Digital image viewing system, a cellar phone and a digital photo frame
A digital image viewing system comprises a wireless phone unit, a battery charger for the wireless phone unit and a digital photo frame in short-range wireless communication with the wireless phone unit. The digital photo frame may include phone function unit. Usual slide show is played on display of digital photo frame and replaced by a special image when a speaker of digital photo frame plays a ringer melody. The special image relates to a person causing the ringer melody. An operation at the wireless phone unit is transmitted to the digital photo frame through the short-range wireless communication to change the special image back to the usual slide show. Upon receipt of e-mail with image data attached, cellar phone automatically but conditionally opens the e-mail and takes out the image data to transmit it to digital photo frame through the short-range wireless communication or direct contact with battery charger.
1. A digital image viewing system comprising:
a plurality of wireless phone units each including a phone short-range wireless communicator to transmit digital image data, an operating portion, a phone display cooperating with the operating portion for operations and displays relating to various phone functions, and a rechargeable battery to power the wireless phone unit; and
a digital photo frame registered by the plurality of wireless phone units as a destination of the digital image data, the digital photo frame including a memory arranged to store digital image data, a photo frame display, a controller arranged to play usual slide show on the display on the basis of the digital image data stored in the memory, a photo frame short-range wireless communicator in communication with the phone short-range wireless communicator to receive the digital image data from the plurality of wireless phone units, and an identifier of the digital image data received from different ones of the plurality of wireless phone units,
wherein the controller is arranged to compare the digital image data received from one of the plurality of wireless phone units with the digital image data received from another of the plurality of wireless phone units on the basis of the identifier, and
wherein the controller is further arranged to change the image display on the photo frame display in response to the photo frame short-range wireless communicator in communication with the phone short-range wireless communicator, and wherein the controller is arranged not to change the image display on the photo frame display if the controller detects that the digital image data received from one of the plurality of wireless phone units is identical with the digital image data received from another of the plurality of wireless phone units.
2. The digital image viewing system according to claim 1 , wherein the digital photo frame further includes a speaker, and wherein the controller of the digital photo frame is arranged to replace the usual slide show with a special image when the speaker plays a ringer melody on the speaker.
3. The digital image viewing system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further arranged to superimpose a message on the special image when the speaker plays the ringer melody.
4. The digital image viewing system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further arranged to have the usual slide show accompanied by background music played on the speaker and to stop the background music when the speaker plays the ringer melody.
5. The digital image viewing system according to claim 2 , wherein the special image is relating to the ringer melody.
6. The digital image viewing system according to claim 5 , wherein the special image is relating to a person causing the ringer melody.
7. The digital image viewing system according to claim 1 , wherein the phone short-range communicator is arranged to transmit an operation at the operating portion to the digital photo frame by way of the photo frame short-range wireless communicator to change the display on the photo frame.
8. The digital image viewing system according to claim 1 , wherein the digital photo frame further includes a phone function unit.
9. The digital image viewing system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the wireless phone units further includes a phone function unit.
10. The digital image viewing system according to claim 9 , wherein each of the wireless phone units is a cellar phone, wherein the phone function unit is capable of receiving an e-mail with digital image data attached, wherein the cellar phone includes a mail controller arranged to automatically open the received e-mail to automatically take out and transmit the attached digital image data to the digital photo frame by means of the phone short-range wireless communicator.
11. The digital image viewing system according to claim 10 , wherein the mail controller is arranged not to automatically take out the attached digital image data in response to the checker if the digital image data is inhibited by the sender from being transmitted for display.
12. The digital image viewing system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is arranged to change the usual slide show into a special image in response to the photo frame short-range wireless communicator in communication with the phone short-range wireless communicator.
13. The digital image viewing system according to claim 12 , wherein the special image is the digital image data received from one of the plurality of wireless phone units by means of the photo frame short-range wireless communicator.