Trigger tone of a camera

• US 20070058052A1
• Filed: 09/15/2005
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Makela, Kaj, Uusitalo, Severi
• Granted Patent: US 7,714,897 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.990
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/18 Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light indicating depth of field G03B13/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00405 Output means output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00488 providing an audible output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

The invention relates to a digital camera comprising at least a memory unit for saving pictures and a control unit that is adapted to control the operation of the camera and to form a trigger tone on the basis of the state of the camera. The trigger tone indicates the triggering of the camera and the current state of the camera. The invention also relates to a method and a computer program product for forming an information tone of a digital camera.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising at least

a memory unit for saving pictures

a control unit that is adapted to

control operation of the camera, and

form a trigger tone based on a current state of the camera which tone indicates triggering of the camera and a current state of the camera,

a tone generator that is adapted to play a formed changing trigger tone.

2. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted to form the trigger tone based on a utilization rate of memory.

3. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted to form the trigger tone based on an image quality setting.

4. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted to form the trigger tone based on a selected exposure program.

5. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted to form the trigger tone based on battery level.

6. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted to form the trigger tone based on information relating to an error.

7. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera is a part of a device, which is at least one of the following:

a mobile phone, a computer, a game device.

8. A method in photographing after triggering of a camera, which method comprises the step of forming a trigger tone based on a current state of the camera and the trigger tone indicating the triggering of the camera and the state of the camera.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the trigger tone is formed based on a utilization rate of memory.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the trigger tone is formed based on an image quality setting.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the trigger tone is formed based on battery level.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the trigger tone is formed based on a selected exposure program.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the trigger tone is formed based on information relating to an error.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein the trigger tone is formed based on at least one of the following changing pieces of information:

exposure error, error related to triggering, error related to focusing, error related to saving.

15. A computer program product, stored in a computer-readable medium and executable in a data processing device, for maintaining an information tone of a digital camera, the computer program product comprising instructions for providing a trigger tone based on a current state of the camera and the trigger tone indicating triggering of the camera and the current state of the camera.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program comprises instructions for providing the trigger tone based on a utilization rate of memory.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program comprises instructions for providing the trigger tone based on an image quality setting.

18. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program comprises instructions for providing the trigger tone based on the selected exposure program.

19. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program comprises instructions for providing the trigger tone based on battery level.

20. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program comprises instructions for providing the trigger tone based on information relating to an error.