Patent ID: 6658202
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
For use in transferring image data between a removable flash memory module and a user's computer, a portable, hand-held, digital camera picture image data transfer and repository device embodied in a housing connectable to both a removable flash memory module and a user's notebook or desktop computer and which is of a size which can be held in a user's palm, said repository device comprising:a housing of a size to be held in the palm of a user's hand and including a memory input port sized to receive a digital camera flash memory module and including an output port for coupling said portable repository device to a user's computer; a hard disk drive operatively coupled to receive and store picture image data from a digital camera flash memory module inserted into said memory input port and for storing said image data, said hard disk drive being accessible for downloading said image data from said portable repository device to a user's computer; data transfer circuitry for controlling the transfer of data stored in said digital camera flash memory module inserted into said memory input port to said hard disk drive, an LCD display device for displaying data indicative of the picture image data of the flash memory module, and an output interface, coupled to said hard disk drive, for use in transferring image data stored in said hard disk drive to said user's computer, said output interface being compatible with an interface of said user's computer.