Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capturing digital images to be transferred to an e-mail address
- Patent Title (中): 捕获数字图像以转移到电子邮件地址
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Application No.: US09821152Application Date: 2001-03-29
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Publication No.: US07034871B2Publication Date: 2006-04-25
- Inventor: Kenneth A. Parulski , Joseph Ward , Michael C. Hopwood
- Applicant: Kenneth A. Parulski , Joseph Ward , Michael C. Hopwood
- Applicant Address: US NY Rochester
- Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Rochester
- Agent Pamela R. Crocker
- Main IPC: H04N5/76
- IPC: H04N5/76

Abstract:
An electronic still camera for capturing images to be transferred to at least one e-mail address is disclosed. The electronic still camera includes an image sensor for capturing a plurality of images of scenes and for producing image signals representative of the corresponding scenes; an analog-to-digital converter for digitizing the image signals to produce digital images; and a removable memory card for storing a plurality of digital image files corresponding to the digital images. The electronic still camera also includes an internal memory for storing at least one digital image to be displayed and a plurality of e-mail addresses; a processor for controlling the transfer of the digital images from the removable memory card to the internal memory and for producing a utilization file; and a display coupled to the internal memory for displaying at least one digital image. The electronic still camera further includes a user interface for selecting at least one e-mail address and for scrolling through the plurality of digital images stored on the removable memory card in order to display and select particular digital images to be transferred to the selected at least one e-mail address, wherein the utilization file includes the at least one selected e-mail address and the name of at least one digital image file to be transferred to the at least one selected e-mail address and the processor stores the utilization file on the removable memory card separate from the digital image files.
Public/Granted literature
- US20010019359A1 Capturing digital images to be transferred to an e-mail address Public/Granted day:2001-09-06
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