Image pick up device comprising at least a code
OwnerSjoerd Vrijburginventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image pick-up device (1), comprising: —a housing, —image storage means, which are arranged in the housing for storing image data, —a first code (12), which is associated with the image storage means for identification thereof, —a second code (13) for locating the image data in a database. The image pick-up device is preferably suitable for once-only use.
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A system for making available, via a wide area computer network, at least one image that is made by means of an image pick-up device having a housing, an image storing means arranged in the housing for storing image data, a first code which is associated with the image storage means for identification thereof, and a database locator code for locating the image data in a database, the system comprising:
- (a) at least one first computer that is connectable to said computer network for inputting the database locator code and viewing the image;
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- (b) at least one second computer that is connectable to said computer network having at least one database for storing the image and an image data transfer means for transferring the image data into the database;
- wherein the image is associated with the first code and the first code is the same as the database locator code or the second code is associated with the first code.
A single use image pick-up device, comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) an image storage means arranged in the housing for storing image data;
- (c) a database;
- (d) a first identification code for identifying the image storage means or a recorded image within the database, said first identification code being associated with the image storage means;
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- (e) a database locator code for locating the database on a wide area computer network.
A system for making available, via a wide area computer network, at least one image made by means of an image pick-up device, the system comprising:
- (a) an image pick-up device having
- (i) a housing;
- (ii) an image storage means arranged in the housing for storing image data;
- (iii) a database;
- (iv) a first identification code for identifying the image storage means or the image within the database, said first identification code being associated with the image storage means;
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- (v) a database locator code for locating the database on said computer network;
- (b) at least one first computer that is connectable to said computer network for inputting the database locator code and viewing the image;
- (c) at least one second computer that is connectable to said computer network having at least one database for storing the image and an image data transfer means for transferring image data into the database;
- wherein the image is associated with the first code and the first code is the same as the database locator code or the second code is associated with the first code.
A method for distributing at least one image, comprising the steps of:
- (a) recording image data in image storage means of an image pick-up device for once-only use, said image data being associated with a first identification code for identifying the image storage means or the image within a database, said first identification code being associated with the image storage means;
- (b) removing or taking over a database locator code from the housing of said image pick-up device;
- (c) transferring the image data via a wide area computer network from the image storage means to a database together with the first identification code with which the image data are associated;
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- (d) making a connection to the database using a computer and the wide area computer network and retrieving the image data on the basis of the database locator code;
- wherein the image is associated with the first code and the first code is the same as the second code or the database locator code is associated with the first code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.