1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
image pickup means;
storing means for storing moving image data of a moving image photographed by said image pickup means on a storage medium according to a photographing start instruction;
detecting means for detecting whether free space of a storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough;
communicating means for transmitting the moving image data to an external device; and
controlling means for controlling said image pickup means and said communicating means according to said detecting means detecting that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough during photographing the moving image so as to start to transmit the stored moving image data of the moving image being photographed after the photographing start instruction to the external device, while continuing photographing the moving image.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means further controls said communicating means so that said communicating means outputs a control signal for saving the moving image data transferred to the external device as one file in case of transmission operation of the series of moving image data.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means controls said storing means so that said storing means continues to store the moving image data obtained by said image pickup means even after starting the transmission of the moving image data.
4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means displays information for directing connection between the external device and said communicating means on a display device according to said detecting means detecting that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough, in the case where the external device and said communicating means are not connected to each other through a transmission line.
5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said controlling means controls said image pickup means and said communicating means so that photographing is stopped without transmitting the moving image data to the external device, in the case where, even after the said detecting means detects that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough, the external device and said communicating means are not connected and the free space of the storage medium has run out.
6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means displays information for showing that the transmission of the moving image data is started on the display device according to said detecting means detecting that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough.
7. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
directing means for directing stop of photographing; and
writing means for reading out the moving image data stored on the storage medium and writing the read-out moving image data in a storage device,
wherein said controlling means controls said writing means so that said writing means saves the moving image data stored on the storage medium during a period from the photographing start instruction of the moving image to the stop of photographing as one file in the storage device, in the case where a direction of the stop of photographing is given from said directing means without receiving a detecting result that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough from said detecting means after the photographing start instruction.
8. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising directing means for directing stop of photographing,
wherein said controlling means controls said storing means so that said storing means saves the moving image data stored on the storage medium during a period from the photographing start instruction of the moving image to the stop of photographing as one file, in the case where a direction of the stop of photographing is given from said directing means without receiving a detection result that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough from said detecting means after the photographing start instruction.
9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said storing means includes a memory interface which controls write and readout of the moving image data to the storage medium and the storage device different from the storage medium and said controlling means controls said storing means and said communicating means so that when said detecting means detects that the free space is not enough during storing the photographed moving image data into the storage medium, the moving image data is written in the storage device while switching from the storage medium to the storage device and transmission of the moving image data stored in the storage medium to the external device is started.
10. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communicating means transmits the moving image data at a rate faster than a data rate of the moving image data output from said image pickup means, said controlling means controls said communicating means so that after starting the transmission to the external device, the transmission is stopped in response to completion of the transmission of the moving image data of an amount corresponding to timing of detection of that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough by said detecting means.
11. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said controlling means further controls said communicating means so that after stopping the transmission of the moving image data, transmission of the moving image data stored in the storage medium to the external device is started in response to reception of a detection result that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough from said detecting means again.
12. An imaging apparatus comprising:
image pickup means;
a memory interface for writing moving image data of a moving image photographed with said image pickup means in a memory according to a photographing start instruction and reading out the moving image data from the memory;
writing means for writing the moving image data in a storage device;
detecting means for detecting whether free space of a storage capacity of the memory is not enough;
communicating means for transmitting the moving image data stored in at least one of the memory and the storage device to an external device; and
controlling means for according to said detecting means detecting that the free space of the storage capacity of the memory is not enough during photographing the moving image, starting to transmit the moving image data of the moving image stored in the memory after the photographing start instruction to the external device while photographing the moving image and switching writing of the moving image data output from said image pickup means from the memory to the storage device.
13. An image data processing system comprising:
image pickup means;
storing means for storing moving image data of a moving image photographed with said image pickup means on a storage medium in accordance with a photographing start instruction;
detecting means for detecting whether free space of a storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough;
communicating means for transmitting the moving image data through a transmission line;
controlling means for controlling said image pickup means and said communicating means to start transmission of the moving image data of the moving image stored on the storage medium after the photographing start instruction to an external device according to said detecting means detecting that free space of a storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough during photographing of the moving image data, while said controlling means photographs the moving image;
receiving means for receiving the moving image data transmitted from said communicating means through the transmission line; and
saving means for saving the moving image data received by said receiving means.
14. A system according to claim 13, wherein said controlling means further controls said communicating means so that said communicating means outputs a control signal for saving the moving image data transferred to the external device, as one file in case of transmission operation of moving image data, and wherein said saving means saves as one file the moving image data which is received according to the control signal by said receiving means.
15. A system according to claim 13, wherein said controlling means controls said storing means so that said storing means continues to store the moving image data obtained by said image pickup means even after starting the transmission of the moving image data.
16. A system according to claim 13, wherein said controlling means displays information for directing connection between the external device and said communicating means on a display device according to the output of said detecting means, in the case where said communicating means and said receiving means are not connected to each other through the transmission line.
17. A system according to claim 16, wherein said controlling means controls said image pickup means and said communicating means so that photographing is stopped without transmitting the moving image data to said receiving means, in the case where, even after said detecting means detects that free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough, said communicating means and said receiving means are not connected and the free space of said storing means has run out.
