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.
Claims63
A digital camera, comprising:
- an image conversion device that converts a plurality of images into signals;
- a recording medium that stores image data corresponding to the signals;
- a display that displays at least one displayed image based on at least some of the stored image data;
- and
- an input device,
- wherein the at least one displayed image is selected to determine output image data when a user inputs a first command via the input device,
- wherein the input of the first command causes the display to automatically display an output specification screen after the first command is input, and
- wherein the user can select at least one predetermined output specification from the output specification screen via the input device.
A digital camera, comprising:
- an image conversion device that converts a plurality of images into signals;
- a recording medium that stores image data corresponding to the signals;
- a display that displays at least one displayed image based on at least some of the stored image data;
- and
- an input device having first and second buttons,
- wherein two or more of the at least one displayed image are sequentially displayed on the display when the first button is continuously depressed;
- wherein an output specification screen for a currently displayed one of the at least one displayed image is displayed on the display when the second button is depressed.
A method of outputting image data from a digital camera including a display and an input device, the method comprising:
- converting a plurality of images into signals;
- storing image data corresponding to the signals;
- displaying at least one displayed image on the display based on at least some of the stored image data;
- selecting the at least one displayed image to determine output image data when a first command is input via the input device;
- automatically displaying an output specification screen in response the first command;
- and
- selecting at least one predetermined output specification from the output specification screen via the input device.
A method of outputting image data from a digital camera including a display and an input device having first and second buttons, the method comprising:
- converting a plurality of images into signals;
- storing image data corresponding to the signals;
- displaying at least one displayed image on the display based on at least some of the stored image data;
- sequentially displaying two or more of the at least one displayed image on the display when the first button is continuously depressed;
- and
- displaying an output specification screen for a currently displayed one of the at least one displayed image on the display when the second button is depressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.