Image capturing and recording system utilizing wireless communication and image transmission-reception method thereof

An image recording apparatus, comprising:

• a communication part that wirelessly communicates with an image capturing apparatus and receives at least one image from the image capturing apparatus;
• at least one of a printer and a recording part that records the at least one image received from the image capturing apparatus;
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• a power supply part that makes the communication part on standby for receiving, from the image capturing apparatus, a first command signal to turn on a power supply to the at least one of the printer and the recording part, and that turns on the power supply in response to the first command signal from the image capturing apparatus and then turns off the power supply and makes the communication part on the standby upon at least one of receipt of a second command signal to turn off the power supply from the image capturing apparatus and passage of a predetermined period after completion of reception of the at least one image from the image capturing apparatus.

An image capturing and recording system comprising an image capturing apparatus and an image recording apparatus, wherein:

• the image capturing apparatus comprises:
• an imaging part;
• a first recording part that records a predetermined amount of data of images captured by the imaging part;
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• a first communication part that wirelessly communicates with the image recording apparatus and that transmits a first command signal to the image recording apparatus to turn on a power supply to at least one of a printer and a second recording part of the image recording apparatus when a residual capacity of the first recording part becomes less than a predetermined threshold and then transmits at least one of the images recorded in the first recording part to the image recording apparatus;
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• the image recording apparatus comprises:
• a second communication part that wirelessly communicates with the image capturing apparatus and receives the at least one of the images transmitted from the image capturing apparatus;
• the at least one of the printer and the second recording part having a capacity larger than the first recording part, the at least one of the printer and the second recording part recording the at least one of the images received from the image capturing apparatus;
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• a power supply part that makes the communication part on standby for receiving the first command signal from the image capturing apparatus, and that turns on the power supply in response to the first command signal from the image capturing apparatus and then turns off the power supply and makes the communication part on the standby for receiving the first command signal upon at least one of receipt of a second command signal to turn off the power supply from the image capturing apparatus and passage of a predetermined period after completion of reception of the at least one of the images from the image capturing apparatus.

An image transmission-reception method for transmitting and receiving an image between an image capturing apparatus and an image recording apparatus, wherein:

• the image capturing apparatus transmits a first command signal to the image recording apparatus to turn on a power supply of the image recording apparatus when an amount of data of images recorded in a first recording part of the image capturing apparatus reaches a predetermined amount, and then transmits at least one of the images recorded in the first recording part to the image recording apparatus;
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• the image recording apparatus turns on the power supply in response to the first command signal from the image capturing apparatus to get activated from being on standby for receiving the first command signal from the image capturing apparatus, and then receives the at least one of the images transmitted from the image capturing apparatus and records the at least one of the images received from the image capturing apparatus on at least one of printing paper and a second recording part having a capacity larger than the first recording part, wherein:
• the image capturing apparatus transmits a second command signal to the image recording apparatus to turn off the power supply of the image recording apparatus when transmission of the at least one of the images recorded in the first recording part to the image recording apparatus is completed;
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• the image recording apparatus turns off the power supply and becomes on the standby upon receipt of the second command signal to turn off the power supply from the image capturing apparatus.