Methods, devices and computer program products for remote control of an image capturing device
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a remotely located image capturing device from a portable communication device, comprising:
- receiving MMI data at the portable communication device from the image capturing device, the MMI data including at least one set of screen data related to a screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device, the at least one set of screen data including at least one selectable command related to the screen;
receiving media data from the image capturing device;
presenting the media data at the portable communication device together with the at least one set of screen data;
selecting the command; and
sending the selected command to the image capturing device.
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Abstract
Methods of controlling a remotely located image capturing device from a portable communication device include receiving man-machine interface (MMI) data at the portable communication device from the image capturing device. The MMI data may include a set of screen data related to a screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device, and the set of screen data may include a selectable command related to the screen. The methods further include receiving media data from the image capturing device, presenting the media data at the portable communication device together with the at least one set of screen data, selecting the command, and sending the selected command to the image capturing device. Also disclosed are a portable communication device, an image capturing device, and methods of controlling an image capturing device.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a remotely located image capturing device from a portable communication device, comprising:
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receiving MMI data at the portable communication device from the image capturing device, the MMI data including at least one set of screen data related to a screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device, the at least one set of screen data including at least one selectable command related to the screen;
receiving media data from the image capturing device;
presenting the media data at the portable communication device together with the at least one set of screen data;
selecting the command; and
sending the selected command to the image capturing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable communication device, comprising:
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an interface unit configured to receive MMI data and associated media data from an image capturing device, the MMI data including at least one set of screen data related to a media capturing screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device and including at least one selectable command related to the screen;
a local store, and a control unit configured to select the command, and to cause the interface unit to send the command to the image capturing device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for controlling a remotely located image capturing device from a portable communication device, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer readable program code comprising;
computer readable program code configured to receive MMI data and associated media data from the image capturing device including at least one set of screen data related to a screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device and comprising a selectable command related to the screen;
computer readable program code configured to select the command; and
computer readable program code configured to cause the command to be sent to the image capturing device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method of operating an image capturing device to enable the image capturing device to be remotely controlled by a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
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sending MMI data from the image capturing device to the portable communication device, the MMI data including at least one set of screen data related to at least one screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device, the MMI data including selectable commands related to the screen, format information specifying the format in which the commands are to be transferred, and/or a pointer to a further selectable screen, wherein one of the at least one screens is a media capturing screen;
sending media data intended to be presented together with the MMI data from the image capturing device to the portable communication device; and
receiving a command from the portable communication device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An image capturing device, comprising:
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an interface unit configured to send MMI data and associated media data from the image capturing device to the portable communication device, the MMI data including at least one set of screen data related to at least one screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device, the MMI data including selectable commands related to the screen, format information specifying the format in which the commands are to be transferred, and/or a pointer to a further selectable screen, wherein one of the at least one screens is a media capturing screen; and
a control unit configured to cause the interface unit to send at least one image captured by the image capturing device in response to a command from the portable communication device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer program product for enabling a portable communication device to control a remotely located image capturing device, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer readable program code comprising;
computer readable program code configured to send MMI data from the image capturing device to the portable communication device, the MMI data including at least one set of screen data related to at least one screen intended for presentation on a display of the portable communication device, the MMI data including selectable commands related to the screen, format information specifying the format in which the commands are to be transferred, and/or a pointer to a further selectable screen, wherein one of the at least one screens is a media capturing screen;
computer readable program code configured to send media data intended to be presented together with the MMI data from the image capturing device to the portable communication device; and
computer readable program code configured to receiving a command from the portable communication device.
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