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Digital electronic camera

Assignee: Kyocera Corp
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Filing: 1997-10-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-10-30
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Abstract

Abstract Translated from Japanese (57)【要約】 【課題】携帯電話やPHSの機能を持つデジタル電子カ メラにおいて、撮影カメラ部が現在向けられている方向 に応じて、自動的に機能モードを認識し、機能モードに 応じた通信方式を自動的に選択する、使い勝手の良いデ ジタル電子カメラを提供する。 【解決手段】携帯電話やPHSの機能を持つデジタル電 子カメラにおいて、撮影方向が可変に設けられた撮影カ メラ部21の方向を検出する方向センサ11を備え、方 向センサの出力に応じて、1つの機能モードを選択し、 選択された機能モードに応じた通信方式を選択し、通信 方式指示回路12に指示し、例えば、マイコン7の管理 下でテレビ電話モードとして機能する。 (57) [Summary] In a digital electronic camera having a function of a mobile phone or a PHS, a function mode is automatically recognized according to a direction in which a photographing camera unit is currently directed, and the function mode is determined. Provide a convenient digital electronic camera that automatically selects a communication method. A digital electronic camera having a function of a mobile phone or a PHS is provided with a direction sensor 11 for detecting a direction of a photographing camera unit 21 provided with a variable photographing direction. Select a function mode, A communication method according to the selected function mode is selected and instructed to the communication method instruction circuit 12 to function as a videophone mode under the control of the microcomputer 7, for example.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiroyuki Nagai
  • 👤 広行 永井

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