Image transmission device and system
First Claim
1. An image transmission device for use with a mobile communications device and a video recorder, said image transmission device comprising:
- a cradle having a first area for receiving the communications device and means for securing the communications device to said cradle first area; and
circuitry to selectively connect a data output port of the video recorder to a data input port of the communications device for transferring data from the video recorder to the communications device.
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Abstract
An image transmission device and system includes an image transmission device for use with a user-supplied communications and camera devices and a converter for use with another communications device and display. The image transmission device includes a cradle for respectively securing a cellular phone and camera and circuitry for electrically connecting the two. Images recorded by the camera are compressed by cradle circuitry and transmitted with the phone to a second phone remote from the first. The cradle includes mechanisms for holding phones of various configurations and for being mounted to a tripod. The system further includes a converter device for connection to the second phone and adapted to transmit the images to a display such as a television or to a recording device. Therefore, the image transmission system enables a live event to be transmitted to a remote location for real time viewing by another user.
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20 Claims
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1. An image transmission device for use with a mobile communications device and a video recorder, said image transmission device comprising:
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a cradle having a first area for receiving the communications device and means for securing the communications device to said cradle first area; and circuitry to selectively connect a data output port of the video recorder to a data input port of the communications device for transferring data from the video recorder to the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image transmission system for use with a digital camera, a first mobile communications device, a second mobile communications device, and a display, said system comprising:
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an image transmission device comprising; a cradle having a first area for receiving the first communications device and means for securing the first communications device to said cradle first area; circuitry to selectively connect a data output port of the digital camera to a data input port of the first communications device for transferring data from the digital camera to the first communications device; a converter device remote from said image transmission device, said converter device having circuitry to selectively connect a data output port of the second communications device to a data input port of the display for transferring the data from the second communications device to the display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for transmitting images from a user-supplied digital camera to a remote location using a first mobile communications device for viewing the transmitted images on a display, said method comprising:
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providing an image transmission device comprising; a cradle having a first area for receiving the first communications device and means for securing the first communications device to said cradle first area; circuitry to selectively connect a data output port of the digital camera to a data input port of the first communications device for transferring data from the digital camera to the first communications device; securing the first communications device to said cradle first area; providing a second mobile communications device remote from the first communications device for communication with the first mobile communications device; providing a converter device having circuitry to selectively connect a data output port of the second communications device to a data input port of the display for transferring the data from the second communications device to the display; transferring the data from the digital camera to the first communications device using said image transmission device circuitry; transferring the data from the first communications device to the second communications device; and transferring the data from the second communications device to the display using said converter device circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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