JP2008141619A - Electronic device, electronic device control method, electronic device control program, and computer-readable recording medium recording the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device capable of easily confirming image data stored in a storage medium whose state has changed, and image data stored in a storage medium whose state has not changed, and a control method for the electronic device An electronic device control program and a computer-readable recording medium on which the electronic device control program is recorded are provided.
Detecting a change in the state of a memory area in a memory area including a main memory unit, a memory card, an external memory, and an external terminal for storing image data read by a user operation The memory state change detection 41, the image data collection unit 421 that collects the image data stored in all the storage media included in the memory region 3 at the time when the state of the memory region 3 changes, An html generation unit 43 that generates html based on the image data, and an html presentation unit 44 that presents the generated html to the outside.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device capable of generating html from multimedia data on a storage medium, a control method for the electronic device, a control program, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  Conventionally, apparatuses having a function of automatically generating html from multimedia data on a storage medium have been widely used.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, when a memory card storing image data captured by an imaging device such as a digital camera is inserted into a PC (Personal Computer), file types such as still images, audio, and video are determined. The summary information is generated as html together with the graphical thumbnail.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for automatically generating an html file that can be referenced and edited from a PC with a digital camera equipped with a Web server function.

Thus, by automatically generating html, the user can easily check the image data stored in the storage medium.
JP 2000-113000 A (released on April 21, 2000) JP 2000-287110 A (released on October 13, 2000)

  However, in the above-described conventional configuration, since the html is automatically generated using the file information of the image data stored in the memory card inserted in the PC, it is not possible to check the image data existing in the memory card. However, the contents of image data stored in a storage medium other than the memory card, for example, a memory unit in the main body or a storage medium connected to a network cannot be immediately confirmed. In other words, the contents of the image data stored in the storage medium that has changed state (here, the memory card) can be confirmed, but the storage medium that has not changed state (here, the memory unit in the main unit or network connection) The image data stored in the storage medium) cannot be easily confirmed. Therefore, in order to confirm the image data stored in the storage medium whose state has not changed, the user must access each storage medium.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and its object is to store image data stored in a storage medium whose state has changed and storage medium whose state has not changed. To provide an electronic device capable of easily confirming image data, an electronic device control method, an electronic device control program, and a computer-readable recording medium recording the electronic device control program.

  In order to solve the above problems, an electronic device of the present invention is a memory that detects a change in the state of a memory area in a memory area that includes a plurality of storage media that store image data read by a user's operation. State change detection means, image data collection means for collecting image data stored in all storage media included in the memory area at the time when the state of the memory area changes, and collection by the image data collection means Image information generating means for generating image information for specifying the image data based on the image data, and image information presenting means for presenting the image information generated by the image information generating means to the outside. It is characterized by being.

  In order to solve the above problem, the electronic device control method of the present invention detects that the state of a storage medium has changed in a memory area including a plurality of storage media that store image data read by a user operation. A memory state change detecting step, an image data collecting step for collecting image data stored in all storage media included in the memory area at a time when the state of the memory area changes, and the image data collecting step An image information generation step for generating image information for specifying the image data based on the image data collected by the image information, and an image information presentation step for presenting the image information generated by the image information generation step to the outside It is characterized by including.

  Here, the image data read by the user's operation specifically includes, for example, image data captured by a scanner device, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a CD-ROM / MO / MD / Image data read from optical disks such as DVD / CD-R, memory cards such as SD cards and CF cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM, and image data read via a network Say. The recording medium is a medium for storing image data, such as a storage medium provided in the electronic device, a removable recording medium for the electronic device, a recording medium connected to the electronic device via a network, and the like. Can be mentioned.

  The state of the memory area refers to the state of a plurality of storage media included in the memory area. As a specific example when the state of the memory area has changed, processing such as creation, movement, or deletion of image data in the storage medium included in the memory area, or the storage medium to the electronic device An example is when the connection state changes. Note that when the connection state of the storage medium to the electronic device changes, for example, when a memory card (storage medium) is inserted into the memory card interface, when a memory card is removed from the memory card interface, When an external memory (storage medium) is connected, the external memory is disconnected from the network interface.

  According to the above configuration, when the state of the memory area including the storage medium changes, the image data stored in all the storage media included in the memory area is collected and an image for specifying the image data Information is generated. Then, the generated image information is presented to the outside.

  As an external presentation method, for example, a method of displaying on a display unit of an electronic device or a display device connected to the electronic device via a network and presenting it to a user of the electronic device, or an external device connected to the electronic device via a network A method of transmitting to a terminal is mentioned.

  Here, for example, when a memory card is inserted into the electronic device, it is stored not only in the image data stored in the memory card but also in a memory unit inside the electronic device in which no state change has occurred in the memory area. Image data is also collected. As described above, in the present invention, when the state of a certain storage medium changes, image data is collected not only from the image data of the storage medium but also from a storage medium different from the storage medium. Thereby, it is possible to easily confirm the image data stored in the storage medium whose state has changed and the image data stored in the storage medium whose state has not changed.

  The image data includes still image data and moving image data.

  In the electronic device according to the present invention, in the electronic device described above, it is preferable that the memory area includes a plurality of first storage media provided in the electronic device.

