Patent ID: 8237953
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A control method for a digital camera connectable to a wireless network, comprising the following steps: a storing step of preliminarily storing printer identification information in correlation with a thumbnail image created from an image photographed by a digital camera; a wired communication step of transmitting the printer identification information to a printer and the thumbnail image stored in the storing step; a wireless communication step of communicating with a printer in a wireless network; a searching step of searching whether there is a printer which the camera can communicate with in a vicinity when the camera is connected to the wireless network and receiving the thumbnail image and the printer identification information from the printer by the wireless communication; a display step of displaying on a selection screen display unit a list of searched printers by using the thumbnail image and the printer identification information received in the receiving step; and a selecting step of selecting a printer to start communication with the selected printer as a communication partner.