Digital camera and printing system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorRyuichi Shiohara
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Abstract
With a digital camera 100, a photographed image 31 is displayed on a liquid crystal display and the user selects a desired image and specifies print specifications of the number of print sheets, a print paper size, a print color mode, etc., then print image data is prepared. The prepared print image, data is transmitted from the digital camera 100 to a color printer of an output unit. An image is printed at the color printer in accordance with the print image data.
Claims42
A digital camera for executing photoelectric conversion of image pickup light and then recording the conversion result as image data, said digital camera comprising:
- a display section for displaying an image;
- a recording medium for recording the image data;
- image data selection means for selecting desired image data out of said recording medium;
- and
- output method specification means for outputting the selected image data to an external system under predetermined output specifications,
- wherein the output method specification means is contained in the digital camera, and
- wherein the predetermined output specifications are selectable by a user and comprise at least a number of copies.
A digital camera, comprising:
- a photoelectric conversion device that converts at least one image into electrical signals;
- a recording medium that stores said image data corresponding to at least said electrical signals;
- a image selector that selects selected image data from said image data stored in said recording medium;
- an output section that outputs said selected image data from said digital camera to an external system in accordance with selected output specifications,
- wherein said selected output specifications are selected by a user and constitute a portion of available output specifications,
- wherein the output section is contained in the digital camera, and
- wherein the available output specifications comprise at least a number of copies.
A digital camera for executing image conversion of image pickup light and then recording the conversion result as image data, said digital camera comprising:
- a display that displays an image;
- a recording medium that records the image data;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller selects desired image data out of said recording medium and outputs the selected image data to an external system under predetermined output specifications,
- wherein the controller is contained in the digital camera, and
- wherein the predetermined output specifications are selectable by a user and comprise at least a number of copies.
A digital camera for executing image conversion of image pickup light and then recording the conversion result as image data and thumbnail image data of the image data, said digital camera comprising:
- a display;
- a recording medium that records the image data and the thumbnail image data;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller reads the thumbnail image data from said recording medium and that displays corresponding thumbnail images on said display,
- wherein the controller selects one of the displayed thumbnail images, thereby selecting image data corresponding to the selected thumbnail image data,
- wherein the controller outputs the selected image data to an external system under predetermined output specifications,
- wherein the controller is contained in the digital camera,
- wherein the predetermined output specifications are selectable by a user and comprise at least one of a number of copies, an output size, and a color mode, and
- wherein the predetermined output specifications comprise at least the number of copies.
A digital camera for executing image conversion of image pickup light and then recording the conversion result as image data and thumbnail image data of the image data, said digital camera comprising:
- a display;
- a recording medium for recording the image data and the thumbnail image data;
- and
- a controller that reads the thumbnail image data from said recording medium and displays corresponding thumbnail images on said display,
- wherein the controller selects one of the displayed thumbnail images, thereby selecting image data corresponding to the selected thumbnail image,
- wherein the controller outputs the selected image data to an external system under predetermined output specifications,
- wherein the controller is contained in the digital camera,
- wherein said controller enlarges and displays the selected thumbnail image,
- wherein the predetermined output specifications comprise at least one of a number of copies, a color mode, and an output size, and
- wherein the predetermined specifications comprise at least the number of copies.
A method performed by a digital camera in which image conversion of image pickup light is executed and then the conversion result is recorded as image data, said method comprising:
- recording corresponding image data;
- displaying an image corresponding to the recorded image data;
- selecting image data corresponding to the image that has been display;
- outputting the selected image data to an external system under predetermined output specifications,
- wherein the predetermined output specifications are selectable by a user and comprise at least a number of copies.
A method performed by a digital camera in which image conversion of image pickup light is executed and the conversion result is recorded as image data and thumbnail image data of the image data, said method comprising:
- recording the image data and the thumbnail image data;
- reading the recorded thumbnail image data;
- displaying thumbnail images corresponding to the read thumbnail image data;
- selecting one of the displayed thumbnail images, thereby selecting image data corresponding to the selected thumbnail image data;
- and
- outputting the selected image data to an external system under predetermined output specifications,
- wherein the predetermined output specifications are selectable by a user and comprise at least one of a number of copies, an output size, and a color mode, and
- wherein the predetermined output specifications comprise at least the number of copies.
A method performed by a digital camera in which image conversion of image pickup light is executed and the conversion result is recorded as image data and thumbnail image data of the image data, said method comprising:
- recording the image data and the thumbnail image data;
- reading the recorded thumbnail image data;
- displaying thumbnail images corresponding to the read thumbnail image data;
- selecting one of the displayed thumbnail images, thereby selecting image data corresponding to the selected thumbnail image;
- outputting the selected image data to an external system under predetermined output specifications;
- and
- enlarging and displaying the selected thumbnail image, wherein the predetermined output specifications comprise at least one of a number of copies, a color mode, and an output size, and
- wherein the predetermined specifications comprise at least the number of copies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.