Digital image storage system and digital camera system
View Patent ↗A digital image storage system includes a digital camera having a first terminal for data communication in accordance with a data communication interface standard and an adapter for the digital camera for communicating with the digital camera. The adapter has a second terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal. The digital image storage system further includes a data storage having a third terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal. The data storage is capable of communicating with the digital camera by way of the adapter through a connection between the third and the second terminals and also capable of directly communicating with the digital camera through a connection between the third and the first terminals.
1. A digital image storage system comprising:
a digital camera having a first terminal for data communication in accordance with a data communication interface standard;
an adapter for the digital camera for communicating with the digital camera, the adapter having a second terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal; and
a data storage having a third terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal,
wherein the data storage is capable of communicating with the digital camera by way of the adapter through a connection between the third and the second terminals and also capable of direct communicating with the digital camera through a connection between the third and the first terminals.
2. The digital image storage system according to claim 1 , further comprising a cable for data communication in accordance with the data communication interface standard, wherein the cable connects the third terminal to the second terminal in the case of the data communication by way of the adapter, and to the first terminal in the case of the direct data communication.
3. The digital image storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the data communication interface standard is a serial data communication interface.
4. The digital image storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the data communication interface standard is IEEE 1394.
5. The digital image storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the digital camera includes a terminal other than the first terminal for communicating with the adapter.
6. The digital image storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter includes a terminal other than the second terminal for communicating with the digital camera.
7. The digital image storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the digital camera includes a memory, and wherein the data storage is designed to receive digital images in the memory at the third terminal through one of the first and second terminals.
8. The digital image storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the digital camera includes a battery, and wherein the adapter is designed to charge the battery when the digital camera is coupled with the adapter.
9. A digital camera system for use with a data storage comprising:
a digital camera having a first terminal for data communication in accordance with a data communication interface standard;
an adapter for the digital camera for communicating with the digital camera, the adapter having a second terminal for data communication in accordance with the same data communication interface standard as in the first terminal;
wherein the digital camera is capable of communicating with the data storage by way of the adapter and also capable of directly communicating with the data storage through the first terminal.
10. The digital camera system according to claim 9 , further comprising a cable for data communication in accordance with the data communication interface standard, wherein the cable connects the data storage to the second terminal in the case of the data communication by way of the adapter, and to the first terminal in the case of the direct data communication.
11. The digital camera system according to claim 9 , wherein the data communication interface standard is IEEE 1394.
12. The digital camera system according to claim 9 , wherein the digital camera includes a terminal other than the first terminal for communicating with the adapter.
13. The digital camera system according to claim 9 , wherein the digital camera includes a memory, and wherein digital images in the memory is capable of being transmitted to the data storage by way of the adapter and also capable of being directly transmitted to the data storage through the first terminal.
14. The digital camera system according to claim 9 , wherein the digital camera includes a battery, and wherein the adapter is designed to charge the battery when the digital camera is coupled with the adapter.
15. The digital image storage system according to claim 6 , wherein the terminal of the adapter connects to a terminal of the digital camera when the digital camera is coupled with the adapter, and thereby the digital camera is capable of data communication to the adapter.
16. The digital camera system according to claim 9 , wherein the adapter includes a terminal other than the second terminal for communicating with the digital camera that connects to a terminal of the digital camera when the digital camera is coupled with the adapter, and thereby the digital camera is capable of data communication to the adapter.