  Here, the first storage medium refers to the above-described recording medium (main body memory unit) provided in advance in the electronic device. According to the above configuration, a plurality of recording media exist inside the electronic device. Therefore, when processing for changing the state of the storage medium such as creation, movement, and deletion of image data is executed in a certain storage medium, not only the image data stored in the storage medium but also other storage media That is, image data stored in a storage medium whose state has not changed can also be collected.

  According to the electronic device of the present invention, in the electronic device described above, the memory area is at least one first storage medium provided inside the electronic device, and at least connected to the electronic device from the outside. It is preferable that it is configured by one second storage medium.

  Here, the second storage medium refers to a recording medium that is removable with respect to the electronic apparatus or a storage medium that is connected to the electronic apparatus via a network. Specific examples of the removable storage medium include the above-described memory card and semiconductor memory. Specific examples of the storage medium connected to the electronic device via the network include the above-described magnetic disk. And an optical disk reader, an external storage device (external memory), an external terminal, and the like.

  According to the above configuration, the memory area includes at least one first storage medium and at least one second storage medium. Therefore, for example, when a memory card is inserted into the electronic device, not only the image data stored in the memory card but also the above-mentioned recording medium provided in advance in the electronic device in which no state change has occurred In addition, image data stored in an external memory connected to the electronic device via a network can also be collected.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device according to the above-described electronic device, wherein the user stores in advance the specific information for specifying the storage medium in the plurality of storage media selected by the user. A storage medium corresponding to the specific information registered in the storage medium information storage unit is extracted from the information storage unit and a plurality of storage media connected to the electronic device, and the extracted storage medium is stored in the memory area It is preferable that the memory state change detecting means further detects that the state of the memory area specified by the storage medium extracting means has changed.

  According to said structure, a state change is detected about the storage medium which the user registered. Thus, image data stored in the storage medium in which the state change has occurred and the recording medium in which the state change has not occurred within the range of the storage medium registered by the user is collected. As described above, since the storage medium targeted for detection of the state change is limited to the storage medium registered by the user, the processing speed of the electronic device can be improved as compared with the above-described configuration.

  In the electronic device according to the present invention, it is preferable that the image information includes image data and information related to the image data.

  The information related to the image data refers to, for example, date / time information when the image data is generated, size information of the image data, an index number for each image data, and the like.

  As a result, for example, when printing processing is executed in a terminal that does not have a display unit for confirming image data by JPEG or the like, the corresponding image can be obtained by inputting the index number by including the index number in the image information. Data printing processing can be executed. Thus, according to the above configuration, it is possible to specify image data based on information other than an image.

  In the electronic apparatus according to the present invention, in the electronic apparatus described above, it is preferable that the information related to the image data includes information indicating whether a print process has been performed on the image data in the past.

  As a result, it is possible to easily confirm image data that has not yet been subjected to print processing from image data stored in the storage medium.

  In the electronic apparatus according to the present invention, it is preferable that the image information presentation unit presents the image information to the outside based on a user instruction.

  According to said structure, the produced | generated image information is shown outside based on a user's instruction | indication. Therefore, the image information of the image data stored in the storage medium is not displayed externally only by changing the state of the storage medium. Therefore, the processing load of the electronic device can be reduced.

  The electronic device according to the present invention recognizes image information selected by the user from the image information presented by the image information presenting means in the electronic device described above, and also provides a user instruction to display the image information. Operation instruction determination means for determining whether or not a print instruction has been received is provided. When the operation instruction determination means receives a user presentation instruction, the image information presentation means is recognized by the operation instruction determination means. It is preferable to present the image information to the outside.

  According to the above configuration, when the operation instruction determination unit receives the user's presentation instruction, the image information selected by the user is presented to the outside. Thereby, it is possible to display only the image information related to the image data selected by the user among the image data stored in each storage medium.

  The electronic device according to the present invention recognizes image information selected by the user from the image information presented by the image information presenting means in the electronic device described above, and also provides a user instruction to display the image information. Operation instruction determination means for determining whether or not a print instruction has been received is provided. When the operation instruction determination means receives a user's print instruction, image data corresponding to the image information recognized by the operation instruction determination means is obtained. Image data extracting means for extracting from the image data collected by the image data collecting means, and image data transferring means for transferring the image data extracted by the image data extracting means to a printing unit for printing. It is preferable.

  According to the above configuration, the image data corresponding to the image information selected by the user is extracted from the image data collected by the image data collecting means and printed. Thereby, only the image data that the user desires to print can be extracted and printed.

  The electronic apparatus of the present invention may be configured to select the storage medium itself and print all image data stored in the storage medium. Specifically, for example, when the main body memory unit and the memory card are included in the memory area, the image data stored in the memory card is printed by the user selecting the memory card.

  The electronic apparatus according to the present invention may include an operation instruction determination unit that determines whether or not a user's print instruction is received in the electronic apparatus described above, and the operation instruction determination unit that receives the user's print instruction. It is preferable to include image data transfer means for transferring the image data collected by the image data collection means to a printing unit for printing.

  According to the above configuration, the image data collected by the image data collection unit is printed based on a user's print instruction.

  As a result, not only the image data stored in the storage medium whose state has changed but also the image data stored in a storage medium different from the storage medium can be printed. It is possible to save the trouble of accessing the storage medium that has not changed and performing the printing process.

