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Digital image receiving apparatus

US7221478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2002
Grant dateMay 22, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00188
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital image receiving apparatus includes a media drive (11) for reading image information from a storage medium (M1), an image information processing unit (22) for processing the image information to display a plurality of images in the image information read by the media drive, in thumbnail image form on a display (12), and an order information processing unit (24) for creating order information including which images to be printed from a printing order given by a customer for each image displayed on the display (12). The image information processing unit (22) includes an image data size acquisition unit (22a) for acquiring image data sizes of image data included in the image information and serving as printing sources. Information on the image data sizes acquired is displayed on the display (12) as associated with thumbnail images of corresponding image information.

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