Digialbum

• US 20040169757A1
• Filed: 12/06/2003
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aremi M. Amachree
• Original Assignee: Aremi M. Amachree
• Inventors: Amachree, Aremi M.
• Application Number:
  US10/730,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20040169757A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.05
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00175 from a still image storage medium H04N1/00172, H04N1/0018 take precedence
• 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 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0051 Card-type connector, e.g. PCMCIA card interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

High performance digital cameras today are increasingly directed towards parallelism in the snap and store of digital photos. As the trend towards faster snap rates continues so too is the ability to store these photos concurrently. Although, these simultaneous occurrences of snap and store are visited previously, a permanent, economical and more viable technology to view/display and store these photos has not been previously investigated.

Here, I present a technology which get digital image files directly from a digital camera or memory card drive for the purpose of viewing/displaying and storing these photos, which is permanent, economical and viable innovation. The average person spends couple of hundreds of dollars to print photos every year; this innovation will only require a one time investment in ones life time and will not compromise spending hard earned money on photo printing anymore.

With this innovation, the average person will most likely print less than 5 percent of his/her lifetime photo shots. That is a 95 percent savings, not to mention papers and ink saved.

Claims

1. A digital photo album with a memory stick/card drives, wherein digital photos and images can be transmitted and be displayed on an LCD of the DigiAlbum or stored in the internal memory of the unit.

2. A digital photo album with DCDA port wherein a digital camera can be connected to the digital album for the purpose of storing and viewing digital and analog images and pictures.

3. A digital photo album that manipulate and display not only digital images and pictures but also analog images and pictures.

4. A digital photo album that share photos in a domain among multiple users in a house, office, museum, etc. without an external host.

5. The claims made herein, are not only what this invention offer. More claims are embedded in the detailed documentation of the invention.

6. An automated digital photo album for the purpose of storing and displaying of both digital and analog images and pictures.

7. A digital photo album that is intended to replace the existing paper photo albums.

8. An automated digital photo storage system for the display of photographic images and pictures.