Image capture apparatus and method and method with a remote signaling device
First Claim
1. An image system comprising:
- at least one image capture apparatus; and
at least one remote image capture device comprising a transmitter;
each at least one image capture apparatus comprising;
a portable signalling device for transmitting a signal to a respective of the at least one remote image capture device to cause said remote image capture device to capture one or more still or moving images, said signal being transmitted to said image capture device in response to a triggering action or instruction by a user, said image capture device being selected by direction of said signal and/or said signalling device towards said image capture device;
receiving apparatus for receiving a signal including image data representative of said image(s) from said remote image capture device; and
storage or display apparatus for storing and/or displaying said received image data, at least one of said signal from said portable signalling device and said signal from said remote image capture device including data determining or specifying the location at which a captured image can be viewed and/or retrieved,wherein said signalling device is arranged to include in said image capture request signal transmitted to said remote image capture device a request for said image data to be transmitted to a specified storage and/or display apparatus, said remote image capture device configured to cause said transmitter to transmit a confirmation signal to said signalling device after said image(s) have been captured and said image data has been transmitted to said specified storage and/or display apparatus.
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Abstract
Image capture apparatus whereby a narrow beam infra-red transmitter (10) and a short range radio receiver (12) are mounted within a personal digital camera (14). A push-button mechanism (16) is provided on the outer cover of the camera (14) to activate the transmitter (10) when required. An environmental camera (18) is provided with a narrow beam infra-red receiver (20) and a short range radio transmitter (22). In the case whereby, for example, a user wishes to capture an image of themselves using the environment camera (18), they can simply position themselves within the camera'"'"'s field of view (26), point the digital camera (14) at the camera (18) and press the push-button mechanism (16) causing the transmitter (10) to transmit an image capture request signal (28) to the security camera (18). The captured image is transmitted via a short range transmitter (22) to the user'"'"'s personal camera (14) where it is received by the receiver (12).
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Citations
27 Claims
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1. An image system comprising:
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at least one image capture apparatus; and at least one remote image capture device comprising a transmitter; each at least one image capture apparatus comprising; a portable signalling device for transmitting a signal to a respective of the at least one remote image capture device to cause said remote image capture device to capture one or more still or moving images, said signal being transmitted to said image capture device in response to a triggering action or instruction by a user, said image capture device being selected by direction of said signal and/or said signalling device towards said image capture device; receiving apparatus for receiving a signal including image data representative of said image(s) from said remote image capture device; and storage or display apparatus for storing and/or displaying said received image data, at least one of said signal from said portable signalling device and said signal from said remote image capture device including data determining or specifying the location at which a captured image can be viewed and/or retrieved, wherein said signalling device is arranged to include in said image capture request signal transmitted to said remote image capture device a request for said image data to be transmitted to a specified storage and/or display apparatus, said remote image capture device configured to cause said transmitter to transmit a confirmation signal to said signalling device after said image(s) have been captured and said image data has been transmitted to said specified storage and/or display apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of capturing an image, the method comprising the steps of:
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triggering or instructing a portable signalling device to transmit a signal to a remote image capturing device to cause said remote image capture device to capture an image, said remote image capture device being selected by directing the portable signalling device and/or the signal transmitted thereby towards said image capture device; transmitting image data representative of said image captured by said remote image capture device to said remote storage and/or display device; transmitting a signal, either from said signalling device to said remote image capture device, or from said remote image capture device to said signalling device, the signal including data determining or specifying the location at which said captured image(s) can be or are to be retrieved and/or viewed, wherein said image capture request signal transmitted to said remote image capture device includes a request for said image data to be transmitted to a specified storage and/or display apparatus; and transmitting a confirmation signal to said portable signalling device from said remote image capture device after said image(s) have been captured and said image data has been transmitted to said specified storage and/or display apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method of capturing an image, the method comprising the steps of:
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triggering or instructing a portable signalling device to transmit a signal to a remote image capturing device to cause said remote image capture device to capture an image, said remote image capture device being selected by directing the portable signalling device and/or the signal transmitted thereby towards said image capture device; transmitting image data representative of said image captured by said remote image capture device to said remote storage and/or display device; transmitting a signal, either from said signalling device to said remote image capture device, or from said remote image capture device to said signalling device, the signal including data determining or specifying the location at which said captured image(s) can be or are to be retrieved and/or viewed, wherein said data determining or specifying the location at which said captured image(s) are to be retrieved and/or viewed is included in said signal transmitted from the portable signalling device to the selected remote image capturing device to cause it to capture one or more still or moving images, wherein said image capture request signal transmitted to said remote image capture device includes a request for said image data to be transmitted to a specified storage and/or display apparatus; and transmitting a confirmation signal to said portable signalling device from said remote image capture device after said image(s) have been captured and said image data has been transmitted to said specified storage and/or display apparatus.
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25. An image system comprising:
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at least one image capture apparatus; and at least one remote camera comprising a transmitter; each at least one image capture apparatus comprising; a remote control device for transmitting a signal to a selected remote camera of the at least one remote cameras to cause said camera to capture one or more still or moving images, said camera being selected by direction of the remote control toward the selected remote camera, where said one or more still or moving images captured by said camera are transmitted to a central storage location, said camera including a transmitter for transmitting to the remote control data representative of how to retrieve/view said one or more captured images via said central storage location, wherein said remote control device is arranged to include in said image capture request signal transmitted to said selected remote camera a request for said one or more images to be transmitted to a specified storage and/or display apparatus, said selected remote camera configured to cause said transmitter to transmit a confirmation signal to said remote control device after said one or more images have been captured and said one or more images have been transmitted to said specified storage and/or display apparatus.
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26. An image system comprising:
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at least one image capture apparatus; and at least one remote camera comprising a transmitter; each at least one image capture apparatus, comprising; a portable control device for transmitting a signal to a remote camera of the at least one remote cameras selected by direction of the portable control device toward a chosen camera, said signal including data representative of storage or viewing apparatus in or on which one or more images captured by said camera are required to be stored or viewed, said camera being arranged in response to said signal to capture one or more still or moving images and transmit said images to said storage or viewing apparatus, wherein said portable control device is adapted to control one or more cameras selected from a plurality of cameras, wherein said portable control device is arranged to include in said image capture request signal transmitted to said selected remote camera a request for said one or more images to be transmitted to a specified storage and/or display apparatus, said selected remote camera configured to cause said transmitter to transmit a confirmation signal to said portable control device after said one or more images have been captured and said one or more images have been transmitted to said specified storage and/or display apparatus.
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27. An image system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras and a plurality of remote control devices, wherein each of said remote control devices is configured to transmit a signal to any one of said plurality of cameras to select a selected one of said plurality of cameras out of said plurality of cameras, said signal to said selected one of said plurality of cameras being a directional signal, in response to receipt of said signal, said selected camera is adapted to capture one or more still or moving images and transmit image data representative of said one or more captured images to a specified remote storage or viewing device, wherein each of said remote control devices is arranged to include in said image capture request signal transmitted to a respective selected remote camera a request for said one or more images to be transmitted to a specified storage and/or display apparatus, said respective selected camera comprising a transmitter, said respective selected camera configured to cause said transmitter to transmit a confirmation signal to its respective remote control device after said one or more images have been captured and said one or more images have been transmitted to said specified storage and/or display apparatus.
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Specification