Data management device, data management method, information processing client, and computer-readable medium for converting image data from a first format to a second format

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9525842-B2
Application number	US-201414228541-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2014
Priority date	May 31, 2013
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A data management device includes a converter and a storage unit. The converter, in response to an instruction to move image data of a first format generated by image capture by an image capture unit and stored in a predetermined first memory area to a second memory area, converts the image data from the first format to a second format. The storage unit stores the image data converted into the second format in the second memory area. The converter does not perform the conversion in the case in which the storage source of the image data to be moved is not the first memory area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data management device comprising:
a converter configured to, in response to an instruction to move, to a second memory area, image data of a first format generated for an image captured by an image capture unit and stored in a first memory area, convert the image data from the first format to a second format; and
a storage unit configured to store, in the second memory area, the image data converted into the second format,
wherein the converter is configured such that, in response to an instruction to move, to the second memory area, image data of a first format generated for an image captured by the image capture unit and stored in a memory other than the first memory area, the converter is prohibited from converting the image data from the first format to the second format.

2. The data management device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second format is a format that allows a plurality of image data to be included in a single file, and
in the case in which the instruction indicates moving a plurality of image data to the second memory area, the converter collects the plurality of image data into a single file.

3. The data management device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second memory area is any of the plurality of memory areas different from the first memory area, and
the converter converts the image data into the second format, the second format being a format of the second memory area.

4. The data management device of claim 1 , wherein the image data of the first format is only converted to the second format in response to the instruction to move the image data of the first format to the second memory area.

5. A data management device comprising:
a first display controller configured to display an image in a first display area using image data generated by an image capture unit and stored in a first memory area;
a receiver configured to receive an instruction to move the image from the first display area to a second display area identifying a second memory area;
a converter that, in response to the instruction, converts the image data into a format of the second memory area; and
a second display controller configured to move and display, in response to the instruction, the image corresponding to the image data converted by the converter in the second display area,
wherein the converter is configured such that, in response to an instruction to move, to the second memory area, image data of a first format generated for an image captured by the image capture unit and stored in a memory other than the first memory area, the converter is prohibited from converting the image data from the first format to the second format.

6. The data management device according to claim 5 , wherein
the image is a thumbnail generated based on the corresponding image data, and
the second display controller displays the thumbnail that was being displayed in the first display area in the second display area.

7. The data management device of claim 5 , wherein the first display area and the second display area are on a same device.

8. An information processing client comprising:
a display configured to display an image;
an image capture unit configured to generate image data by image capture; and
the data management device according to claim 1 .

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing image data, the process comprising:
converting the image data, in response to an instruction to move, to a second memory area, image data of a first format generated for an image captured by an image capture unit and stored in a first memory area, from the first format to a second format; and
storing, in the second memory area, the image data converted into the second format,
wherein in response to an instruction to move, to the second memory area, image data of a first format generated for an image captured by the image capture unit and stored in a memory other than the first memory area, prohibiting the conversion of the image data from the first format to the second format.

10. The process of claim 9 , wherein the image data of the first format is only converted to the second format in response to the instruction to move the image data of the first format to the second memory area.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing data, the process comprising:
displaying, in a first display area using image data generated by an image capture unit and stored in a first memory area, an image;
receiving an instruction to move the image from the first display area to a second display area identifying a second memory area;
in response to the instruction, converting the image data into a format of the second memory area; and
in response to the instruction, moving and displaying the image corresponding to the converted image data in the second display area,
wherein in response to an instruction to move, to the second memory area, image data of a first format generated for an image captured by the image capture unit and stored in a memory other than the first memory area, prohibiting the conversion of the image data from the first format to the second format.

12. The process of claim 11 , wherein the first display area and the second display area are on a same device.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yasuoka Daisuke

Classifications

• H04N5/772

  the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure · CPC title

• G06F17/30126

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/3007

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30123

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N5/907 Primary

  using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories (H04N5/91 takes precedence) · CPC title