Digital camera

Abstract

A digital camera captures an image of a photographic subject and creates image data, and records this image data upon a recording medium. The digital camera includes: an image processing device that, according to operation by a user, performs any of a plurality of types of image processing upon the image data that has been recorded; and a control device that, for performing the image processing, (a) if image data is first selected, permits selection of a type of image processing that is to be performed upon the selected image data; and (b) if a type of image processing is first selected, permits selection of image data upon which that selected type of image processing is to be performed.

1 . A digital camera that captures an image of a photographic subject and creates image data, and records this image data upon a recording medium, comprising: 
 an image processing device that, according to operation by a user, performs any of a plurality of types of image processing upon the image data that has been recorded; and    a control device that, for performing the image processing, (a) if image data is first selected, permits selection of a type of image processing that is to be performed upon the selected image data; and (b) if a type of image processing is first selected, permits selection of image data upon which that selected type of image processing is to be performed.    
     
     
         2 . A digital camera according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a decision device that decides whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate; and    a prohibition device that prohibits the image processing, if the decision device has decided that it is not appropriate to perform the image processing upon the image data.    
     
     
         3 . A digital camera according to  claim 2 , wherein: 
 if image data is first selected, the prohibition device prohibits the selection of a type of image processing that the decision device has decided it is not appropriate to perform upon that selected image data.    
     
     
         4 . A digital camera according to  claim 2 , wherein: 
 if a type of image processing is first selected, the prohibition device prohibits the selection of image data upon which the decision device has decided it is not appropriate to perform that selected type of image processing.    
     
     
         5 . A digital camera according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the control device, in method (b) in which a type of image processing is first selected and image data is selected thereafter, permits image processing to be performed using a plurality of sets of image data.    
     
     
         6 . A digital camera that captures an image of a photographic subject and creates image data, and records this image data upon a recording medium, comprising: 
 an image processing device that, according to operation by a user, performs any of a plurality of types of image processing upon the image data that has been recorded;    a decision device that decides whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate; and    a control device that prohibits the image processing, if the decision device has decided that it is not appropriate to perform the image processing upon the image data.    
     
     
         7 . A digital camera according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 the decision device decides whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate or not, based upon photographic conditions during image capture of the image data.    
     
     
         8 . A digital camera according to  claim 7 , wherein: 
 the decision device decides whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate or not, based upon details of previous image processing of the image data.    
     
     
         9 . A digital camera according to  claim 8 , wherein: 
 the decision device decides that it is not appropriate to perform, upon a same image data, a same type of image processing as has been previously performed.    
     
     
         10 . A computer-readable computer program product containing an image processing control program, the image processing control program comprising: 
 instructions for performing image processing upon image data;    instructions for, for performance of the image processing, if image data is first selected, permitting selection of a type of image processing that is to be performed upon that selected image data; and    instructions for, for performance of the image processing, if a type of image processing is first selected, permitting selection of image data upon which that selected type of image processing is to be performed.    
     
     
         11 . A computer-readable computer program product containing an image processing control program, the image processing control program comprising: 
 instructions for performing image processing upon image data;    instructions for, according to operation by a user, performing any of a plurality of types of image processing upon the image data that has been recorded;    instructions for deciding whether performing image processing upon image data is appropriate; and    instructions for prohibiting the image processing, if it has been decided that it is not appropriate to perform the image processing upon the image data.    
     
     
         12 . A computer-readable computer program product according to  claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable computer program product is a recording medium on which the control program is recorded.  
     
     
         13 . A computer-readable computer program product according to  claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable computer program product is a carrier wave in which the control program is embodied as a data signal.  
     
     
         14 . A computer-readable computer program product according to  claim 11 , wherein the computer-readable computer program product is a recording medium on which the control program is recorded.  
     
     
         15 . A computer-readable computer program product according to  claim 11 , wherein the computer-readable computer program product is a carrier wave in which the control program is embodied as a data signal.