  The electronic apparatus according to the present invention may include an operation instruction determination unit that determines whether or not a user's print instruction is received in the electronic apparatus described above, and the operation instruction determination unit that receives the user's print instruction. The image data collected by the image data collecting means is extracted by the unprinted image data extracting means for extracting unprinted image data that has not been printed in the past, and the unprinted image data extracting means. It is preferable to include image data transfer means for transferring unprinted image data to the printing unit for printing.

  Thereby, the user can easily confirm whether or not the image data stored in each storage medium has been printed. Then, only unprinted image data can be printed according to the print instruction of the user. Therefore, when printing only unprinted image data among image data stored in each storage medium, the user needs to access a plurality of storage media to search for unprinted image data and perform print processing. Therefore, the user's trouble can be reduced.

  The electronic device may be realized by a computer. In this case, the control program for each device for causing the electronic device to be realized by the computer by operating the computer as each of the means, and the program are recorded. Computer-readable recording media are also within the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the electronic apparatus according to the present invention detects a change in the memory state of a memory area including a plurality of storage media that store image data read by a user's operation. Means, image data collecting means for collecting image data stored in all storage media included in the memory area at the time when the state of the memory area changes, and an image collected by the image data collecting means An image information generating unit that generates image information for specifying image data based on the data is provided.

  In addition, as described above, the electronic device control method according to the present invention detects that the state of the storage medium has changed in a memory area including a plurality of storage media that store image data read by a user's operation. A memory state change detecting step, an image data collecting step for collecting image data stored in all storage media included in the memory region at a time when the state of the memory region is changed, and the image data collecting step. And an image information generation step of generating image information for specifying the image data based on the collected image data.

  Thereby, there is an effect that the image data stored in the storage medium whose state has changed and the image data stored in the storage medium whose state has not changed can be easily confirmed.

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The electronic device of the present invention can be applied to all communication terminal devices such as a multifunction peripheral and a personal computer (PC) including a printer function, a scanner function, an Internet connection function, and the like.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an electronic device 1 according to the first embodiment. The electronic device 1 is configured to be connectable to a plurality of terminals and an external storage medium via a network. The electronic device 1 includes a scanner unit 2, a memory area 3, a control unit 4, and a display unit 5. The memory area 3 includes a main body memory unit 31, a memory card interface (hereinafter referred to as a memory card I / F) 32, and a network interface (hereinafter referred to as a network I / F) 33. Note that storage media connected to the memory card I / F 32 and the network I / F 33 are also included in the range of the memory area 3.

  At least one main body memory unit (first storage medium) 31 is provided inside the electronic device 1, and includes image data captured by the scanner unit 2, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, CD -Image data read from optical disks such as ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R, memory cards such as SD cards and CF cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM, and network The image data read through is stored. In the first embodiment, the scanner unit 2 is configured to be provided in the electronic device 1, but is not particularly limited, and may be configured to use an external scanner device. Good.

  The memory card I / F 32 receives a removable storage medium (second storage medium) for the electronic apparatus 1. Examples of the storage medium include the above-described various memory cards and semiconductor memories. At least one memory card I / F 32 is provided in the electronic apparatus 1 and can individually accept memory cards of different types (shapes). In the first embodiment, the storage medium is described as a memory card 321.

  The network I / F 33 is for constructing a network environment. For example, a wired LAN interface such as USB (Universal Serial Bus) or SCSI (small computer system interface), or a wireless LAN interface can be used. Note that a storage medium (second storage medium) is connected to the network I / F 33 via a network. Examples of the storage medium include an external reading device such as the above-described magnetic disk, optical disk, and semiconductor memory, an external storage device (external memory) such as an external hard disk, an external terminal 332, and the like. Note that the external terminal 332 connected to the network I / F 33 enables data communication with the electronic device 1. At least one network I / F 33 is provided in the electronic apparatus 1, and a plurality of devices such as the above-described reading apparatus and external memory can be connected thereto. In the first embodiment, the storage medium is described as the external memory 331.

  The control unit 4 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and comprehensively controls operations of various components in the electronic device 1. The control unit 4 includes a memory state change detection unit (memory state change detection unit) 41, an image data processing unit 42, an html generation unit (image information generation unit) 43, and an html presentation unit (image information presentation unit) 44. It has.

  The memory state change detection unit 41 detects a state change of the memory area 3, that is, a state change of each storage medium described above as the first storage medium and the second storage medium. More specifically, it detects that processing such as creation, movement, and deletion of image data has been executed in the main body memory unit 31, the memory card 321 and the external memory 331. Further, the memory state change detection unit 41 detects a change in the connection state of each storage medium to the electronic device 1. Specifically, when the memory card 321 is inserted into the memory card I / F 32, when the memory card 321 is removed from the memory card I / F 32, when the external memory 331 is connected to the network I / F 33, A case where the external memory 331 is disconnected from the / F33.

  The image data processing unit 42 includes an image data collection unit (image data collection unit) 421, and the image data collection unit 421 detects a change in the state of each storage medium included in the memory area 3 by the memory state change detection unit 41. When detected, the storage medium in which the state change has occurred and the image data stored in a storage medium different from the storage medium are collected. Specifically, when the memory state change detection unit 41 detects a state change of a certain storage medium, the image data collection unit 421 is stored in the main body memory unit 31, the memory card 321 and the external memory 331 at that time. Collect all the image data you have.

