same method as that described in the first embodiment.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, when the pattern I program is selected in advance by selecting one of the patterns I, J, and K programs, the pattern J program is selected in units of the number of images. The data file 100 can be generated and recorded in units of the number of images, in the pattern K program, in units of image change.

  Therefore, the user can generate and record the data file 100 in an appropriate unit that is easy to manage by selecting an appropriate pattern according to the subject or the like.

(Fourth embodiment)
In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, all the patterns A to K described in the first to third embodiments are stored in the DRAM 12, and a desired number of programs can be selected simultaneously. is there.

  FIG. 12 shows a state where the patterns A, I, and K programs are selected.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to generate and record the data file 100 by simultaneously applying a desired number of patterns. In particular, it is possible to classify one captured image into a plurality of data files 100. Thus, the data file 100 classified with a higher degree of freedom can be generated.

  Here, the case where the pattern K program is selected will be described. At the time of step S104 in FIG. 4, one of the pattern K programs is determined in advance. The pattern K program is a pattern in which the first image is a main image without any change, and the image is recorded as the main image every time there is a large change in the image. Accordingly, in step S104, if there is a large change in the third and sixth images as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, one image is stored in the image management table 121 as shown in FIG. 9B. The main image flag 1 is set to the third, sixth, and sixth sheets (“S”), and the lines of the file 1-1 are written as “1, 1, 3”. Each time “3” is written, the determination in step S105 is YES, and one file is created. Therefore, a file composed of the first and second images is created with the first image as the main image.

  That is, it is determined that the identification information satisfies a predetermined condition.

Further, the image recording state is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 by the same method as that described in the first embodiment.
Therefore, the user can generate and record the data file 100 in an appropriate unit that is easy to manage by selecting a desired number of patterns according to the subject or the like.

  In other words, according to the first to fourth embodiments, the classification conditions for dividing a plurality of photographed images into a desired set are recorded in the program storage unit 27, so that the memory is classified according to the classification conditions. Since the data can be recorded on the card 21, a captured image can be easily reproduced for each classification classified based on the classification condition.

  Further, according to the first to fourth embodiments, the state in which the captured image is recorded on the memory card 21 according to the classification condition is displayed as shown in FIG. 3, so the progress of classification and recording on the memory card 21 is displayed. You can shoot while checking.

  In addition, according to the first to fourth embodiments, as shown in FIG. 4, during continuous shooting, classification according to the classification conditions and recording to the memory card 21 are performed. You can speed up the completion time.

  Further, according to the first to fourth embodiments, as shown in FIG. 4, during continuous shooting, recording is performed on the memory card 21 every time a set of captured images satisfying the classification condition is made ( Since steps S105 to S106), it is possible to further advance the time for completing the recording after the photographing is completed.

  In addition, according to the first to fourth embodiments, as shown in FIG. 8, after selecting one main image from the photographed images classified based on the classification condition, the classified photographed image is stored in one file. Since the data is recorded in the memory card 21, even if the photographed image data is carried after photographing, it is one file for each classification. This is convenient.

  In the embodiment, the present invention is applied to a digital camera. However, the present invention is not limited to a digital camera, and may be applied to various devices having an imaging function such as a mobile phone and a PDA, or an image composition system. it can.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of an electrical configuration of a digital camera to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the pattern program memorize | stored in the program storage part in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the table of an iffif information. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of a table selection process. It is a figure which shows the file structure of a data file. It is a figure which shows the process sequence of a file formation process. (A) is a figure which shows the writing state of the image management table by the pattern A program, (b) is a figure which shows the writing state of the image management table by the pattern K program. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the pattern program memorize | stored in the program memory | storage part in 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the pattern program memorize | stored in the program memory | storage part in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the pattern program memorize | stored in the program memory | storage part in 3rd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Digital camera 7 Imaging part 8 Distance measuring part 9 Color process circuit 10 DMA controller 12 DRAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Control part 17 Display part 19 Key input part 20 Image processing part 21 Memory card 100 Data file 101 Main image storage area 102 Sub image storage area

Claims (9)

Imaging means;
Continuous shooting instruction means for instructing continuous shooting;
When instructing the start of continuous shooting by the continuous shooting instruction means, an imaging control means for controlling the imaging means to sequentially capture a plurality of captured images;
Identification information recording means for recording identification information for classifying the captured images obtained by the imaging control means into a predetermined number of sets;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the identification information recorded in the identification information recording unit satisfies the classification condition during continuous shooting by the imaging control unit ;
Classification means for performing a predetermined recording process by associating and classifying captured images in which identification information is recorded by the identification information recording means each time it is determined as affirmative by the determination means;
An imaging apparatus comprising: The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined recording process is a process of recording the plurality of classified captured images as a single image file for each set. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined recording process is a process of compressing and recording the plurality of classified uncompressed captured images for each set. The imaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising display means for displaying a classification status by the classification means. And conditions for the classification, imaging according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said is to classify along sequential time captured a plurality of captured images captured apparatus. The conditions for the classification, according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said is to classify based on a plurality of captured images that are sequentially captured in a predetermined data volume or number Imaging device. It further comprises a change amount acquisition means for acquiring a change amount in the plurality of captured images that are sequentially captured.
The conditions for the classification, any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said it is to classify based on a plurality of captured images that are sequentially captured with a change amount obtained by the variation acquiring means The imaging apparatus of Claim 1. The predetermined recording process, for the classified plurality of captured images, any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that one of the captured image the main image, the other of the captured image is processed to the sub-images The imaging apparatus according to item 1. A computer included in the imaging apparatus;
Instruction detection means for detecting instructions for continuous shooting;
An imaging control unit that controls to sequentially capture a plurality of captured images upon detecting an instruction to start continuous shooting by the instruction detection unit;
Identification information recording means for recording identification information for classifying the captured images obtained by the imaging control means into a predetermined number of sets;
Judgment means for judging whether or not the identification information recorded in the identification information recording means satisfies the classification condition during execution of continuous shooting by the imaging control means;
A classifying unit that performs a predetermined recording process by classifying the captured images in which the identification information is recorded by the identification information recording unit in association with each other, each time it is determined as affirmative by the determination unit;
A program characterized by functioning as

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