Digital camera and printer
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeshi Iwami, Akitoshi Yamada
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Abstract
This invention has as its object to inform the user before completion of a print process of a digital image that a cable can be disconnected from a digital camera or printer, and the digital camera is ready to photograph. To this end, a PD printer (1000) of this embodiment transmits a JobDataDone command indicating that all digital images to be printed are received to a digital camera (3012) (909). Upon reception of the JobDataDone command, the digital camera (3012) displays, on a display (35), information indicating that a cable (5000) can be disconnected from the digital camera (3012) or PD printer (1000).
Claims13
A digital camera having a function of directly transmitting a digital image to a printer, comprising:
- display means for displaying, before completion of a print process of a digital image transmitted from said digital camera to the printer, information indicating that a cable can be disconnected from said digital camera or the printer.
A digital camera having a function of directly transmitting a digital image to a printer, comprising:
- display means for displaying, before completion of a print process of a digital image transmitted from said digital camera to the printer, information indicating that said digital camera is ready to photograph.
A printer for printing a digital image directly transmitted from a digital camera, comprising:
- a function of informing the digital camera of reception of all digital images transmitted from the digital camera.
A digital camera which can be directly connected to a printer via a cable, and has a function of directly transmitting a sensed digital image data, comprising:
- checking means for checking if a reception end message is received from a connected printer, after digital image data to be printed is transmitted while the cable is connected;
- and
- display means for, when said checking means receives the reception end message, displaying information indicating that the cable can be disconnected.
A printer which can be directly connected to a digital camera via a cable, and prints an image received from the digital camera, comprising:
- print control means for starting a print process upon detection of transmission of an image to be printed from the digital camera;
- and
- transmission means for, when reception of the image to be printed is complete during the print process of said print control means, transmitting predetermined information that allows to disconnect the cable to the digital camera.
A method of controlling a digital camera which can be directly connected to a printer via a cable, and has a function of directly transmitting a sensed digital image data, comprising:
- a checking step of checking if a reception end message is received from a connected printer, after digital image data to be printed is transmitted while the cable is connected;
- and
- a display step of displaying, when the reception end message is received in the checking step, information indicating that the cable can be disconnected.
A method of controlling a printer which can be directly connected to a digital camera via a cable, and prints an image received from the digital camera, comprising:
- a print control step of starting a print process upon detection of transmission of an image to be printed from the digital camera;
- and
- a transmission step of transmitting, when reception of the image to be printed is complete during the print process in the print control step, predetermined information that allows to disconnect the cable to the digital camera.
A digital camera having a function of directly transmitting a digital image to a printer, comprising:
- display means for displaying, before completion of a print process of a digital image transmitted from said digital camera to the printer, information indicating that said digital camera can be brought outside a communication area with the printer.
An image input apparatus having a function of directly transmitting a digital image to an image output device, comprising:
- display means for displaying, before completion of an image outputting process of a digital image transmitted from said image input apparatus to the image output device, information indicating that a cable can be disconnected from said image input apparatus or the image output device.
An image input apparatus having a function of directly transmitting a digital image to an image output device, comprising:
- display means for displaying, before completion of an image outputting process of a digital image transmitted from said image input apparatus to the image output device, information indicating that said image input apparatus is ready to photograph.
An image input apparatus having a function of directly transmitting a digital image to an image output device, comprising:
- display means for displaying, before completion of an image outputting process of a digital image transmitted from said image input apparatus to the image output device, information indicating that said image input apparatus can be brought outside a communication area with the image output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.