Patent ID: 8427676

Claim:
An image transmitting device for transmitting an image from an image source device to an image output device, the image source device comprising a first USB interface and complying with PictBridge protocol, the image output device comprising a wireless receiver, the image transmitting device comprising: a second USB interface connected to the first USB interface by a cable; an image receiver, electrically connected to the second USB interface, for receiving the image from the image source device by PictBridge protocol via the first and second USB interfaces; a first memory for storing the image received by the image receiver; a wireless transmitter for communicating with the wireless receiver and for transmitting the image from the first memory to the image output device via the wireless receiver; a processor, electrically connected to the image receiver, the memory, and the wireless transmitter, for controlling operations of the image receiver, the memory, and the wireless transmitter; and a switch, electrically connected to the second USB interface and the processor, for switching on or off power voltage of the second USB interface such that the image source device enables or disables PictBridge communication between the image transmitting device and the image source device after sensing the second USB interface is powered on or off and for driving the processor to switch on or off the image receiver; wherein the power voltage of the second USB interface is switched off for the image source device sensing the second USB interface is powered off to disable PictBridge communication between the image transmitting device and the image source device automatically after the transmitting device receives the wanted image from the image source device, such that the image source device is capable of capturing images while the first USB interface of the image source device is still connected to the second USB interface of the image transmitting device by the cable.