Patent ID: 6188431
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An electronic camera comprising:an image sensor device configured to photograph a subject electronically and to produce image data including the photographed subject;a memory configured to store the image data produced by said image-sensor device in a digital form;a display configured to display the image data stored in said memory;a communication device adapted to establish communication with another electronic camera;a shutter key configured to trigger said image sensor to produce the image data, and to specify communication with said another electronic camera;a selection key configured to select image data to be transmitted to said another electronic camera from among the image data stored in said memory;a delete key for instructing a delete operation of image data stored in a memory of said another electronic camera; anda controller configured to execute control operations when: (a) communication is established between said electronic camera and said another electronic camera via said communication device, and (b) said shutter key has been activated, wherein said control operations include: (i) transmitting specific information for setting said another electronic camera to a reception mode, (ii) transmitting, in response to an activation of the selection key, the selected image data to said another electronic camera, and (iii) deleting, in response to an activation of the delete key, the image data stored in the memory of said another electronic camera.