Peripheral shared image device sharing

• US 20090027505A1
• Filed: 09/10/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US12/283,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20090027505A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

A mechanism configurable to transmit at least a portion of at least one image representation at a peripheral shared image device in a manner that can be received by at least one capturing shared image device, and/or configurable to receive at least the portion of the at least one image representation at the at least one capturing shared image device such as been transmitted by the peripheral shared image device.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method, comprising:

transmitting at least some device operation information from a peripheral shared image device to at least one shared image device, wherein the at least some device operation information is configurable to alter an operation of the at least one shared image device, and wherein the at least one shared image device is configurable to capture an image.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

altering an image capturing operation of the at least one shared image device at least partially in response to the transmitting at least some device operation information from the peripheral shared image device to the at least one shared image device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting available peripheral settings to the at least one shared image device that can, upon subsequent input by a user at the at least one shared image device, cause altering an image capturing operation of the at least one shared image device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

altering a shutter-control operation of the at least one shared image device at least partially in response to transmitting the at least some device operation information by the peripheral shared image device.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

altering an imaging-location-control operation of the at least one shared image device at least partially in response to transmitting the at least some device operation information by the peripheral shared image device.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitting at least some device operation information from a peripheral shared image device to at least one shared image device further comprises:

transmitting at least some configuration information from the peripheral shared image device.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitting at least some device operation information from a peripheral shared image device to at least one shared image device further comprises:

transmitting at least some image resolution information from the peripheral shared image device.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitting at least some device operation information from a peripheral shared image device to at least one shared image device further comprises:

transmitting at least some image information from the peripheral shared image device.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitting at least some device operation information from a peripheral shared image device to at least one shared image device further comprising:

transmitting at least some device available peripheral settings from a peripheral shared image device to at least one shared image device.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a peripheral shared image device configurable to transmit at least one image representation that can be received by at least one capturing shared image device.

21-36. -36. (canceled)

37. An apparatus, comprising:

a capturing shared image device operable to receive at least some device operation information that can be transmitted by at least one peripheral shared image device, wherein the capturing shared image device is configurable to capture an image, and wherein the at least some device operation information is operable to effect at least one imaging operation of the capturing shared image device.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the capturing shared image device operable to receive at least some device operation information further comprises:

a camera.

39. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the capturing shared image device operable to receive at least some device operation information further comprises:

a digital camera.

40. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the capturing shared image device operable to receive at least some device operation information further comprises:

a still-image capturing shared image device.

41. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the capturing shared image device operable to receive at least some device operation information further comprises:

a motion-image capturing shared image device.

42-52. -52. (canceled)