US7062230B1
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Communication device, image-pickup device, storage medium and communication method
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1999-09-28
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Granted: 2006-06-13
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Expires: 2019-09-28
Abstract
Abstract A communication device is provided which is capable of transmitting pickup images efficiently with high portability, manipulativity, and instantaneous response. A control apparatus starts a communication (such as a radio transmission) operation in a communication apparatus simultaneous with an image pickup operation in an image pickup operation when the operation is initiated by a user in a communication device having the image pickup function. Thereby, the pickup images obtained in the image pickup operation are automatically transmitted to a specified transmission destination via a communication apparatus. Thus, a user can obtain and transmit pickup images to a desired transmission destination simultaneously by simply setting the operating mode of the device to a predetermined mode or the like.
Inventors
- 👤 Satoshi Ishiguro
- 👤 Hiraku Sonobe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:20
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00281; H04N1/00307; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00244; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32363; H04N1/327; H04N1/32765; H04N1/32767; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0034; H04N2201/0037; H04N2201/0039; H04N2201/0048; H04N2201/0049; H04N2201/0053; H04N2201/0055; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3285; H04N2201/3287
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A communication device connected to an image pickup unit for photographing a subject, said device comprising: an input unit adapted to input images from the image pickup unit; a communicative unit adapted to transmit the pickup images inputted by said input unit to a transmission destination in communication therewith; and a control unit adapted to start an operation of said communicative unit in response to the image pickup operation of the image pickup unit, wherein said control unit controls said communicative unit so as to make a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by a user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A communication device connected to an image pickup unit for photographing a subject, said device comprising: an input unit adapted to input images from the image pickup unit; a communicative unit adapted to transmit the pickup images inputted by said input unit to a transmission destination in communication therewith; and a control unit adapted to start an operation of said communicative unit in response to the image pickup operation of the image pickup unit, wherein said control unit controls said communicative unit so as to make a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by a user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
147 words
An image pickup unit having a communicative function to transmit pickup images obtained by picking up images of a subject, said unit comprising: a manipulative unit adapted to instruct a predetermined operation; and a control unit adapted to start the image pickup operation and an operation of the communicative function on the basis of the instruction of a predetermined operation by said manipulative unit, wherein said control unit controls execution of the communicative function so as to make a break in communication with a transmission destination after a lapse of given time a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by a user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
147 words
An image pickup unit having a communicative function to transmit pickup images obtained by picking up images of a subject, said unit comprising: a manipulative unit adapted to instruct a predetermined operation; and a control unit adapted to start the image pickup operation and an operation of the communicative function on the basis of the instruction of a predetermined operation by said manipulative unit, wherein said control unit controls execution of the communicative function so as to make a break in communication with a transmission destination after a lapse of given time a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by a user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
166 words
A storage medium in which a processing step for transmitting pickup images obtained by photographing a subject to a specified transmission destination is stored so as to be readable by a computer, wherein said processing step includes a step of starting an image pickup operation of picking up the image of the subject and a communicating operation with the transmission destination on the basis of instructions of a predetermined operation given from a user to transmit the pickup images obtained by the image pickup operation to the transmission destination, wherein said processing step further includes a step of making a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by the user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
166 words
A storage medium in which a processing step for transmitting pickup images obtained by photographing a subject to a specified transmission destination is stored so as to be readable by a computer, wherein said processing step includes a step of starting an image pickup operation of picking up the image of the subject and a communicating operation with the transmission destination on the basis of instructions of a predetermined operation given from a user to transmit the pickup images obtained by the image pickup operation to the transmission destination, wherein said processing step further includes a step of making a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by the user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
159 words
A communication method for communicating photographic images from an image pickup unit for picking up images of a subject to a transmission destination, said method comprising: an input step of inputting a photographed image; a communicative step of transmitting the photographic image inputted in said input step to the transmission destination in communication therewith; and a control step of starting execution of said communicative step in response to the image pickup operation of the image pickup unit, wherein said control step includes controlling execution of said communicative step so as to make a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the photographic image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by a user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
159 words
A communication method for communicating photographic images from an image pickup unit for picking up images of a subject to a transmission destination, said method comprising: an input step of inputting a photographed image; a communicative step of transmitting the photographic image inputted in said input step to the transmission destination in communication therewith; and a control step of starting execution of said communicative step in response to the image pickup operation of the image pickup unit, wherein said control step includes controlling execution of said communicative step so as to make a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the photographic image is completed, wherein the lapse of the predetermined time period can be arbitrarily set by a user, and wherein setting of the lapse of the predetermined time period is performed by selecting from among plural modes displayed on a display unit.
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