Patent ID: 6987527

Claim:
A waterproof digital electronic camera system comprising: a digital electronic camera having a digital electrical signal interface for downloading image information from the camera; a converter for converting signals upon the digital electrical signal interface of the camera to radio signals; and an enclosure hermetically sealing water and air tight both the digital electronic camera and the converter, the enclosure being transparent in at least an area of (i) a lens of the digital electronic camera so that pictures may be taken through the enclosure, and (ii) a radio signal output of the converter so that radio signals containing image information are communicable to regions exterior to the enclosure; wherein the converter comprises: an encoder-decoder for converting electrical signals received upon the digital interface of the electronic camera to further electrical signals that are suitably encoded so as to be converted to radio signals for further transmission; an antenna; and an electrical-to-radio signal converter for converting the encoded electrical signals to radio signals, and transmitting the radio signals through the antenna to regions exterior to the enclosure.