US Patent 7218345 Notifying available capacity of image-data recording medium

The number of images recordable in a plurality of recording media, which are used for recording sensed image data in different purposes, is notified to a user. First, an available recording capacity of a recording medium incorporated in an image processing apparatus and an available recording capacity of a recording medium which is detachable from the image processing apparatus are calculated. Based on the calculated results, the smaller capacity is determined, and an indication with respect to this capacity is displayed.