Patent · US Expired

IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM CONNECTING THEM, AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHING CAMERA, IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE ORDER SHEET FOR EACH OBJECT AND METHOD OF ORDERING IMAGES FOR EACH OBJECT

US6628899B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 2000
Grant dateSep 30, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0084
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The image photographing, processing and providing systems as well as the photographing camera utilize a system which has a second communication device for transmitting photographing information of an object when at lease the object is photographed, a photographing device, a first communication device operated in association with the photographing device for receiving the photographing information transmitted from the second communication device and a storing unit for storing the photographing information received by the first communication device and the image data of the images of the photographed object which are related to each other. The image editing apparatus, the image order sheet and image ordering method for each object utilize the photographed result by the image photographing system and the photographing camera. These systems and the camera can effectively function even if many are installed in a wide site such as a theme park by the application of the transmitting/receiving function. The camera, the apparatus, the order sheet and the ordering method can simply and surely create albums and select photographs for ordering.

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