SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING DIGITAL IMAGES

• US 20080106613A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Van Schalkwyk
• Original Assignee: Mark Van Schalkwyk
• Inventors: van Schalkwyk, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 7,728,885 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00164 at a remote location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00289 in a video photo booth or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device

Abstract

A system for capturing and displaying images of subjects includes a digital camera and a slide show controller disposed in a common case. A subject can take is own picture using the digital camera. The resulting image is stored in an electronic folder with other images and all the images from the folder are distributed by a controller to several large displays.

Claims

1. A system for capturing and displaying images comprising:

an image capture apparatus including a case, a digital camera selectively activated to obtain digital images of a subject;

an electronic folder storing several digital images; and

a network receiving images from said folder and delivering them to several displays.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said image capture apparatus includes a framing element to assist a subject in framing the image.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said framing element includes a video camera showing a video image of a field and a framing display showing said field.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a slide controller receiving images from said electronic folder and presenting them to the network.

5. The system of claim 4 further comprising a folder watcher monitoring said folder and sending at least one image said slide controller when a change in the folder is detected.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said slide controller directs new images detected by said folder watches to said displays out of sequence.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said case is portable.