Digital image storage and digital storage system

Abstract

A digital image storage includes a connector for communicating with a digital camera and a detector that detects a signal to cause the transmission of a digital data from a memory of the digital camera to the digital image storage. The digital image storage further includes a function unit responsive to the signal from the detector to carry out the transmission of the digital data of images with the other digital data not transmitted and a storage medium that stores the transmitted data of the images.

1 . A digital image storage for use with a digital camera having a memory capable of storing digital data of images and other digital data, the digital image storage comprising:
 a connector for communicating with the digital camera, the connector includes a docking station for coupling with the digital camera;   a controller that causes the digital camera to transmit the digital data of the images, but not the other digital data of any stored documents, from the memory of the digital camera to the digital image storage while the digital camera is coupled to the connector, the controller causing the digital camera to transmit the digital data without a selection by a user of a kind of file to transmit; and   a storage medium that stores the transmitted digital data of the images.   
   
   
       2 . The digital image storage according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the digital camera to transmit the digital data of all the images in the memory to the digital image storage. 
   
   
       3 . The digital image storage according to  claim 1 , wherein the digital data of the images includes still images and motion picture images. 
   
   
       4 . The digital image storage according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the transmission of the digital data of the images in order of the time when respective digital data of images were taken by the digital camera. 
   
   
       5 . The digital image storage according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller detects a signal through the connector to cause the transmission of the digital data of the images. 
   
   
       6 . The digital image storage according to  claim 1 , wherein the docking station charges a battery of the digital camera while the digital camera is coupled with the docking station. 
   
   
       7 . The digital image storage according to  claim 1 , wherein a signal that causes the controller to start the transmission of the digital data of the images is output from the docking station after the coupling of the digital camera with the docking station. 
   
   
       8 . The digital image storage according to  claim 1 , wherein the docking station has a shape to fit a bottom of the digital camera. 
   
   
       9 . A storage medium that stores a computer program that is executable by a controller of a digital image storage that can be used with a digital camera having a memory capable of storing digital data of images and other digital data, the digital data of the images being transmitted from the digital camera memory to the digital image storage by way of a docking station capable of being coupled with the digital camera, the computer program comprising instructions to cause the controller to perform the steps of:
 detecting receipt of a signal from the docking station to initiate the transmission of the digital data from the memory of the digital camera to the digital image storage;   in response to the signal, performing the transmission of the digital data of the images, but not the other digital data of any stored documents, from the memory of the digital camera while the digital camera is coupled to the digital image storage through the docking station, the transmission of the digital data occurring without a selection by a user of a kind of file to transmit; and   storing the transmitted digital data of the images in the digital image storage.   
   
   
       10 . A digital image storage system for use with a digital camera having a memory capable of storing digital data of images and other digital data, the system comprising:
 a docking station on which the digital camera can be placed to communicate with the digital camera; and   an image storage in communication with the docking station, the image storage including a storage medium and a controller that causes the transmission of the digital data of the images, but not the other digital data of any stored documents, from the memory of the digital camera through the docking station and to the storage medium of the image storage while the digital camera is placed on the docking station, the transmission of the digital data occurring without a selection by a user of a kind of file to transmit.   
   
   
       11 . The digital image storage system according to  claim 10 , wherein the controller causes the digital camera to transmit the digital data of all the images in the memory to the image storage. 
   
   
       12 . The digital image storage system according to  claim 10 , wherein the digital data of the images includes still images and motion picture images. 
   
   
       13 . The digital image storage system according to  claim 10 , wherein the controller causes the transmission of the digital data of the images in order of the time when respective digital data of images were taken by the digital camera. 
   
   
       14 . The digital image storage system according to  claim 10 , wherein the controller detects a signal to cause the transmission of the digital data of the images. 
   
   
       15 . The digital image storage system according to  claim 10 , wherein the docking station charges a battery of the digital camera while the digital camera is coupled to the docking station. 
   
   
       16 . The digital image storage system according to  claim 10 , wherein a signal that causes the controller to start the transmission of the digital data of the images is output from the docking station after the placement of the digital camera on the docking station. 
   
   
       17 . The digital image storage system according to  claim 10 , wherein the docking station has a shape to fit a bottom of the digital camera.