Print system and electronic camera

• US 6,104,886 A
• Filed: 09/02/1998
• Issued: 08/15/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takeshi, Terane, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): RUTLEDGE, DELLA J
• Application Number:
  US09/145,688
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: 396/213, 348/375, 340/636
• US Class Current: 396/429
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00885 Power supply means, e.g. arrangements for the control of power supply to the apparatus or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00888 Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00925 Inhibiting an operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras

Abstract

A print system comprises an electronic camera with an auto-power-off function, for taking in image formation of a subject image, and a printer for printing the image information taken in the electronic camera. The auto-power-off function is disabled during a process of printing the image information by the printer, and enabled after the process of printing the image information by the printer is finished.

Claims

1. A print system comprising:

an electronic camera with an auto-power-off function, for taking in image information of a subject image; and

a printer for printing the image information taken in the electronic camera,

wherein the auto-power-off function is disabled during a process of printing the image information by the printer, and enabled after the process of printing the image information by the printer is finished.

2. A print system comprising:

an electronic camera with an auto-power-off function, for taking in image formation of a subject image; and

a printer for printing the image information taken in the electronic camera,

wherein said electronic camera comprises;

transmission means for transmitting the image information to the printer;

determination means for determining whether the image information is normally transmitted to the printer by the transmission means; and

means for initializing a time period needed until effecting power-off in the auto-power-off function when said determination means has determined that the image information is normally transmitted to the printer.

3. The print system according to claim 2, further comprising means for displaying a message indicating a communication error when said determination means determined that the image information is not normally transmitted to the printer.

4. The print system according to claim 2, wherein said transmission means transmits the image information in units of a packet, and said determination means determines whether image information of one packet sent from the transmission means is normally transmitted to the printer.

5. An electronic camera comprising:

imaging means for taking in image information of a subject image; and

transmission means for transmitting the image information acquired by said imaging means to a printer,

wherein an auto-power-off function is disabled while the image information transmitted from the transmission means is being subjected to a print process in the printer, and the auto-power-off function is enabled after the print process of the image information in the printer.

6. An electronic camera comprising:

imaging means for taking in image information of a subject image;

transmission means for transmitting the image information acquired by said imaging means to a printer;

determination means for determining whether the image information is normally transmitted to the printer by the transmission means; and

means for initializing a time period needed until effecting power-off in the auto-power-off function when said determination means determined that the image information is normally transmitted to the printer.

7. The electronic camera according to claim 6, further comprising means for displaying a message indicating a communication error when said determination means determined that the image information is not normally transmitted to the printer.

8. The electronic camera according to claim 6, wherein said transmission means transmits the image information in units of a packet, and said determination means determines whether image information of one packet sent from the transmission means is normally transmitted to the printer.