Patent · US Expired

Image processing apparatus

US7508420B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Filing dateJan 27, 2004
Grant dateMar 24, 2009
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3252
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When an external communication device (14) is connected to an image processing apparatus, the external communication device (14) transfers identification information to the image processing apparatus through a communication driver (10). A central processing portion (8) transmits information of the image processing apparatus through the communication driver (10) when a communication with the connected communication device (14) is possible. This information of the image processing apparatus is information which can be processed by the communication device, and includes a program which can be executed by the communication device (14). As a result of executing the program of the information of the image processing apparatus, functions of photographing and playback and the like of the image processing apparatus can be selected and instructed from the communication device (14).

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