Patent ID: 7292267

Claim:
A digital camera system comprising a digital camera connectable by a single cable interface to a host computer and software for processing images from said digital camera on said host computer; the computer being configurable under control of the software into a still processing mode that produces a digital still output image from a single still mode image, having columns and rows of pixels, provided by the digital camera; the computer being further configurable under control of the software into a motion processing mode that produces a series of digital motion output images derived from a series of motion mode images provided by the digital camera, one or more of the motion mode images each having fewer rows and fewer columns of pixels than the still mode image, wherein the still processing mode includes edge enhancement processing, and the motion processing mode does not include edge enhancement processing; the computer being further configurable under control of the software to provide a user interface to allow a user to select at least one of the still processing mode and the motion processing mode; wherein both the still mode image and the series of motion mode images are transferable from the digital camera to the computer using the single cable interface; and wherein the computer communicates the selected mode to the digital camera using the single cable interface.