US 7,246,179 B2Granted

System and method for controlling mass storage class digital imaging devices

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsFranc J. Camara, Po Yuan, Vladimir Sadovsky

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Abstract

A method is provided for controlling a Mass Storage Class Digital Imaging Device using a SCSI pass through protocol. The protocol is based on industry standard SCSI protocol with modifications and extensions to allow transparent communication over a medium and is referred to as SCSI Pass Through (SPT). This protocol defines a set of commands that are initiated in a computer. The commands also include and extend industry standard Picture Transfer Protocol and are targeted for application and execution in a Mass Storage Class Digital Imaging Device. The invention includes the definition of data buffers in the form of data structures that can be used for packaging, passing, and receiving information related to the digital imaging device. The protocol is applicable to communication mediums that can be utilized in connecting any digital storage device to a computing device.

Claims17

Dependent claims

One or more computer readable storage media having instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for communicating between an application program and a USB mass storage imaging device, the method comprising:

providing a PTP control command;
packaging the PTP control command in a data structure, the data structure including a data field containing data representing a firmware version;
a plurality of data fields containing data representing vendor extension information,
a data field containing data representing a functional mode of the device,
a data field containing data representing supported operations by the device,
a data field containing data representing supported events relating to communication,
a data field containing data representing supported device properties,
a data field containing data representing information capture formats,
a data field containing data representing supported image formats,
a data field containing data representing the manufacturer of said device,
a data field containing data representing the model of said device,
a data field containing data representing the version of said device, and
a data field containing data representing the serial number of said device;
and
transimtting the packaged PTP control cammand in a SCSI transport protocol between the application program and the USB mass storage imaging device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/312,313Filed 20 Dec 2005 · continuation
Priority: 17 Oct 2000
Published: US 2006/0112193 A125 May 2006
Granted: 17 Jul 2007
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04N 1/00973
Input arrangements for operating instructions or parameters, e.g. updating internal software: from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the…
H04N 1/00204
Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture…:…
H04N 2201/0034
Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus: details of the connection, e.g. connector, interface
H04N
Pictorial communication

Family

Application60/240,772Us provisional application · filed 17 Oct 2000
Application09/949,166Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Sep 2001
US 2006/0112193 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 May 2006
US 7,039,727 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2002/0178304 A1Published application
US 7,246,179 B2This patent

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