Camera system
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1. A digital camera system comprising:
- a digital camera, which photographs a subject;
an image recording medium, which records an image of the photographed subject; and
an information recording component, which is removably mounted on an outside of a casing of the digital camera and into and out of which information other than the image can be written and read, based on an external signal sent from an exterior of the digital camera system,wherein the information recording component includes an IC memory chip and includes a contactless communication component which communicates with the exterior in a contactless state, andwherein the contactless communication component and the IC memory chip are integrated on a same chip.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a camera system, which can simplify an ordering procedure. An IC memory comprising a contactless interface is mounted on a camera, or an image recording medium, such as memory card or film. In a case where a customer has carried the camera to a photo lab, image data is read out of the memory card or is acquired by reading the developed film, by an image data acquisition component. Moreover, individual information, order information, account information, and the like, are read out of the IC memory over wireless communication by a reader and writer and are affixed to the image data, whereupon the resulting image data is stored in a database.
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1. A digital camera system comprising:
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a digital camera, which photographs a subject; an image recording medium, which records an image of the photographed subject; and an information recording component, which is removably mounted on an outside of a casing of the digital camera and into and out of which information other than the image can be written and read, based on an external signal sent from an exterior of the digital camera system, wherein the information recording component includes an IC memory chip and includes a contactless communication component which communicates with the exterior in a contactless state, and wherein the contactless communication component and the IC memory chip are integrated on a same chip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A digital camera device for photographing a subject, the camera device comprising an information recording component being removably mounted on an outside of a casing of a main body of the digital camera device, into and out of which information other than an image of the photographed subject can be written and read, based on an external signal,
wherein the information recording component includes an IC memory chip and includes a contactless communication component which communicates with the exterior in a contactless state, and wherein the contactless communication component and the IC memory chip are integrated on a same chip.
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13. A printing system comprising:
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a printer, which prints an image photographed by a digital camera system including a digital camera device that photographs a subject, an image recording medium that records an image of the photographed subject, and an information recording component that is removably mounted on an outside of a casing of the digital camera device, and that can have information other than the image written thereinto and read therefrom, based on an external signal; a readout component, which reads out the information written in the information recording component; an image acquisition component, which acquires image data from the image recording medium; and a storage component, which stores the image data acquired by the image acquisition component, together with the information read out of the information recording component by the readout component, wherein the information recording component includes an IC memory chip and a contactless communication component, which communicates with an exterior in a contactless state. wherein the contactless communication component and the IC memory chip are integrated on a same chip. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30)
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23. A server apparatus connected to a printing system through a network, wherein the printing system includes:
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a printer, which prints an image photographed by a digital camera system including a digital camera device that photographs a subject, an image recording medium that records an image of the photographed subject, and an information recording component that is removably mounted on a casing of a main body of the digital camera device, and that can comprise information other than the image written thereinto and read therefrom based on of an external signal; a readout component, which reads out the information written in the information recording component; an image acquisition component, which acquires image data from the image recording medium; and a storage component, which stores the image data acquired by the image acquisition component together with the information that is read out of the information recording component by the readout component; wherein the server apparatus receives order information, which orders the printing of the image and is transmitted from a terminal device via the network, and the server apparatus transmits instructing information, which instructs the printing system to execute the printing based on the received order information, wherein the information recording component includes an IC memory chip and includes a contactless communication component which communicates with the exterior in a contactless state, and wherein the contactless communication component and the IC memory chip are integrated on a same chip. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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31. A digital camera device for photographing a subject, the digital camera device comprising:
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an antenna mounted on a main body of the digital camera device; and an information recording component being separately mounted on the main body of the camera device, into and out of which information other than an image of the photographed subject can be written and read, based on an external signal through the antenna; wherein the information recording component includes an IC memory chip and includes a contactless communication component which communicates with the exterior in a contactless state, and wherein the contactless communication component and the IC memory chip are integrated on a same chip. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A removable non-volatile digital memory, which is used in a digital camera for photographing a subject and records an image of the photographed subject, the removable non-volatile digital memory being mounted on a casing of the camera and comprising:
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an information recording component mounted on the removable non-volatile digital memory, into and out of which information other than the image of the photographed subject can be written and read, based on an external signal, wherein the information recording component is an IC memory chip and includes a contactless communication component, which communicates with the exterior in a contactless state, and the contactless communication component and the IC memory chip are integrated on a same chip. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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