Patent ID: 6947181
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image transmitter which transmits image data, the image transmitter comprising: a display device which displays a multi-image composed of a plurality of thumbnail images; an image selecting device which selects a subset of images to be transmitted from a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of thumbnail images; a data amount determining device which determines an amount of data in the subset of images; a battery residual quantity determining device which determines a residual quantity of a battery powering the image transmitter; a transmittability determining device which determines whether or not it is possible to transmit all of image data of the subset of images according to the amount of data in the subset of images and the residual quantity of the battery; and a control device which transmits the subset of images if the transmittability determination device determines that it is possible to transmit all of image data, and which prohibits the image data from being transmitted if the transmittability determination device determines that it is impossible to transmit all of image data.