  The html generation unit 43 generates information related to the image data collected by the image data collection unit 421 (hereinafter referred to as image information) as html. Specific examples of the image information include an image, an index number of image data, a shooting date and time, a data size, and the like as shown in FIG. In the first embodiment, the image information is generated as html (image confirmation html). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, XML, XHTML, SMIL, and the like are generated. Also good.

  The html presentation unit 44 transmits the html generated by the html generation unit 43 to the display unit 5 of the electronic device 1 for presentation to the user of the electronic device 1. When the external terminal 332 is connected to the electronic device 1, the html presentation unit 44 transmits the generated html to the display unit 5 of the electronic device 1 and presents it to the user of the external terminal 332. As much as possible, the data is also transmitted to the external terminal 332.

  The display unit 5 performs display processing of the html transmitted from the html presentation unit 44. In the first embodiment, the display unit 5 is configured to be provided inside the electronic device 1, but is not particularly limited. For example, an external display device connected to a network is used. The configuration used may be used.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the function of each part of the electronic apparatus 1 is demonstrated with a specific operation | movement. FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram illustrating the operation of the electronic device 1 according to the first embodiment.

First, in step 1 of FIG. 3 (hereinafter referred to as S1), any of the processes illustrated in (i) to (iv) below is executed by a user operation, and the state of the storage medium changes.
(I) Image data is taken into the main body memory unit 31 from the scanner unit 2 of the electronic apparatus 1.
(Ii) The memory card 321 is inserted into the memory card I / F 32, or the memory card 321 is removed from the memory card I / F 32.
(Iii) The external memory 331 is connected to the network I / F 33 or the external memory 331 is disconnected from the network I / F 33.
(Iv) Image data is created, moved, and deleted in each storage medium.

  Next, the memory state change detecting unit 41 changes the state of the storage medium, that is, the image data in the main body memory unit 31 has been created, moved, or deleted, or connected in the memory card I / F 32 or the network I / F 33. It is detected that the environment has changed, or that image data in the memory card 321 or the external memory 331 has been created, moved, or deleted (S2).

  When the state change of the storage medium is detected by the memory state change detection unit 41, the image data collection unit 421 causes each storage medium accessible by the electronic device 1 at that time, that is, the main body memory unit 31 and the memory card 321 and the external All image data stored in the memory 331 is collected (S3).

  Next, the html generation unit 43, based on the image data collected by the image data collection unit 421, includes an image confirmation html (FIG. 2) including an index number, shooting date and time, data size, etc. corresponding to all image data. ) Is generated (S4). Then, the html presentation unit 44 transmits the image confirmation html generated by the html generation unit 43 to the display unit 5 and the external terminal 332 (S5). In the display unit 5 and the external terminal 332, display processing of the image confirmation html transmitted from the html presentation unit 44 is executed (S6).

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when the state of a certain storage medium changes, image data stored in all the storage media accessible by the electronic apparatus 1 is collected. That is, for example, when the memory card 321 is inserted into the electronic device 1, not only the image data stored in the memory card 321 but also stored in the main body memory unit 31 inside the electronic device 1 in which no state change has occurred. Image data stored in the external memory 331 connected to the network or image data is also collected. Thereby, it is possible to easily confirm the image data stored in the recording medium in which no state change has occurred.

  Here, the html presentation unit 44 may be configured to present html to the display unit 5 and the external terminal 332 based on a user instruction. According to this configuration, for example, the html of the image data stored in each storage medium is not displayed on the display unit 5 simply by inserting the memory card 321 into the memory card I / F 32. Therefore, the processing load of the electronic device 1 can be reduced.

In the electronic apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, the configuration in which the memory area 3 includes the main body memory unit 31, the memory card 321 and the external memory 331 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. 3 may be constituted only by a plurality of main body memory units 31. According to this configuration, it is possible to check the image data of the memory unit in which the state change has not occurred in the plurality of memory units existing in the electronic apparatus 1. Further, the memory area 3 may be configured by the main body memory unit 31 and the memory card 321. Even in this configuration, an effect equivalent to the above-described effect can be obtained. Furthermore, since the range of the storage medium to be detected is limited, the processing speed of the electronic device 1 can be improved compared to the above-described configuration, and the processing load on the electronic device 1 can be reduced.
[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and explanation thereof is omitted. The terms defined in Embodiment 1 are used in accordance with the definitions in this embodiment unless otherwise specified.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the electronic device 1a according to the second embodiment.

  The electronic apparatus 1a determines whether or not an operation instruction has been received from the user of the electronic apparatus 1a or the user of the terminal connected to the network (external terminal 332), and when receiving the operation instruction, the operation instruction The image data processing unit 42 is configured to execute processing based on the operation instruction received from the operation instruction determining unit 45.

  The electronic device 1a includes an image data extraction unit (image data extraction means) 422 in addition to the image data collection unit 421 in the image data processing unit 42 in the electronic device 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. And a data transfer unit (image data transfer means) 423. The electronic device 1 a further includes an operation unit 6 and a printing unit 7.

  The operation instruction determination unit 45 recognizes the image confirmation html selected by the user of the electronic device 1a or the user of the external terminal 332 from the image confirmation html presented by the html presentation unit 44, and receives an operation instruction from the user. It is determined whether or not it has been received. As a method for recognizing the image selected by the user, for example, there is a method in which a flag is given when an image displayed on the display unit 5 is selected by a user's operation, and it is determined whether or not the image is selected based on the presence or absence of the flag. Can be mentioned.

