Patent ID: 8139119
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera for infrared image transfer comprising: an image pickup portion having a lens unit; a shutter button; a recording unit; a display portion having a display unit for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup portion; an infrared ray data transmitter being configured to transmit an image picked up by said image pickup portion to another apparatus through a transparent window formed on said camera that is arranged on a side which is different from a side where said display unit is arranged; and wherein when an image of an object observed by the lens unit is displayed on the image display unit, activation of the shutter button (a) records a still image of the object in the recording unit and (b) displays the still image on the display unit; and wherein when the still image is displayed on the image display unit a user can select the displayed still image for transmission by said infrared ray data transmitter to said another apparatus, and wherein said infrared ray data transmitter is also configured to receive a captured image from an infrared ray data transmitter of an image pickup apparatus via the window.