Apparatus and method for recording, communicating and administering digital images
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1. A communication system for recording and administering digital images, comprising:
- at least one telephone unit including;
a telephone portion for making telephone call,a digital pick up unit for recording images,a memory for storing digital images recorded by the digital image pick up unit,means for allocating classification information prescribed by a user of said at least one telephone unit to characterize digital images obtained by said digital pick up unit,a processor for processing the digital images recorded by the digital image pick up unit;
a server including the following components;
a receiving unit for receiving data sent from said at least one telephone unit,an analysis unit for analyzing the data received by the receiving unit from the telephone unit,the data including classification information to characterize the digital images,a memory in which at least the digital images are archived, the archiving taken into consideration the classifying information; and
a transmission system coupled to said at least one telephone unit and to the said server to provide for transmission of data from said at least one telephone unit and to the said server, the data including at least the digital images recorded by the digital image pick up unit and classification information.
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Abstract
A communication system includes at least one telephone unit, a transmission system for communicating from the telephone unit, and a server for receiving information via the transmission system. The telephone unit includes a digital image pick up by which images are recorded, transmitted to the server, and stored in the server depending upon classification information which characterizes the digital images and which is associated with the digital image data. The classification information is determined by an analysis unit in the server.
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1. A communication system for recording and administering digital images, comprising:
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at least one telephone unit including; a telephone portion for making telephone call, a digital pick up unit for recording images, a memory for storing digital images recorded by the digital image pick up unit, means for allocating classification information prescribed by a user of said at least one telephone unit to characterize digital images obtained by said digital pick up unit, a processor for processing the digital images recorded by the digital image pick up unit; a server including the following components; a receiving unit for receiving data sent from said at least one telephone unit, an analysis unit for analyzing the data received by the receiving unit from the telephone unit, the data including classification information to characterize the digital images, a memory in which at least the digital images are archived, the archiving taken into consideration the classifying information; and a transmission system coupled to said at least one telephone unit and to the said server to provide for transmission of data from said at least one telephone unit and to the said server, the data including at least the digital images recorded by the digital image pick up unit and classification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for recording and administering digital images, comprising the steps of:
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recording images using a digital pick up unit in a telephone unit, storing the images recorded by the digital pick up unit in a digital form as digital images, transmitting data including at least the digital images and classification information to a server, wherein said classification information is prescribable by a user of the telephone unit for allocation to the digital images, receiving the data by the server, extracting classification information which characterizes the digital images from the received data, and storing the digital images in the server, said step of storing taking into consideration the classification information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A digital image recording and administering apparatus, comprising:
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a portable telephone unit, including; a telephone portion having a keypad, a microphone, a speaker, an antenna, and a transmitter/receiver for telephone communications; a digital still camera in said portable telephone unit, said digital still camera having a lens, a shutter and a digital still image pickup; a data processor connected to receive digital still image data from said digital still image pickup and perform a compression to generate compressed digital still image data; a memory in said portable telephone unit, said memory connected to receive and store said compressed digital still image data from said data processor; a classification information unit in said portable telephone unit, said classification information unit allocating classifying information pertaining to the digital still image as prescribed by a user of the portable telephone unit to the digital still image data, said classification information unit including means to receive audio information from the user as the classification information and to allocate the classification information to the corresponding digital still image data; a server computer, including; a receiving unit operable to receive data sent from said portable telephone unit, said received data including the compressed digital still image data; an analysis unit connected to said receiving unit to extract the classification information from data sent from said portable telephone unit, said analysis unit extracting the classification information corresponding to the audio information from the user and allocated to the digital still image data; a memory in said server for storing the compressed digital still image data, said memory providing access to said compress digital still image data as an image archive in accordance with the classification information; and a transmission system operable to communicate between said portable telephone unit and server. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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