Image pick-up printing apparatus

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having a printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• and
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• a connecting section adapted to electrically connect with the printing section,
• wherein the electronic camera section comprises a first memory to store the image signals and the printing section comprises a second memory to store the image signals received from the electronic camera section and conducts printing based on the image signals, and
• wherein the printing section comprises an engageable section to be engaged with the engaging section of the electronic camera section and a connectable section to be electrically connected with the connecting section, and
• wherein the printing section further comprises comparing means for comparing a memory capacity of the second memory with a memory amount for the image signals converted by the electronic camera section and a controller to control the electronic camera section such that when the memory capacity of the second memory is smaller than the memory amount for the image signals, the electronic camera section sends image signals to the printing section preferentially from an index image indicating screen on which plural index images reduced in image size are indicated.

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having a printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• and
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• a connecting section adapted to electrically connect with the printing section,
• wherein the electronic camera section comprises transmitting means for transmitting image size information of the image before transmitting the image signals, and the printing section comprises an engageable section to be engaged with the engaging section of the electronic camera section and a connectable section to be electrically connected with the connecting section.

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having a printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• and
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• a connecting section adapted to electrically connect with the printing section, wherein the electronic camera section comprises a first memory to store the image signals and the printing section comprises a second memory to store the image signals received from the electronic camera section, and wherein the image signals are selectively stored in either the first memory or the second memory, and
• further comprising comparing/selecting means for comparing a remaining memory capacity of the first memory with that of the second memory, for selecting one having the larger remaining memory capacity, and storing the image signals in the selected one.

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having a printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• and
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• a connecting section adapted to electrically connect with the printing section,
• wherein the printing section comprises an engageable section to be engaged with the engaging section of the electronic camera section and a connectable section to be electrically connected with the connecting section of the electronic camera section, and the electronic camera section comprises a detachable power source and a lid through which the detachable power source is incorporated in the electronic camera section, and wherein the lid is provided on a surface of an engaging side of the electronic camera section at which the electronic camera section and the printing section are engaged.

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having a printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• and
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• a connecting section adapted to electrically connect with the printing section,
• wherein the electronic camera section comprises a case and the printing section comprises an engageable section to be engaged with the engaging section of the electronic camera section and a connectable section to be electrically connected with the connecting section of the electronic camera section, and wherein the engaging section is provided so as to be shiftable in one direction relatively to the cases
• wherein the engaging section is movable two-dimensionally on a surface of an engaging side of the case and further rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the surface of the engaging side.

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• first communicating means provided on a surface of an engaging side of the electronic camera section and for transmitting information to or receiving information from the printing section by wireless;
• and
• the printing section having
• an engageable section to be engaged with the engaging section of the electronic camera section, and
• second communicating means provided on a surface of an engaging side of the printing section and for transmitting information to or receiving information from the electronic camera section by wireless,
• wherein the electronic camera section receives an electric power through a wire from the printing section.

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having a printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• and
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• a connecting section adapted to electrically connect with the printing section,
• wherein the electronic camera section comprises a processor to process the image signals converted by the image capturing means and a second connecting section to electrically connect with an external device and the printing section comprises an engageable section to be engaged with the engaging section of the electronic camera section and a connectable section to be electrically connected with the connecting section of the electronic camera section, and wherein the electronic camera section comprises detecting means for detecting which one of the external device and the printing section is connected and the electronic camera section changes a content of the processing by the processor in accordance with a detection result of the detecting means.

An image capturing and printing apparatus, comprising:

• an electronic camera section having image capturing means for photographing a object image to be photographed so as to convert the photographed object image into image signals;
• a printing section structured so as to be detachably attached to the electronic camera section and having a printer for conducting printing based on the image signals received from the electronic camera section;
• and
• the electronic camera section having
• an engaging section adapted to mechanically engages with the printing section, and
• a connecting section adapted to electrically connect with the printing section,
• wherein the printing section comprises a device controller to control the electronic camera section and an external device different from the electronic camera section, an engageable section to be engaged with the engaging section of the electronic camera section, a first connectable section to be electrically connected with the connecting section of the electronic camera section, and a second connectable section to be electrically connected with the external device, and wherein the printing section comprises detecting means for detecting which one of the electronic camera section and the external device is connected and the printing section changes a content of the processing by the device controller in accordance with a detection result of the detecting means.