  The image data extraction unit 422 extracts image data corresponding to the user operation instruction received by the operation instruction determination unit 45 from all the image data collected in advance by the image data collection unit 421. As the content of the user's operation instruction, for example, an image confirmation html desired to be printed or displayed is selected from the image confirmation html displayed on the display unit 5, and an image corresponding to the image information of the image confirmation html is selected. The contents instructing printing or display of data and the contents instructing printing of all the image data collected by the image data collecting unit 421 are included. Then, the image data extraction unit 422 extracts image data corresponding to the image confirmation html from all the image data.

  The image data transfer unit 423 transfers the image data to the printing unit 7 to print the image data extracted by the image data extraction unit 422, or the image data is transferred to the user of the electronic device 1a or the external terminal 332. It is transmitted to the display unit 5 or the external terminal 332 for presentation to the user.

  The printing unit 7 performs a printing process on the image data transmitted from the image data transfer unit 423. In the second embodiment, the printing unit 7 is configured to be provided inside the electronic device 1a. However, the printing unit 7 is not particularly limited. For example, an external printing device connected to a network is used. The configuration used may be used. The printing unit 7 may be connected to the external terminal 332.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the function of each part of the electronic apparatus 1a is demonstrated with a specific operation | movement. FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart showing the operation of the electronic device 1a according to the second embodiment. Note that the processing of S21 to S26 in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is the same as the processing of S1 to S6 in the flowchart of FIG.

  In S <b> 26 of the flowchart of FIG. 5, the image confirmation html transmitted from the html presentation unit 44 is displayed on the display unit 5 and the external terminal 332. Next, the operation instruction determination unit 45 determines whether a print instruction or a display instruction for the image confirmation html selected by the user from the image confirmation html is received via the operation unit 6 or the network (S27). ).

  When operation instruction determination unit 45 receives the print instruction or display instruction (YES in S27), image data extraction unit 422 receives the print instruction or display instruction, and image data collection unit 421 Image data corresponding to the html for image confirmation selected by the user of the electronic device 1a or the external terminal 332 is extracted from all the collected image data (S23) (S28).

  Then, the image data transfer unit 423 executes processing corresponding to the operation instruction from the user on the image data extracted by the image data extraction unit 422 (S29). Specifically, in order to print the image data extracted by the image data extraction unit 422, the image data is transferred to the printing unit 7, or the image data extracted by the image data extraction unit 422 is displayed. The image data is transferred to the display unit 5 of the electronic apparatus 1a or the external terminal 332 (S30). Then, the printing unit 7 executes a printing process on the image data transferred by the image data transfer unit 423, or the display unit 5 executes a display process on the image data transferred by the image data transfer unit 423. The

  If the user's operation instruction is a content that instructs printing of all the image data collected by the image data collection unit 421, the image data transfer unit 423 prints to print all the image data. The configuration may be such that the data is transferred to the unit 7.

  On the other hand, if operation instruction determination unit 45 has not received the print instruction or display instruction (NO in S27), the process ends.

  Note that the electronic apparatus 1a may be configured to execute image data print processing and display processing in units of memory. Specifically, for example, when the user of the electronic apparatus 1 a instructs a print request or a confirmation request for image data stored in the memory card 321 among all the image data, the image data is stored in the memory card 321. Only the processed image data is output to the printing unit 7 or transmitted to the display unit 5.

  Further, the image confirmation html generated by the html generation unit 43 may be an html with an index number to which an index number for specifying image data is assigned. Then, the image data extraction unit 423 extracts the image data corresponding to the index number selected by the user from the html with the index number presented by the html presentation unit 44, and the image data transfer unit 423 prints the extracted image data Transfer to the printing unit 7 as much as possible. This facilitates the identification of the image data.

When the operation instruction determination unit 45 receives a display instruction for the image confirmation html selected by the user, the html presentation unit 44 again displays the image confirmation html selected by the user on the display unit 5 or the external terminal 332. The structure which transmits may be sufficient. Thereby, the image confirmation html selected by the user can be displayed.
[Embodiment 3]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in the first and second embodiments are given the same reference numerals, and explanation thereof is omitted. In addition, the terms defined in Embodiments 1 and 2 are used in accordance with the definitions in this embodiment unless otherwise specified.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the electronic device 1b according to the third embodiment.

  The electronic device 1b determines whether or not a print instruction has been received from the user of the electronic device 1b or the user of the terminal connected to the network (external terminal 332), and if the print instruction is received, the print instruction Is provided with an operation instruction determination unit 45 that gives an instruction corresponding to the image data processing unit 42, and the image data processing unit 42 is configured to execute print processing based on the print instruction received by the operation instruction determination unit 45.

  In the image data processing unit 42 in the electronic device 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the electronic device 1 b includes an unprinted image data extraction unit (unprinted image data extraction unit) 424 in addition to the image data collection unit 421. And an image data transfer unit (image data transfer means) 423. The electronic device 1 b further includes an operation unit 6 and a printing unit 7.

  The html generation unit 43 in the electronic apparatus 1b according to the third embodiment includes image information including information that can determine whether the image data has been printed in the past or is unprinted image data that has not yet been printed. Html for print confirmation regarding is generated. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the print confirmation html.

