DIGITAL CAMERA AND PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING OUTPUT SPECIFICATION SELECTION ELEMENT

• US 20100277601A1
• Filed: 07/02/2010
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: SHIOHARA, Ryuichi
• Application Number:
  US12/829,822
• Publication Number:
  US 20100277601A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/007 Transform coding, e.g. discrete cosine transform
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• 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 1/00172 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 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00957 Compiling jobs, e.g. for batch processing H04N1/3208 takes precedence; program code compilation G06F8/41
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00962 Input arrangements for operating instructions or parameters, e.g. updating internal software program loading in general G06F9/445; network-specific protocols involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0013 Arrangements for the control of the connected apparatus by the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0068 Converting from still picture data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0093 Facsimile machine H04N2201/0094 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3216 of a job size, e.g. a number of images, pages or copies, size of file, length of message
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3222 of processing required or performed, e.g. forwarding, urgent or confidential handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33378 : Type or format of data, e.g. colour or B/W, halftone or binary, computer image file or facsimile data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/10 : for generating image signals from different wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 : the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 : using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 : using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 : the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

With a digital camera 100, a photographed image 31 is displayed on a liquid crystal display and the user selects a desired image and specifies print specifications of the number of print sheets, a print paper size, a print color mode, etc., then print image data is prepared. The prepared print image, data is transmitted from the digital camera 100 to a color printer of an output unit. An image is printed at the color printer in accordance with the print image data.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising:

a photoelectric conversion element that converts pickup light into an image;

a record element that records the converted image and a reduced image which is reduced from the converted image;

a display portion;

a reduced image display element that displays plural reduced images on the display portion;

an image selection element that selects a desired image from the displayed plural reduced images;

an output specification screen display element that, after the image selection, displays on the display portion an output specification screen, which includes at least one output specification;

an output specification selection element that selects an output specification including a number of prints, which is displayed in the output specification screen;

a complete operation detecting element that detects a complete operation, the complete operation being an operation by a user while the number of prints is displayed and after the number of prints is selected; and

an image data transmission element that transmits in direct response to the detected complete operation, image data which corresponds to the selected desired image and the number of prints, to an external system.

3. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the external system includes a printer.

4. The digital camera according to claim 3, wherein the output specification screen specifies the number of prints of the selected desired image.

5. The digital camera according to claim 4, wherein the image data transmission element transmits the image data corresponding to the selected desired image and the specified number of prints of the selected desired image, to the printer, in direct response to the detected complete operation.

8. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein the record element records the converted image and the reduced image in a recording medium.

11. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein

the complete operation is a last operation of operations that the user performs before the image data transmission element transmits the image data and the number of prints.

14. The digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first switch and a second switch, wherein

the number of prints, which is displayed in the output specification screen, is changeable in response to an operation of the first switch,

the number of prints is determined in response to an operation of the second switch, and

the complete operation is another operation of the second switch.

16. The digital camera according to claim 1, wherein

the image data which corresponds to the selected desired image is divided into plural blocks to be transmitted to the external system.

19. The digital camera according to claim 16, wherein

the image data which corresponds to the selected desired image is a 1-frame image data, and

the 1-frame image data is divided into the plural blocks.

2. A print system comprising:

a digital camera; and

an external printer;

the digital camera comprising;

a photoelectric conversion element that converts pickup light into an image;

a record element that records the converted image and a reduced image which is reduced from the converted image;

a display portion;

a reduced image display element that displays plural reduced images on the display portion;

an image selection element that selects a desired image from the displayed plural reduced images;

an output specification screen display element that, after the image selection, displays on the display portion an output specification screen which includes at least one output specification;

an output specification selection element that selects an output specification including a number of prints, which is displayed in the output specification screen;

a complete operation detecting element that detects a complete operation, the complete operation being an operation which is operated by a user while the number of prints is displayed and after the number of prints is selected; and

an image data transmission element that transmits, in direct response to the detected complete operation, image data which corresponds to the selected desired image and the number of prints, to the external printer.

6. The print system according to claim 2, wherein the image data transmission element transmits the image data corresponding to the selected desired image and the number of prints of the selected desired image, to the external printer, in direct response to the detected complete operation.

9. The print system according to claim 2, wherein the record element records the converted image and the reduced image in a recording medium.

12. The print system according to claim 2, wherein

the complete operation is a last operation of operations that the user performs before the image data transmission element transmits the image data and the number of prints.

15. The print system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a first switch and a second switch, wherein

the number of prints, which is displayed in the output specification screen, is changeable in response to an operation of the first switch,

the number of prints is determined in response to an operation of the second switch, and

the complete operation is another operation of the second switch.

17. The print system according to claim 2, wherein

the image data which corresponds to the selected desired image is divided into plural blocks to be transmitted to the external printer.

20. The print system according to claim 17, wherein

the image data which corresponds to the selected desired image is a 1-frame image data, and

the 1-frame image data is divided into the plural blocks.

7. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a photoelectric conversion element that converts pickup light into an image;

a record element that records the converted image and a reduced image which is reduced from the converted image;

a display portion;

a reduced image display element that displays plural reduced images on the display portion;

an image selection element that selects a desired image from the displayed plural reduced images;

an output specification screen display element that, after the image selection, displays on the display portion an output specification screen, which includes at least one output specification;

an output specification selection element that selects a first output specification which is displayed in the output specification screen and that selects a second output specification, which is different from the first output specification, after selecting the first output specification;

a complete operation detecting element that detects a complete operation, the complete operation being an operation which is operated by a user while the number of prints is displayed and after the number of prints is selected; and

an image data transmission element that transmits, in direct response to the detected complete operation, image data which corresponds to the selected desired image, to an external system.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the record element records the converted image and the reduced image in a recording medium.

13. The imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the complete operation is a last operation of operations that the user performs before the image data transmission element transmits the image data.

18. The imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the image data which corresponds to the selected desired image is divided into plural blocks to be transmitted to the external system.