Patent ID: 7489339
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A print system formed of a digital camera and a printer, each including control means for controlling operations thereof, functionally connected one to another; wherein the digital camera has a configuration wherein data forming an image which is to be printed with the printer can be supplied to the printer, a secondary battery, which is a power source thereof, can be charged by receiving electric power supplied from the printer, wherein a state of each function including a state of the secondary battery can be displayed on a predetermined display unit, under control of the control means thereof; wherein the printer has a configuration wherein an image can be printed based upon the image data supplied from the digital camera, and electric power can be supplied to the digital camera so as to charge the secondary battery thereof, under control of the control means thereof; wherein the digital camera has a configuration wherein in the event that the digital camera and the printer are functionally connected one to another, a display is displayed on the predetermined display unit thereof for notifying the state of the secondary battery; and wherein a first display arrangement wherein an image which is to be printed, or which is a candidate to be printed, is displayed as a main display with a relatively large size, and a display for notifying the state of the secondary battery is displayed as a sub-display with a relatively small size, on the same screen on the predetermined display unit of the digital camera, and a second display arrangement wherein a display for notifying the state of the secondary battery is displayed as a main display with a relatively large size, and an image which is to be printed, or which is a candidate to be printed, is displayed as a sub-display with a relatively small size, on the same screen, are freely selected by the user, under control of the control means.