  When the unprinted image data extraction unit 424 receives a print instruction from the user via the operation instruction determination unit 45, all the image data collected in advance by the image data collection unit 421, that is, the image data of the storage medium in which the state change has occurred. In addition, image data that has not yet been printed (unprinted image data) is extracted from image data stored in a storage medium different from the storage medium. The unprinted image data extraction unit 424 extracts unprinted image data based on the print confirmation html indicating the image information.

  The image data transfer unit 423 transfers the unprinted image data to the printing unit 7 in order to print the unprinted image data extracted by the unprinted image data extraction unit 424.

  With reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, the function of each part of the electronic apparatus 1b will be described together with specific operations. FIG. 8 is a process flow diagram illustrating the operation of the electronic apparatus 1b according to the third embodiment. Note that the processing of S31 to S33 in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is the same as the processing of S1 to S3 in the flowchart of FIG.

  In S33 of the flowchart of FIG. 8, the image data collection unit 421 collects not only the image data of the storage medium in which the state change has occurred but also the image data of a storage medium different from the storage medium. Next, based on the image data collected by the image data collection unit 421, the html generation unit 43 determines whether the index number, shooting date / time, data size, and previously printed image data or unprinted image data. The print confirmation html (FIG. 7) relating to the image information including the information that can be determined whether or not is generated (S34). Then, the html presentation unit 44 transmits the print confirmation html generated by the html generation unit 43 to the display unit 5 and the external terminal 3323 (S35). The display unit 5 displays the print confirmation html transmitted from the html presentation unit 44 (S36). Next, the operation instruction determination unit 45 determines whether a print instruction for unprinted image data is received from the user of the electronic device 1b or the user of the external terminal 332 via the operation unit 6 or the network (S37).

  When the operation instruction determination unit 45 receives the print instruction (YES in S37), the unprinted image data extraction unit 424 receives the print instruction and is collected by the image data collection unit 421 (S33). Unprinted image data is extracted from the image data based on the image information of the print confirmation html (S38).

  Then, for the image data extracted by the unprinted image data extraction unit 424, the image data transfer unit 423 outputs the unprinted image data to print the unprinted image data extracted by the unprinted image data extraction unit 424. The data is transferred to the printing unit 7 or the external terminal 332 (S39). Then, the printing unit 7 performs a printing process on the image data transferred by the image data transfer unit 423 (S40).

  On the other hand, if operation instruction determination unit 45 has not received the print instruction (NO in S37), the process ends.

  When the operation instruction determination unit 45 receives a display request for unprinted image data from the user of the electronic device 1b or the user of the external terminal 332, the image data transfer unit 423 displays the unprinted image data on the display unit 5 or It may be configured to transmit to the external terminal 332.

In the third embodiment, the unprinted data extraction unit 424 is configured to extract unprinted image data based on an operation instruction from the user. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The configuration may be such that the image data collection unit 421 collects unprinted image data from all the image data stored in the storage medium when a state change occurs on the medium. According to this configuration, when a state change occurs in a certain storage medium, the unprinted image data stored in the storage medium and the unprinted image stored in the storage medium in which the state change does not occur are stored. Image data is collected. The html generation unit 43 generates html of unprinted image data. Thereby, it is possible to immediately check unprinted image data.
[Embodiment 4]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in the first to third embodiments are given the same reference numerals, and explanation thereof is omitted. The terms defined in Embodiments 1 to 3 are used in accordance with the definitions in this embodiment unless otherwise specified.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the electronic device 1c according to the fourth embodiment.

  The electronic device 1c is the same as the electronic device 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and further includes an operation unit 6, a memory information storage unit (storage medium information storage unit) 8, and a memory extraction unit (storage medium extraction unit). 40.

  The memory information storage unit 8 stores a plurality of storage media selected by the user among a plurality of storage media connectable to the electronic device 1c and specific information for specifying the storage medium in association with each other. The memory information storage unit 8 is configured by, for example, a table shown in FIG. 10, and the table is created when a user registers in advance via the operation unit 6. The type and quantity of the registered storage medium are not particularly limited. Specific information for specifying the storage medium includes, for example, the product name, model number, and IP address of the storage medium.

  The memory extraction unit 40 extracts a storage medium corresponding to the specific information registered in the memory information storage unit 8 and defines the extracted storage medium as the memory area 3. That is, the memory extraction unit 40 extracts a storage medium that is a target for which the memory state change detection unit 41 detects a state change. In the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10 as an example of the table, the main body memory unit 1, the memory card 1, and the memory card 2 are registered. 31 and a memory card 321, and the external memory 331 connected to the network I / F 33 is excluded.

  According to the above configuration, when the state of a certain storage medium changes in the plurality of storage media registered by the user, the image data stored in the plurality of storage media is collected. That is, for example, when the user registers the storage medium shown in the table of FIG. 10, when the memory card 2 is inserted into the electronic device 1, not only the image data stored in the memory card 2 but also the registered The image data stored in the main body memory unit 1 and the memory card 1 in which no state change has occurred in the storage medium is also collected. As a result, it is possible to easily confirm the image data stored in the recording medium in which the state has not changed within the range of the storage medium registered by the user.

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the state change detection target storage medium is limited to the storage medium registered by the user. Therefore, compared with the configuration of the first embodiment, the memory state change detection is performed. The processing speed of the unit 41, the image data collection unit 421, the html generation unit 43, and the html presentation unit 44 can be improved, and the processing load of the electronic device 1c can be reduced.

