Control system for image input device

• US 20040257333A1
• Filed: 06/27/2003
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Axisoft Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Axisoft Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Chou, Alex
• Application Number:
  US10/606,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20040257333A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0024 Converting image communication control signals, e.g. group 3 facsimile protocol signals, to non-image communication control signals or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0074 Arrangements for the control of a still picture apparatus by the connected apparatus arrangements for the control of the connected apparatus by the still picture apparatus H04N2201/0013; control of image communication with the connected apparatus H04N2201/0015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera

Abstract

Control system for image input device comprises a control module, an electronic equipment selection module, an image specification setting module and an electronic equipment control signal decoder module. The control module functions to control the operation of hardware and related modules of the image input device. The electronic equipment selection module allows users to select electronic equipments to be connected with the image input device. The image specification setting module sets a group of factors relating to the specification of the input images. The electronic equipment control signal decoder module provides a decoder to convert control signals generated by the electronic equipment into control signals for the image input device and a firmware memory device to store decoding information useful in decoding control signals generated by the electronic equipment.

Claims

1. Control system for image input device, enabling an image input device to operate in connection with an electronic device, comprising:

a control module to control the operation of hardware and related modules of said image input device;

an electronic equipment selection module allowing users to select electronic equipments to be connected with said image input device;

an image specification setting module to set a group of factors relating to the specification of images to be input; and

an electronic equipment control signal decoder module to provide a decoder to convert control signals generated by said electronic equipment into control signals operable by said image input device and a firmware memory device to store decoding information useful in decoding control signals generated by said electronic equipment;

characterized in that said control system for image input device enables said image input device to selectively communicate with a variety of electronic equipments.

2. The control system for image input device according to claim 1 wherein said image input device is digital camera and said electronic device is handset for mobile phone.

3. The control system for image input device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a memory to allow user to input and to store decoding information of control signals from electronic devices which decoding information is not stored in said firmware memory device.

4. The control system for image input device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein factors as set in said image specification setting module comprise at least one of size, initial position, resolution, color and number of gray level of images to be captured.