Digital image storage system
First Claim
1. A digital image storage system comprising:
- a data storage including a docking station on which a digital camera can be placed for transmitting digital images stored in a memory of the digital camera to the docking station and for receiving electric power from the docking station to charge a battery of the digital camera, the data storage further including a storage medium that stores the transmitted digital images, the storage medium is disposed in a housing that is separate from a housing having the docking station; and
a controller that controls the transmission of the digital images from the digital camera and the charging of the digital camera battery so that the charging and the transmission do not occur at the same time, the controller automatically starts the charging of the digital camera battery after the transmission of the digital images is stopped.
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Abstract
A digital image storage system includes a digital camera having a battery and a memory capable of storing digital images. The digital image storage system further includes a data storage including an adapter on which the digital camera is to be laid down for transmitting the digital images of the memory to the adapter and for receiving electric power from the adapter to charge the battery, a storage medium that stores the digital images transmitted from the memory through the adapter. The data storage further includes a detector that detects a signal from the adapter to start the transmission of the digital images and a controller that generates a termination signal informing of the termination of the digital image transmission to cause an automatic start of the charging of the battery from the adapter.
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23 Claims
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1. A digital image storage system comprising:
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a data storage including a docking station on which a digital camera can be placed for transmitting digital images stored in a memory of the digital camera to the docking station and for receiving electric power from the docking station to charge a battery of the digital camera, the data storage further including a storage medium that stores the transmitted digital images, the storage medium is disposed in a housing that is separate from a housing having the docking station; and a controller that controls the transmission of the digital images from the digital camera and the charging of the digital camera battery so that the charging and the transmission do not occur at the same time, the controller automatically starts the charging of the digital camera battery after the transmission of the digital images is stopped. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital image storage system comprising:
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a digital camera having a memory capable of storing digital images and a manually operable power switch that switches the digital camera between an operative state and an inoperative state; a data storage including a docking station on which the digital camera can be placed for transmitting the digital images of the digital camera memory to the docking station, a storage medium that stores the digital images transmitted from the digital camera memory from the docking station, the storage medium is disposed in a housing that is separate from a housing having the docking station; and a controller that receives a signal from the docking station to receive the transmission of the digital images, and after the digital images transmission is terminated, the controller automatically causes a switching of the digital camera from the operative state to the inoperative state without the manual operation of the power switch, the controller automatically starts charging of a battery of the digital camera through the docking station after the transmission of the digital images is stopped. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A system for use with digital images, comprising:
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a docking station on which a digital camera can be placed for transmitting digital images stored in a memory of the digital camera to the docking station and for receiving electric power to charge a battery of the digital camera while the digital camera is placed on the docking station, the docking station transmitting the digital images from the digital camera to an external data storage that includes a housing that is separate from a housing having the docking station; and a controller that controls the transmission of the digital images from the digital camera and the charging of the digital camera battery so that the charging and the transmission do not occur at the same time, the controller automatically starts the charging of the digital camera battery after the transmission of the digital images is stopped. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A digital image storage system comprising:
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a digital camera having a memory capable of storing digital images and a manually operable power switch that switches the digital camera between an operative state and an inoperative state; a docking station on which a digital camera can be placed for transmitting the digital images of the digital camera memory to the docking station; a storage medium that stores the digital images transmitted from the digital camera memory through the docking station, the storage medium is disposed in a housing that is separate from a housing having the docking station; and a controller that receives a signal from the docking station to receive the transmission of the digital images, and after the digital images transmission is terminated, the controller automatically causes a switching of the digital camera from the operative state to the inoperative state without the manual operation of the power switch, the controller automatically starts charging of a battery of the digital camera through the docking station after the transmission of the digital images is stopped. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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