  Note that the configuration of the electronic device 1c in the fourth embodiment is a configuration for specifying the storage medium included in the memory area 3, and thus is applied to each of the electronic devices 1, 1a, and 1b in the first to third embodiments. Is possible.

  Here, the html presentation unit 44 in the electronic apparatuses 1, 1 a, 1 b, and 1 c according to Embodiments 1 to 4 may be configured to display the html generated by the html generation unit 43 on the Web. Thereby, not only the image data of the storage medium in which the state change has occurred but also the image data of a storage medium different from the storage medium can be accessed from the outside via the Internet.

  Here, the electronic device according to the present invention includes a memory state change detection unit that detects that each storage medium is newly connected under the management of the electronic device or that each storage medium is disconnected from the management of the electronic device. An image data processing unit for managing image data on all storage media under management, an html generation unit for automatically generating image confirmation html and printing html based on the managed image data, and generation A display unit that displays the html that has been generated by operating the main body (electronic device), an html presentation unit that transmits the html generated at the time of an image list display request from the external terminal, and each image from the generated html A printing unit that performs printing based on the index number and an image data extraction unit that determines whether or not each image data has been printed in the past are stored in the main body. Even when the image data increases, the information of the storage medium existing under the control of the electronic device is updated, and the html for image confirmation is automatically generated from all the image data stored in each storage medium. Good.

  Further, the electronic device further updates the information of the storage medium existing under the control of the electronic device when the image data stored in the main body increases, and the unprinted image data stored in each storage medium It is preferable that the html for printing is automatically generated from the printer.

  In addition, when the image data stored in the main body decreases, the electronic device updates the information of the storage medium existing under the control of the electronic device, and from all the image data stored in each storage medium It is preferable to automatically generate html for image confirmation.

  Further, the electronic device further updates the information of the storage medium existing under the management of the electronic device when the image data stored in the main body decreases, and the unprinted image data stored in each storage medium It is preferable to automatically generate html for printing from the printer.

  The electronic device further includes a memory card I / F for inserting an external storage medium capable of storing an image file. When the memory card is inserted into the memory card I / F of the electronic device, the electronic device It is preferable to update the information of the storage medium existing under the management of the apparatus and automatically generate the image confirmation html with the index number from all the image data stored in each storage medium.

  Further, the electronic device further updates the information of the storage medium existing under the management of the electronic device and stores the information in each storage medium when the memory card is inserted into the memory card I / F of the electronic device. It is preferable to automatically generate a printing html with an index number from the unprinted image data.

  Further, when the memory card is removed from the memory card I / F of the electronic device, the electronic device updates the information of the storage medium existing under the management of the electronic device and stores the information in each storage medium. It is preferable to automatically generate an image confirmation html with an index number from all the image data.

  Further, when the memory card is removed from the memory card I / F of the electronic device, the electronic device updates the information of the storage medium existing under the management of the electronic device and stores the information in each storage medium. It is preferable to automatically generate a printing html with an index number from unprinted image data.

  The electronic device further includes a network I / F for connecting to a network environment. When the electronic device detects information on the storage medium on the network, the electronic device is under the management of the electronic device. It is preferable to automatically generate an image confirmation html with an index number from all the image data stored in each storage medium.

  In addition, when the electronic device detects information on the storage medium on the network, the electronic device updates the information on the storage medium that exists under the management of the electronic device, and is not stored in each storage medium. It is preferable to automatically generate a printing html with an index number from the print image data.

  Further, when the electronic device detects that there is no storage medium information on the network, the electronic device updates the information of the storage medium existing under the management of the electronic device and stores it in each storage medium. It is preferable to automatically generate an image confirmation html with an index number from all the image data that has been processed.

  Further, when the electronic device detects that there is no storage medium information on the network, the electronic device updates the information of the storage medium existing under the management of the electronic device and stores it in each storage medium. It is preferable to automatically generate a printing html with an index number from the unprinted image data.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic apparatus further displays the generated image confirmation html on the display unit of the main body when there is an image confirmation request by the main body operation.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the electronic device further displays the generated printing html on the display unit of the main body when there is an unprinted confirmation request in the main body operation.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic device further transmits the generated image confirmation html to the external terminal when there is an image confirmation request from the external terminal.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic apparatus further transmits the generated printing html to the external terminal when there is an unprinted confirmation request from the external terminal.

  In addition, it is preferable that the electronic apparatus prints all the managed image data when there is a print request for all the management images by operating the main body.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic device prints all the managed image data when a print request for all management images is received from the external terminal.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic apparatus prints all the unprinted data from the managed image data when there is a print request for all the unprinted images by the main body operation.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic device prints all the unprinted data from the managed image data when there is a print request for all the unprinted images from the external terminal.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic device further prints the image data corresponding to the index number when there is a print request based on the index number in the main body operation.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic device prints image data corresponding to the index number when a print request is issued by the index number from the external terminal.

  Further, it is preferable that the electronic apparatus prints all image data stored in the storage medium when there is a request for printing all images in units of the storage medium in the main body operation.

  In addition, when there is a print request for an unprinted image in units of storage media in the main body operation, the electronic apparatus preferably prints all the unprinted data stored in the storage medium.

  In addition, when there is a request for printing all images in units of storage media from the external terminal, the electronic device preferably prints all the image data stored in the storage media.

