Digital camera

• US 20030107654A1
• Filed: 12/11/2002
• Published: 06/12/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: Ohmura, Akira
• Application Number:
  US10/316,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20030107654A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.99
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00251 with an apparatus for taking photographic images, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0097 Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/21 Intermediate information storage H04N1/387, H04N1/41 take precedence ; for control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32358; indexing, editing G11B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2137 with temporary storage before final recording, e.g. in a frame buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3252 Image capture parameters, e.g. resolution, illumination conditions, orientation of the image capture device H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

A digital camera includes a communicator that communicates with other digital camera, a receiver that receives a camera information of another digital camera and an imaging device that forms a digital image of an object. The digital camera further includes a processor that creates a digital image data from the digital image based upon the camera information.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising:

a communicator that communicates with other digital camera,

a receiver that receives a camera information of another digital camera,

an imaging device that forms a digital image of an object, and

a processor that creates a digital image data from the digital image based upon the camera information.

2. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitter that transmits the digital image data to a storage which another digital camera defined.

3. The digital camera according to claim 1,

further comprising a transmitter that transmits the digital image data to a memory in another digital camera.

4. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitter that transmits the digital image data to a server computer which stores image data.

5. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera information is an image format information of another digital camera.

6. The digital camera according to claim 5, wherein the image format information includes an image size information, an image resolution information or an image compression ratio information.

7. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera information is a model information on another camera.

8. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising a display that displays an image data,

wherein the display displays the transmitted digital image data.

9. A digital camera comprising:

a communicator that communicates with another digital camera,

a receiver that receives a digital image data from another digital camera, and

a processor that creates a digital image file from the digital image data based upon an image format information.

10. The digital camera according to claim 9, wherein the receiver receives a raw image data similar to an output produced from an imaging sensor.

11. The digital camera according to claim 9, wherein the image format information includes an image size information, an image resolution information or an image compression ratio information.

12. A digital camera comprising:

a communicator that communicates with another digital camera,

a receiver that receives a digital image data from another digital camera, and

a processor that processes the digital image data received form another camera like a digital image data taken by the own digital camera.

13. The digital camera according to claim 12, wherein the processor creates a digital image file from the digital image data based upon an image format information.

14. A digital camera comprising:

a recording memory selector that selects a plurality of memory,

a image format selector that selects an image format information each the memory,

an imaging device that forms a digital image of an object, and

a processor that creates a plurality of digital image data from the digital image based upon the image format information.

15. The digital camera according to claim 14, further comprising a controller that transmits the digital image data to each the memory which another digital camera defined.

16. The digital camera according to claim 14, wherein the image format information includes an image size information, an image resolution information or an image compression ratio information.

17. A digital camera comprising:

an imaging device that forms a digital image of an object,

a communicator that communicates with other digital camera,

a receiver that receivers an information refer of another digital camera, and

a comparator that compares a performance of this digital camera with a performance of another digital camera.

18. The digital camera according to claim 17, wherein the comparator compares a performance of the imaging devices of each digital camera.

19. The digital camera according to claim 17, further comprising a camera selector that selects this digital camera or another digital camera,

wherein the camera selector selects the digital camera with good performance.