Image communication system and an apparatus for and a method of processing an image
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorMikio Watanabe
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Abstract
A communication system includes a portable phone and a digital still camera. The user selects an image for transmission, and data indicating a frame number of the selected image is sent from the portable phone to the digital still camera. The portable phone sends a re-size instruction to the digital still camera. The digital still camera re-sizes the image data to reduce a data quantity thereof. The re-sized image data is sent from the digital still camera to the portable phone. The image data is sent from the portable phone via a network to a partner communication system. The image data has a reduced data quantity through the re-sizing and hence can be completely transmitted thereto in a relatively short period of time.
Claims7
An image communication system in which an image processing apparatus and a first portable phone can communicate data with each other and the first portable phone can communicate with a second portable phone via a telephone line and the first portable phone sends an image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- the image processing apparatus includes:
- an instruction receiving device for receiving the image data reduction instruction sent from the first portable phone;
- a data quantity reducing device for reducing a data quantity of image data according to the image data reduction instruction received by the instruction receiving device;
- and
- a first image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the first portable phone, the image data of which the data quantity is reduced by the data quantity reducing device and
- the first portable phone includes:
- an image data receiving device for receiving the image data sent from the first image data transmitting device of the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a second image data transmitting device for transmitting via the telephone line the image data received by the image data receiving device, wherein:
- the first portable phone further includes
- a reduction ratio receiving device for receiving data representing a reduction ratio sent from the second portable phone via the telephone line, and
- a reduction ratio transmitting device for transmitting, to the image processing apparatus, the reduction ratio data received by the reduction ratio receiving device;
- the image processing apparatus further includes a reduction ratio data receiving device for receiving the reduction ratio data transmitted from the reduction ratio transmitting device of the first portable phone;
- and
- the data quantity reducing device reduces image data according to a reduction ratio associated with the reduction ratio data received by the reduction ratio data receiving device.
An image communication system in which an image processing apparatus and a first portable phone can communicate data with each other and the first portable phone can communicate with a second portable phone via a telephone line and the first portable phone sends an image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- the image processing apparatus includes:
- an instruction receiving device for receiving the image data reduction instruction sent from the first portable phone;
- a data quantity reducing device for reducing a data quantity of image data according to the image data reduction instruction received by the instruction receiving device;
- and
- a first image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the first portable phone, the image data of which the data quantity is reduced by the data quantity reducing device and
- the first portable phone includes:
- an image data receiving device for receiving the image data sent from the first image data transmitting device of the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a second image data transmitting device for transmitting via the telephone line the image data received by the image data receiving device, wherein
- at least one of the first portable phone and the image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a data communication speed on the telephone line, and
- the data quantity reducing device of the image processing apparatus increases a quantity of data reduction when a slower communication speed is detected by the detecting means.
An image communication system in which an image processing apparatus and a first portable phone can communicate data with each other and the first portable phone can communicate with a second portable phone via a telephone line and the first portable phone sends an image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- the image processing apparatus includes:
- an instruction receiving device for receiving the image data reduction instruction sent from the first portable phone;
- a data quantity reducing device for reducing a data quantity of image data according to the image data reduction instruction received by the instruction receiving device;
- and
- a first image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the first portable phone, the image data of which the data quantity is reduced by the data quantity reducing device and
- the first portable phone includes:
- an image data receiving device for receiving the image data sent from the first image data transmitting device of the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a second image data transmitting device for transmitting via the telephone line the image data received by the image data receiving device, wherein
- the first portable phone further includes a mode notifying device for notifying modes available in the first portable phone, the modes including an image data transmission mode, and
- the first portable phone transmits, when the image data transmission mode is selected from the modes notified by the mode notifying device, the image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus.
An image communication system in which an image processing apparatus and a first portable phone can communicate data with each other and the first portable phone can communicate with a second portable phone via a telephone line and the first portable phone sends an image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- the image processing apparatus includes:
- an instruction receiving device for receiving the image data reduction instruction sent from the first portable phone;
- a data quantity reducing device for reducing a data quantity of image data according to the image data reduction instruction received by the instruction receiving device;
- and
- a first image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the first portable phone, the image data of which the data quantity is reduced by the data quantity reducing device and
- the first portable phone includes:
- an image data receiving device for receiving the image data sent from the first image data transmitting device of the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a second image data transmitting device for transmitting via the telephone line the image data received by the image data receiving device, wherein
- the image processing apparatus further includes an image data recording device for compressing image data received and for recording the image data compressed on a recording medium;
- and
- the image data quantity reducing device reduces the data quantity of image data by compressing the image data according to a compression ratio higher than a compression ratio used to compress data in the recording of the data on the recording medium.
An image communication system in which an image processing apparatus and a first portable phone can communicate data with each other and the first portable phone can communicate with a second portable phone via a telephone line and the first portable phone sends an image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- the image processing apparatus includes:
- an instruction receiving device for receiving the image data reduction instruction sent from the first portable phone;
- a data quantity reducing device for reducing a data quantity of image data according to the image data reduction instruction received by the instruction receiving device;
- and
- a first image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the first portable phone, the image data of which the data quantity is reduced by the data quantity reducing device and
- the first portable phone includes:
- an image data receiving device for receiving the image data sent from the first image data transmitting device of the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a second image data transmitting device for transmitting via the telephone line the image data received by the image data receiving device, wherein
- the image processing apparatus further includes an image data recording device for compressing image data received and for recording the image data compressed on a recording medium;
- and
- the image data quantity reducing device compresses data in a method different from a data compression method employed in the recording of the image data on the recording medium.
An image communication system in which an image processing apparatus and a first portable phone can communicate data with each other and the first portable phone can communicate with a second portable phone via a telephone line and the first portable phone sends an image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- the image processing apparatus includes:
- an instruction receiving device for receiving the image data reduction instruction sent from the first portable phone;
- a data quantity reducing device for reducing a data quantity of image data according to the image data reduction instruction received by the instruction receiving device;
- and
- a first image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the first portable phone, the image data of which the data quantity is reduced by the data quantity reducing device and
- the first portable phone includes:
- an image data receiving device for receiving the image data sent from the first image data transmitting device of the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a second image data transmitting device for transmitting via the telephone line the image data received by the image data receiving device, wherein
- the image data of which the data quantity is to be reduced is associated with thumbnail data,
- the first image transmitting device of the image processing apparatus transmits the thumbnail image data when the data quantity of the image data after the reduction of image data by the data quantity reducing means is in the vicinity of a data quantity of the thumbnail image data.
An image communication system in which an image processing apparatus and a first portable phone can communicate data with each other and the first portable phone can communicate with a second portable phone via a telephone line and the first portable phone sends an image data reduction instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- the image processing apparatus includes:
- an instruction receiving device for receiving the image data reduction instruction sent from the first portable phone;
- a data quantity reducing device for reducing a data quantity of image data according to the image data reduction instruction received by the instruction receiving device;
- and
- a first image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the first portable phone, the image data of which the data quantity is reduced by the data quantity reducing device and
- the first portable phone includes:
- an image data receiving device for receiving the image data sent from the first image data transmitting device of the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a second image data transmitting device for transmitting via the telephone line the image data received by the image data receiving device, wherein
- the first portable phone further includes a device for transmitting a transmission instruction of image data for printout to the image processing apparatus,
- the image processing apparatus further includes:
- a device for receiving the print image data transmission instruction transmitted from the first portable phone;
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- control means for terminating the data quantity reduction processing by the image data quantity reducing device in response to reception of the print image data transmission instruction and for transmitting the image data before the data quantity reduction processing to the first portable phone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.