IP Library Granted Patent US 9,667,851
Granted Patent B2
US 9,667,851 · App. 14/762,357 · Granted May 30, 2017

Camera with communication unit that communicates with external device

Inventors: Kaoru Yoshino (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Kasai (Kawasaki, JP); Tomoyuki Sashima (Tokyo, JP); Mayuko Ito (Kawasaki, JP); Kaori Tsuruta (Kamakura, JP); Masakazu Sekiguchi (Kawasaki, JP); Hiroshi Kamehara (Yokohama, JP); Yu Murakoshi (Niiza, JP)
Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
H04N5/23203H04N5/2251H04N5/2252H04N5/23206H04N5/23216H04N5/23258H04N5/23287H04N7/185
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Patent No.
US 9,667,851
App. No.
14/762,357
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes: an operation unit; a detection unit that detects a position or an orientation; a communication unit that communicates with an external device including an image capture unit; and a storing unit that stores image data, wherein the communication unit receives image data generated by the image capture unit from the external device after transmitting information instructing the image capture unit included in the external device to capture an image in response to an operation of the operation unit, and the storing unit stores the image data received and information on the position detected by the detection unit or information on the orientation detected by the detection unit.

Claims (72)

1. A camera comprising:

a first operation unit;

an image capture unit that captures an image in response to an operation of the first operation unit;

a communication unit that communicates with an external device including a second operation unit and a detection unit detecting a position or an orientation; and

a storing unit that stores image data generated by the image capture unit, wherein

the communication unit receives at least one of operation information indicating that the second operation unit is operated, and information on the position or information on the orientation from the external device,

the image capture unit captures an image in response to one of an operation of the first operation unit and reception of the operation information,

the storing unit stores the image data and the information on the position or the information on the orientation, and

the first operation unit is a release button or a touch panel.

2. The camera according to claim 1 further comprising:

an attachment portion to which the external device is attached, wherein

the communication unit receives the operation information indicating that the second operation unit is operated and the information on the position or the information on the orientation from the external device in a state where the external device is attached to the attachment portion,

the image capture unit captures the image in response to one of the operation of the first operation unit and the reception of the operation information in the state where the external device is attached to the attachment portion, and

the storing unit stores the image data and the information on the position or the information on the orientation.

3. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein

the communication unit receives the operation information and the information on the position detected by the detection unit or the information on the orientation detected by the detection unit, and

the storing unit stores the image data generated by the image capture unit after the operation information is received by the communication unit, and the information on the position or the information on the orientation received by the communication unit.

4. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein

the communication unit receives the information on the position detected by the detection unit or the information on the orientation detected by the detection unit after receiving the operation information, and

the storing unit stores the image data generated by the image capture unit after the operation information is received by the communication unit, and the information on the position or the information on the orientation received by the communication unit.

5. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a battery.

6. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display unit including the first operation unit.

7. The camera according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a part of a housing of the camera is made of a non-metal.

8. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an attachment portion to which the external device is attached, wherein

the communication unit performs wireless communication with the external device,

the storing unit stores the image data when the camera does not communicate with the external device through the communication unit in a state where the external device is not attached to the attachment portion, and

the communication unit transmits the image data stored in the storing unit to the external device when communication with the external device is established.

9. The camera according to claim 8 , wherein

the storing unit does not store a live view image data and stores a still image data among the image data when the camera does not communicate with the external device through the communication unit.

10. The camera according to claim 9 , wherein

the communication unit transmits the still image data stored in the storing unit to the external device when communication with the external device is established.

11. The camera according to claim 8 , wherein

the storing unit deletes, after the image data is transmitted to the external device by the communication unit, the image data transmitted.

12. A camera comprising:

an image capture unit that captures an image;

a storing unit that stores image data generated by the image capture unit;

a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external device; and

an attachment portion to which the external device is attached, wherein

the storing unit does not store a live view image data and stores a still image data among the image data when the camera does not communicate with the external device through the wireless communication unit in a state where the external device is not attached to the attachment portion, and

the wireless communication unit transmits the image data stored in the storing unit to the external device when communication with the external device is established.

13. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein

the wireless communication unit transmits the still image data stored in the storing unit to the external device when communication with the external device is established.

14. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein

the storing unit deletes, after the image data is transmitted to the external device by the wireless communication unit, the image data transmitted.

15. The camera according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a first operation unit, wherein

the image capture unit captures the image in response to an operation of the first operation unit,

the wireless communication unit receives at least one of operation information indicating that a second operation unit included in the external device is operated, and information on a position or information on an orientation detected by a detection unit included in the external device,

the image capture unit captures the image in response to one of the operation of the first operation unit and reception of the operation information, and

the storing unit stores the image data and the information on the position or the information on the orientation.

16. The camera according to claim 15 , wherein

the wireless communication unit receives the operation information indicating that the second operation unit is operated and the information on the position or the information on the orientation from the external device in a state where the external device is attached to the attachment portion,

the image capture unit captures the image in response to one of the operation of the first operation unit and the reception of the operation information in the state where the external device is attached to the attachment portion, and

the storing unit stores the image data and the information on the position or the information on the orientation.

17. The camera according to claim 15 , wherein

the wireless communication unit receives the operation information and the information on the position detected by the detection unit or the information on the orientation detected by the detection unit, and

the storing unit stores the image data generated by the image capture unit after the operation information is received by the wireless communication unit, and the information on the position or the information on the orientation received by the wireless communication unit.

18. The camera according to claim 15 , wherein

the wireless communication unit receives the information on the position detected by the detection unit or the information on the orientation detected by the detection unit after receiving the operation information, and

the storing unit stores the image data generated by the image capture unit after the operation information is received by the wireless communication unit, and the information on the position or the information on the orientation received by the wireless communication unit.

19. The camera according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a battery.

20. The camera according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a display unit including the first operation unit.

21. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein

at least a part of a housing of the camera is made of a non-metal.

22. The camera according to claim 15 , wherein

the first operation unit is a release button or a touch panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: YOSHINO, KAORU; KASAI, HIROSHI; SASHIMA, TOMOYUKI; ITO, MAYUKO; TSURUTA, KAORI; SEKIGUCHI, MASAKAZU; KAMEHARA, HIROSHI; MURAKOSHI, YU
To: NIKON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (3)
JP 2013-010759 · Jan 24, 2013 · national
JP 2013-010760 · Jan 24, 2013 · national
JP 2013-010761 · Jan 24, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160014317A1 · Jan 14, 2016