Patent ID: 6449495
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An imaging device comprising:a connector adapted to be connected to a radio telephone line; a detecting means for automatically detecting a type of a radio telephone line connected to the connector; a first converting means for converting image data of a picked up or recorded scene to communication data; a storage means, in which error correcting programs are stored, wherein each of the error correcting programs is associated with a type of a radio telephone line; a selecting means for selecting, based on a detected type of a radio telephone line, one of the error correcting programs associated with the type of radio telephone line detected; a second converting means for converting, at a time of image data transmission, the communication data obtained by conversion in the first converting means to radio telephone line data corresponding to the detected type of radio telephone line based on the detected type of radio telephone line and the selected one of the error correcting programs, and converting, at a time of image data reception, received radio telephone line data corresponding to the type of radio telephone line detected, to communication data recognizable by the imaging system based on the detected radio telephone line type and the selected one of the error correcting programs; and a camera body, wherein the camera body is provided with the connector, the detecting means, the storing means, the selecting means, the first converting means and second converting means.