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US 6,445,461 B1Granted
Image processing system, digital camera, and printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIsamu Ozawa, Kuniaki Ohtsuka
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Abstract
In order to print an image sensed by a digital camera using a printing apparatus for forming an image on a print medium, image data corresponding to the sensed image is converted into print data, and the converted data is transmitted to the printing apparatus, thereby providing an image processing system which can print an image sensed by the digital camera using the printing apparatus without the intervention of any computer, and a digital camera and printing apparatus suitable for the image processing system.
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A camera comprising:
- an image sensor adapted to convert an optical image into electric image signals;
- a communication unit adapted to directly communicate with a printer;
- a converter, after receiving characteristic information of a print medium used in the printer via said communication unit, adapted to convert said electric image signals from said image sensor into image data suitable for the printer on the basis of the characteristic information;
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- a controller adapted to directly transmit the image data converted by said converter to the printer to cause the printer to print the image data.
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A camera comprising:
- an image sensor adapted to convert an optical image into electric image signals;
- a communication unit adapted to directly communicate with a printer;
- an acquisition unit adapted to acquire software for printing via said communication unit;
- a converter, after acquiring the software for printing via said communication unit, adapted to convert said electric image signals from said image sensor into image data suitable for the printer using the software;
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- a controller adapted to directly transmit the image data converted by said converter to the printer to cause the printer to print the image data.
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A printer comprising:
- a communication unit adapted to communicate with a camera;
- a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not predetermined additional data for printing is added to image data received from the camera via said communication unit;
- a print unit adapted to print the image data with predetermined data of the printer when said determination unit determines that the predetermined additional data for printing is not added to the image data;
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- an acquisition unit adapted to acquire software for printing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.