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US 6,229,565 B1Granted
Hand-held electronic camera with integral printer
OwnerHoward H. Bobryinventor
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Abstract
A camera and printer apparatus includes a hand-held housing; an electronic camera disposed in the housing for converting an optical image into an electronic image, and a color printer disposed in the housing for printing, based on said electronic image, the optical image on a medium outside the apparatus. In one embodiment, the printer is a color ink jet printer
Claims4
A camera and printer apparatus, comprising:
- a handheld housing;
- an electronic camera disposed in the housing for converting an optical image into an electronic image;
- and a printer disposed in the housing for printing, in response to said electronic image on a medium outside the apparatus, said housing being manually held stationary against a surface of the medium during a printing sequence;
- said printer comprising a print head that is stationary during a printing sequence;
- said print head having nozzles thereon for projecting ink and being adapted for printing on said medium by projecting ink out of said nozzles across a gap between said medium and said print head.
2 more elements
A camera and printer apparatus comprising:
- a hand-held housing;
- an electronic camera disposed in the housing for converting an optical image into an electronic image;
- a color printer disposed in the housing for printing in response to said electronic image on a medium outside the apparatus, said housing being held stationary during a printing sequence and said color printer comprising a print head that moves within said housing between said first and second positions during a printing sequence, said print head having nozzles thereon for projecting ink and being adapted for printing ink on said medium by projecting ink out of said nozzles across a gap between said medium and said print head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.