System for coding a recorded image, and method therefor
AssigneeMaxifoto International B.V.
InventorPeter Cornelis Meininger
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for making, viewing and/or ordering a photographic image, comprising the following steps of:—making a recorded image with a digital camera;—wirelessly sending the image, immediately after it has been made, to a processing unit for processing of the digital data from the digital camera; and—wirelessly sending a code to a printing unit during processing of the digital data, which printing unit is disposed close to or at a predetermined distance from a digital camera, wherein the person of whom an image is made receives a receipt with a code with which he/she can view and/or order the recorded image.
Claims10
Method for making, viewing and, optionally ordering one or more photographic images, comprising the following steps of:
- making a recorded image with a mobile digital camera;
- wirelessly sending the image, immediately after it has been made, to a processing unit for processing of the digital data from the digital camera;
- and
- exchanging a code between the processing unit and an issue location to a printing unit during processing of the digital data, which issue location is close to or at a predetermined distance from the digital camera, wherein a person of whom an image is made receives a receipt with the code with which he/she can view and, optionally order the recorded image.
A system for coding a recorded image, comprising:
- a camera for making the recorded image;
- a transmitter/receiver for sending the recorded image;
- a central processing unit for receiving and processing the recorded image and for assigning thereto a code for identification of the image;
- and
- a code printer for printing on a receipt the code generated by the processing unit.
A method for obtaining one or more photographic images for use by a person at a ski resort, the method comprising the steps of:
- making a recorded image with a digital camera;
- sending the image via a cable, immediately after it has been made, to a processing unit for processing of the digital data from the digital camera;
- and
- exchanging a code between the processing unit and an issue location to a printing unit during processing of the digital data, which issue location is close to or at a predetermined distance from the digital camera, wherein the person of whom an image is made receives a receipt with this code with which he/she can view and/or order the recorded image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.