Printer and docking station having a digital camera docking port with an image magnifier
First Claim
1. A printer that prints an image directly from a digital camera comprising:
- a docking port that docks the digital camera comprising;
a mechanical interface that accepts and holds the digital camera; and
a data interface that receives an image file stored in the docked digital camera;
an image magnifier that magnifies an image displayed by a camera display unit while the digital camera is docked to the docking port.
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Abstract
The present invention directly interfaces a digital camera to a printer for printing images stored by the digital camera. A printer that directly docks with the digital camera includes a docking port and an image magnifier. The docking port includes mechanical and data interfaces between the printer and the digital camera. The digital camera includes a display unit that is used for viewing the images magnified by the image magnifier while the digital camera is interfaced to the printer. A docking station that docks the digital camera to a printer includes a docking port and an image magnifier. The docking port includes a mechanical interface to the digital camera and a data interface to the digital camera and the printer. The printer and the docking station may include a user interface to manipulate the images stored by the digital camera.
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20 Claims
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1. A printer that prints an image directly from a digital camera comprising:
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a docking port that docks the digital camera comprising;
a mechanical interface that accepts and holds the digital camera; and
a data interface that receives an image file stored in the docked digital camera;
an image magnifier that magnifies an image displayed by a camera display unit while the digital camera is docked to the docking port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A printer that prints an image directly from a digital camera comprising:
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means for interfacing the digital camera directly to the printer, such that the image stored in the digital camera is communicated to the printer;
means for printing that converts the image from the interfaced digital camera into a printed image; and
an image magnifier, wherein the digital camera comprises a display unit, a user of the printer viewing the image to be printed from the interfaced digital camera using the display unit, the image magnifier magnifying the image displayed by the display unit for the user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A docking station that docks a digital camera with a printer for direct printing of an image stored in the digital camera comprising:
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a docking port that comprises a mechanical interface between the digital camera and the docking station, and a data interface between the digital camera, the docking station and the printer while the digital camera is docked directly to the docking port; and
an image magnifier, wherein the digital camera comprises a display unit, a user of the docking station using the display unit to view the image to be printed that is stored by the docked digital camera, the image magnifier being adjacent to the display unit of the docked digital camera to provide a magnified view of the image displayed to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A docking station that docks a digital camera with a printer for direct printing of an image stored in the digital camera comprising:
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means for interfacing the digital camera to the docking station and to the printer, such that the image stored by the digital camera is directly communicated to the printer; and
an image magnifier, wherein the digital camera comprises a display unit, a user of the docking station viewing the image to be printed from the interfaced digital camera using the display unit, the image magnifier magnifying the image displayed by the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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