IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,647,282
Granted Patent B2
US 11,647,282 · App. 17/466,611 · Granted May 9, 2023

Digital camera with printer

Inventors: Rina Fujino (Tokyo, JP); Toshiaki Nagai (Tokyo, JP); Tsuneo Sato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H04N5/232061H04N1/00265H04N5/23229H04N5/23238H04N5/2624H04N2101/00H04N2201/0084
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Patent No.
US 11,647,282
App. No.
17/466,611
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital camera with a printer is a digital camera with a printer and includes a communication unit that communicates with a digital camera with a printer that is another apparatus, and an image composition unit that generates a composite image in which a first image captured by the digital camera with a printer that is an owned apparatus and a second image captured by the other apparatus are composited, in which the communication unit transmits the composite image to the other apparatus. A user of the other apparatus can also obtain the composite image. Accordingly, the composite image can be enjoyed by capturing images using a plurality of cameras.

Claims (52)

1. A system for a digital camera with a printer, comprising:

a first digital camera with a printer, including a communication unit; and

a second digital camera with a printer, including a communication unit and a print control unit that controls printing,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer and the second digital camera with a printer communicate through the communication unit of the first digital camera with a printer and the communication unit of the second digital camera with a printer,

the first digital camera with a printer includes an image composition unit that generates a composite image in which a first image captured by the first digital camera with a printer and a second image captured by the second digital camera with a printer are composited, and

the communication unit of the first digital camera with a printer transmits the composite image to the second digital camera with a printer,

wherein in a case where the first digital camera with a printer is a digital camera with a printer registered on an automatic print permission list, the print control unit causes the printer of the second digital camera with a printer to print the composite image independently of an instruction operation of a user, and

in a case where the composite image is received from the first digital camera with a printer, the print control unit causes the printer of the second digital camera with a printer to print the composite image independently of an instruction operation of a user.

2. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second digital camera with a printer further includes a display unit that displays the first image received from the first digital camera with a printer, and

the communication unit of the second digital camera with a printer transmits the second image to the first digital camera with a printer.

3. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 2 ,

wherein the communication unit of the first digital camera with a printer transmits information for prompting capturing of the second image to the second digital camera with a printer, and

the second digital camera with a printer further includes an information output unit that outputs the information for prompting capturing of the second image.

4. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 3 ,

wherein the communication unit of the second digital camera with a printer transmits an image captured in accordance with the information received from the first digital camera with a printer to the first digital camera with a printer as the second image.

5. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer further includes a storage control unit that controls storage of an image in a recording medium, and

the storage control unit does not store the composite image in a non-temporary recording medium.

6. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer further includes a storage control unit that controls storage of an image in a recording medium, and

the storage control unit does not store the composite image in a non-temporary recording medium.

7. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer further includes a storage control unit that controls storage of an image in a recording medium, and

the storage control unit does not store the composite image in a non-temporary recording medium.

8. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication unit of the first digital camera with a printer transmits information for prompting capturing of the second image to the second digital camera with a printer, and

the second digital camera with a printer further includes an information output unit that outputs the information for prompting capturing of the second image.

9. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 8 ,

wherein the communication unit of the second digital camera with a printer transmits an image captured in accordance with the information received from the first digital camera with a printer to the first digital camera with a printer as the second image.

10. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer further includes a storage control unit that controls storage of an image in a recording medium, and

the storage control unit does not store the composite image in a non-temporary recording medium.

11. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer further includes a storage control unit that controls storage of an image in a recording medium, and

the storage control unit does not store the composite image in a non-temporary recording medium.

12. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer further includes a storage control unit that controls storage of an image in a recording medium, and

the storage control unit does not store the composite image in a non-temporary recording medium.

13. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first digital camera with a printer further includes a storage control unit that controls storage of an image in a recording medium, and

the storage control unit stores the composite image in a non-temporary recording medium.

14. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication unit of the first digital camera with a printer transmits information indicating a message to the second digital camera with a printer by associating the information with the composite image.

15. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 14 ,

wherein the second digital camera with a printer further includes an output unit that outputs the message based on the information indicating the message.

16. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second digital camera with a printer further includes a composite image display unit that displays the composite image.

17. The system for a digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication unit of the first digital camera with a printer and the communication unit of the second digital camera with a printer perform communication using short range wireless communication.

18. A digital camera with a printer, comprising a communication unit performing communication as a host or a client,

wherein the communication unit performs communication with another digital camera with a printer according to claim 1 through an information communication network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2021
From: FUJINO, RINA; NAGAI, TOSHIAKI; SATO, TSUNEO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-048521 · Mar 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019044616 · Nov 14, 2019
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