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Appliance and method for communicating and viewing multiple captured images

US6611291B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 1998
Grant dateAug 26, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/107
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An appliance is provided for capturing and communicating images to other devices with communication capabilities. An embodiment of the capturing and viewing appliance comprises a photoelement array for acquiring at least a first image data and a second image data, a memory for saving said image data, a processor in communication with the memory, a display in communication with the processor for exhibiting one of the image data, and program code stored in the memory and executed by the processor for viewing one of the image data, the program code comprising a page view software module for viewing the image data on the display of the appliance, and for displaying an animated sequence on the display after ending display of the first image data and before displaying the second image data, wherein the animated sequence is the first image data sliding off the display.

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