Digital still camera
US6392697B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/33357
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital still camera capable of telecommunication includes a converting device which converts an optical image into a digital electronic signal indicative of a still image, a memory which stores at least one specific telephone number, a modifying unit which modifies the digital electronic signal indicative of the still image into an electronic signal containing a still image signal generated in accordance with a wireless telephone system, a reducing device which reduces a number of pixels of the still image converted by the converting device to form a still image of fewer pixels contained in the electronic signal, a transmitter which transmits the electronic signal containing the still image signal modified by the modifying unit, and a controller which inhibits the reducing device when the telephone number designating the remote device coincides with the specific telephone number, whereby the reducing device forms a still image signal contained in the electronic signal without reducing the number of pixels of the still image converted by the converting device.
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