Captured image outputting system, display control apparatus, liquid crystal projector and digital camera that transmit images via wireless network

• US 7,463,216 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2004
• Issued: 12/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xacti Corporation (Office Support KK)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Miura, Hiroki, Inoue, Yasuaki, Yamazaki, Yasuhiro, Hiranuma, Yoshinao
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Nitin
• Application Number:
  US10/751,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20040140971A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• Field of Search: 348/211, 348/207.1, 348/14.01, 348/207.99, 348/333.01, 348/33.01, 348/157, 348/660, 348/647, 348/231.99, 348/744, 396/229, 396/56, 345/156, 345/169, 345 11- 34, 345/7, 345/8, 345/204, 370/338
• US Class Current: 345/2.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00283 with a television apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0015 Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0041 Point to point H04N2201/0039 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0043 Point to multipoint H04N2201/0039 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0044 Connecting to a plurality of different apparatus; Using a plurality of different connectors connection via a network H04N2201/0039
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/74 Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor

Abstract

In a captured image outputting system, an image shot by an image capturing device is, upon shooting the image thereby, instantaneously transmitted to a display control device of a display system via wireless communication. The display system instantaneously projects the received image on a projection screen. The display system is comprised of a display device and a display control device. A liquid crystal projector may serve as the display device whereas an optional device, for use in wireless communication, connected to image input terminals of the liquid crystal projector may serve as the display control device. A digital still camera may serve as the image capturing device capable of carrying out wireless communication.

Claims

1. A captured image outputting system, including:

an image capturing device which captures an image of an object according to a user'"'"'s instruction to capture the image and transmits the captured image via wireless communication; and

a projector which receives via wireless communication the image transmitted from said image capturing device and displays the received image,

wherein, upon the capturing of the image, the captured image is displayed almost simultaneously on both a display unit built in said image capturing device and said projector.

2. A captured image outputting system, the system including:

an image capturing device which captures an image of an object according to a user'"'"'s instruction to capture the image and transmits the captured image via wireless communication; and

a display system which receives via wireless communication the image transmitted from said image capturing device and displays the received image,

wherein, upon the capturing of the image, the captured image is displayed almost simultaneously on both a display unit built in said image capturing device and said display system.

3. An image capturing device comprising:

an image capturing control unit which captures an image of an object according to a user'"'"'s instruction to capture the image;

a display unit which displays the captured image;

a reproduction control unit which instructs the display unit to display the captured image, upon the capturing of the image; and

a transfer processing unit which transmits the captured image to a display system via wireless communication upon the capturing of the image and almost simultaneously with display on the display unit.