Patent ID: 6661529
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image date outputting method comprising:adding a photographing time counted by a timer provided in a photographing unit to image data photographed by a user using the photographing unit; transmitting the image data with the added photographing time to a center unit via a communication line using a communication function of the photographing unit; receiving, at the center unit, the image data with the added photographing time and transmitted via the communication line; storing the received image data and the added photographing time data in a memory of the center unit; automatically editing, at the center unit, the image data based on the time at which the image data was photographed; outputting the data stored in the memory to a terminal unit provided at the user's home so as to enable the user to edit the image data using the terminal unit, said terminal unit being connected to the center unit via a communication network; storing the edited image data in the memory of the center unit as album data; and outputting the album data stored in the memory to the terminal unit to be displayed in an album form.