18. A system according to claim 13, wherein said controlling means displays information for showing that the transmission of the moving image data is started on the display device, according to said detecting means detecting that free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough.
19. An imaging method comprising:
an image pickup step;
a storing step of storing moving image data of a moving image photographed in said image pickup step on a storage medium according to the photographing start instruction;
a detecting step of detecting whether free space of a storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough;
a communicating step of transmitting the moving image data to an external device; and
a controlling step of controlling said image pickup step and said communicating step according to said detecting step detecting that free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough during photographing of the moving image so as to start to transmit the moving image data of the moving image stored in said storing step after the photographing start instruction to the external device, while continuing photographing the moving image.
20. An imaging method comprising:
an image pickup step;
a memory writing and reading step of writing moving image data of a moving image photographed in said image pickup step in a memory according to a photographing start instruction and for reading out the moving image data from the memory;
a writing step of writing the moving image data in a storage device;
an detecting step of detecting whether free space of a storage capacity of the memory is not enough;
a communicating step of transmitting the moving image data stored in at least one of the memory and the storage device to an external device; and
a controlling step of according to said detecting step detecting that free space of the storage capacity of the memory is not enough during photographing of the moving image data, starting to transmit the moving image data of the moving image stored in the memory after the photographing start instruction to the external device while photographing the moving image and switching writing of the moving image data output in said image pickup step from the memory to the storage device.
21. An image data processing method comprising:
an image pickup step;
a storing step of storing moving image data of a moving image photographed in said image pickup step on a storage medium according to a photographing start instruction;
a detecting step of detecting whether free space of a storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough;
a communicating step of transmitting the moving image data through a transmission line;
a controlling step of controlling said image pickup step and said communicating step to start transmission of the moving image data of the moving image stored in said storing step after the photographing start instruction to an external device according to said detecting step that the free space of the storage capacity of the storage medium is not enough during photographing of the moving image data, while said controlling step photographs the moving image;
a receiving step of receiving the moving image data transmitted in said communicating step through the transmission line; and
a saving step of saving the moving image data received in said receiving step.
22. An imaging apparatus comprising:
image pickup means;
recording means for recording moving image data of a moving image photographed by said image pickup means on a recording medium according to a recording start instruction and for reading the moving image data from the recording medium, said recording means stopping recording the moving image data according to a recording stop instruction;
detecting means for detecting whether free space of a storage capacity of the recording medium is not enough;
communicating means for transmitting the moving image data to an external device; and
controlling means for controlling said recording means and said communicating means according to said detecting means detecting that the free space of the storage capacity of the recording medium is not enough during recording the moving image data so as to start to read out, from the recording medium, the recorded moving image data being recorded after the recording start instruction and to transmit the read moving image data to the external device, while continuing recording the moving image data of the moving image on the recording medium,
wherein said controlling means stops transmitting the moving image data to the external device after the moving image data recorded on the recording medium until a recording stop instruction is provided, and transmits a control signal to the external device to cause the external device to store the moving image data of the moving image photographed in a time period from the recording start instruction to the recording stop instruction.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An air conditioner comprising:
a refrigerant circuit having
a heat source unit having a compression mechanism and a heat source side heat exchanger,
a refrigerant communication pipe, the heat source unit being connected thereto,
an expansion mechanism, and
a utilization unit having a utilization side heat exchanger and being connected to the refrigerant communication pipe; and
an operation controller being configured to perform an oil-return operation in advance when a refrigerant quantity judging operation is carried out to judge the refrigerant quantity inside the refrigerant circuit.
2. The air conditioner as recited in claim 1, wherein
the oil-return operation controls the refrigerant that flows through the refrigerant circuit so that the refrigerant flows inside the pipes at or above a prescribed rate.
3. The air conditioner as recited in claim 2, wherein
a plurality of the heat source units is present.
4. The air conditioner as recited in claim 3, wherein
the compression mechanism has a plurality of compressors.
5. The air conditioner as recited in claim 4, wherein
the operation controller operates at least one unit among the plurality of compressors in the compression mechanism when the oil-return operation is performed.
6. The air conditioner as recited in claim 2, wherein
the compression mechanism has a plurality of compressors.
7. The air conditioner as recited in claim 6, wherein
the operation controller operates at least one unit among the plurality of compressors in the compression mechanism when the oil-return operation is performed.
8. The air conditioner as recited in claim 1, wherein
a plurality of the heat source units is present.
9. The air conditioner as recited in claim 8, wherein
the compression mechanism has a plurality of compressors.
10. The air conditioner as recited in claim 9, wherein
the operation controller operates at least one unit among the plurality of compressors in the compression mechanism when the oil-return operation is performed.
11. The air conditioner as recited in claim 1, wherein
the compression mechanism has a plurality of compressors.
12. The air conditioner as recited in claim 11, wherein
the operation controller operates at least one unit among the plurality of compressors in the compression mechanism when the oil-return operation is performed.