Mobile communication device with instant image capture and transmission

• US 20030085989A1
• Filed: 11/06/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hiok-Nam Tay
• Original Assignee: Hiok-Nam Tay
• Inventors: Tay, Hiok-Nam
• Application Number:
  US10/289,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20030085989A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display

Abstract

A mobile communication device (100) having image capture function and provided with a button to activate image capture and transmission. The button may be a specially provided button (80). Alternatively, the button may be one of the alphanumeric buttons (60) configured to activate image capture and transmission, the configuration being through pressing a specially provided button (80). An alternative mobile communication device (200) having image capture function activates image capture and transmission by pressing two buttons in succession.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

a digital imaging unit;

an antenna; and

,

a button to activate image capture and image data transmission via said antenna.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the destination of image data transmission is pre-configured.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 2, wherein location data are transmitted along with the image data.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 2, wherein time and date data are transmitted along with the image data.

5. A mobile communication device comprising:

a digital imaging unit;

an antenna;

an alphanumeric button; and

a button that configures said alphanumeric button to activate image capture and image data transmission via said antenna.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 5, wherein the destination of transmission is pre-configured.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 6, wherein location data are transmitted along with the image data.

8. The mobile communication device of claim 6, wherein time and date data are transmitted along with the image data.

10. The mobile communication device of claim 8, wherein the destination of transmission is pre-configured.

11. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein location data are transmitted along with the image data.

12. The mobile communication device of claim 10, wherein time and date data are transmitted along with the image data.

9. A mobile communication device comprising:

a digital imaging unit;

an antenna; and

a pair of buttons that together activate image capture and image data transmission via said antenna.