Patent ID: RE39674

Claim:
A camera system including a camera operated in accordance with predetermined programs and a peripheral for rewriting at least a part of the predetermined programs, said camera comprising: a plurality of camera operating means; program storage means, contents of which are rewritable, for storing at least one program; control means for controlling said plurality of camera operating means in accordance with the contents of the program storage means; data transmitting means for transmitting camera structure data to the peripheral; and rewriting means for, upon receipt of a program to be installed from the peripheral, rewriting the contents of the program storage means, and said peripheral comprising: determining means for, upon receipt of the camera structure data, determining whether rewriting of the contents of the program storage means is permitted; program transmitting means for transmitting a rewriting program to the rewriting means, when the determining means determines that the rewriting is permitted; and notifying means for notifying that the rewriting is not permitted, when the determining means determines that the rewriting is not permitted.