  In addition, when there is a print request for an unprinted image in units of storage media from an external terminal, the electronic device preferably prints all the unprinted data stored in the storage media.

  Finally, each block of the electronic devices 1, 1a, 1b, and 1c in the first to fourth embodiments, in particular, the memory state change detection unit 41, the image data collection unit 421, and the html generation unit 43 are configured by hardware logic. Alternatively, it may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

  That is, the electronic devices 1, 1 a, 1 b, and 1 c include a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM that expands the program (Random access memory), a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of an electronic device control program, which is software that realizes the functions described above, is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the apparatus 1, 1 a, 1 b, 1 c and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, the electronic devices 1, 1a, 1b, and 1c may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Since the electronic device of the present invention has a configuration capable of data communication via a network, the electronic device can be applied to all communication terminal devices such as a multifunction peripheral having a mail function, an Internet connection function, and a personal computer (PC). is there.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an electronic device according to a first embodiment. It is a figure which shows html for image confirmation produced | generated by the html production | generation part of the electronic device in this Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a process flow diagram illustrating an operation of the electronic device according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the electronic device in this Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 10 is a process flow diagram illustrating an operation of the electronic device according to the second embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the electronic device in this Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows html for printing confirmation produced | generated by the html production | generation part of the electronic device in this Embodiment 3. FIG. FIG. 10 is a process flow diagram illustrating an operation of the electronic device according to the third embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the electronic device in this Embodiment 4. It is a figure explaining the table which shows the relationship between the storage medium stored in the memory information storage part of the electronic device in this Embodiment 4, and the specific information corresponding to it.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1a, 1b, 1c Electronic device 3 Memory area 31 Main body memory unit (first storage medium)
321 Memory card (second storage medium)
331 External memory (second storage medium)
332 External terminal (second storage medium)
40 Memory extraction unit (storage medium extraction means)
41 Memory state change detection unit (memory state change detection means)
421 Image data collection unit (image data collection means)
422 Image data extraction unit (image data extraction means)
423 Image data transfer unit (image data transfer means)
424 Unprinted image data extraction unit (unprinted image data extraction means)
43 html generation unit (image information generation means)
44 html presentation unit (image information presentation means)
8 Memory information storage unit (storage medium information storage unit)

Claims (14)

Memory state change detecting means for detecting a change in the state of the memory area in a memory area including a plurality of storage media for storing image data read by a user operation;
Image data collection means for collecting image data stored in all storage media included in the memory area at the time when the state of the memory area changes;
Image information generating means for generating image information for specifying image data based on the image data collected by the image data collecting means;
An electronic apparatus comprising: image information presenting means for presenting image information generated by the image information generating means to the outside.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the memory area includes a plurality of first storage media provided in the electronic device.   The memory area is composed of at least one first storage medium provided in the electronic device and at least one second storage medium connected to the electronic device from the outside. The electronic device according to claim 1. A storage medium information storage unit for storing specific information for specifying the storage medium in a plurality of storage media selected by the user by the user registering in advance;
A storage medium that extracts a storage medium corresponding to the specific information registered in the storage medium information storage unit from a plurality of storage media connected to the electronic device, and defines the extracted storage medium as the memory area An extraction means,
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the memory state change detecting unit detects that the state of the memory area defined by the storage medium extracting unit has changed.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information includes image data and information related to the image data.   6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information related to the image data includes information indicating whether or not print processing has been performed on the image data in the past.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information presenting unit presents the image information to the outside based on a user instruction. Operation instruction determination means for recognizing image information selected by the user from the image information presented by the image information presentation means and determining whether or not a user presentation instruction or print instruction for the image information has been received. Prepared,
8. The image information presenting means presents image information recognized by the operation instruction determining means to the outside when the operation instruction determining means receives a user's presentation instruction. The electronic device according to any one of the above. Operation instruction determination means for recognizing image information selected by the user from the image information presented by the image information presentation means and determining whether or not a user presentation instruction or print instruction for the image information has been received. Prepared,
An image for extracting image data corresponding to the image information recognized by the operation instruction determination unit from the image data collected by the image data collection unit when the operation instruction determination unit receives a user's print instruction Data extraction means;
9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising image data transfer means for transferring the image data extracted by the image data extraction means to a printing unit for printing. Operation instruction determination means for determining whether or not a user's print instruction has been received;
An image data transfer means for transferring the image data collected by the image data collection means to a printing section for printing when the operation instruction determination means receives a user's print instruction. The electronic device according to any one of 1 to 7. Operation instruction determination means for determining whether or not a user's print instruction has been received;
Unprinted image data for extracting unprinted image data for which print processing has not been executed in the past from the image data collected by the image data collecting unit when the operation instruction determination unit receives a user's print instruction Extraction means;
8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising image data transfer means for transferring the unprinted image data extracted by the unprinted image data extraction means to a printing unit for printing. A memory state change detecting step for detecting a change in the state of the storage medium in a memory area including a plurality of storage media for storing image data read by a user operation;
An image data collection step for collecting image data stored in all storage media included in the memory area at a time when the state of the memory area changes;
An image information generation step for generating image information for specifying the image data based on the image data collected by the image data collection step;
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, comprising: an image information presentation step for presenting image information generated by the image information generation step to the outside.   A control program for operating the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the electronic device control program causes a computer to function as each of the above means.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the electronic device control program according to claim 13 is recorded.