Patent ID: 7340766

Claim:
A control system for a digital camera, comprising: a digital camera including a photographing device configured to photograph an object to obtain image data, a display unit configured to display said image data, an image processor configured to respectively record/reproduce the image data to/from a recording medium, and compress/decompress said image data, a communication device configured to be connected to a network, and a controller configured to control said photographing device, said display unit, said image processor and said communication device; and a computing apparatus having a WWW browser function, said computing apparatus configured to be connected to said digital camera through said network, wherein a WWW server function is provided on said digital camera and configured to perform a communication between said digital camera and said computing apparatus through said communication device, wherein said controller is configured to enable, according to directions for operation from at least one of an operating unit provided on said digital camera and the WWW browser function of said computing apparatus, operation of photographic, recording, reproducing and communication functions of said digital camera simultaneously from both of a digital camera side comprising said digital camera and a computing apparatus side comprising said computing apparatus, whereby an operator of said computing apparatus is able to operate said digital camera even when an operator of said digital camera is using said digital camera and vice versa, and wherein, while either a setting mode operation by the operating unit of said digital camera side or a setting mode operation by said WWW browser function of the computing apparatus side is being executed, said controller is configured to carry out a control of an exclusive process adapted to prohibit the operation by the other side.