Nikon Corporation

Nikon Technologies Inc.

Tetsushi Nomoto

Masahide Tanaka

Akira Ohmura

Yukinobu Ishino

Hidehiro Ogawa

A digital camera procures from an external device related to image-capturing upon image-capturing data on the external device and records the procured data and digital image data of the procured image in relation to each other.

Digital camera

A camera includes: a battery unit on which a battery is mounted, that can be detachably loaded into the camera and supplies power to the camera; and a function unit that executes camera functions, wherein: as a function of the camera is executed, the function unit transmits information related to the executed function to the battery pack; and the battery unit has a storage unit in which the information related to the camera function is stored.

Power system having a battery unit that calculate cumulative work volume value

The object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a print which is designated by a viewer, and whose print charge is paid by a registrant. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a print. The method makes it possible for a digital contents purchaser to easily obtain a label or jacket suitable to the digital contents. Moreover, another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for each method described above. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a print of a digital image registered by a registrant in response to an order from a viewer comprises steps described below. A first step is a step of receiving the digital image from the registrant. A second step is a step of registering the received digital image. A third step is a step of showing the registered digital image to a viewer. A fourth step is a step of accepting the order for the print of the digital image from the viewer. A fifth step is a step of producing the ordered print of the digital image. A sixth step is a step of billing the print charge to the registrant.

Method for providing a print and apparatus

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.

Digital camera having imaging portion, first terminal, and second terminal for outputting signals based on image data in accordance with same data communication interface standard

An image storage for storing digital still image data is connected to a television set for selectively watching a broadcast program in a first mode or a still image transmitted from the image storage in a second mode. The image storage has an input circuit for receiving a control signal form the television set and an output circuit for transmitting a still image signal to the television set on the basis of the digital still image data, the output circuit being responsive to the control signal. The television set, on the other hand, has an output circuit for transmitting the control signal to the image storage. By means of the control signal, the image storage is automatically turned on or off when the television set is turned on or off, respectively. The control signal makes image storage operative or inoperative when the television set is in the second mode or in the first mode, respectively, to save power consumption with the television set in the first mode. The image storage may be further connected to a printer, wherein the image storage further has an output circuit for transmitting an output signal to the printer in response to the control signal from the television set, the output signal being an image signal to be printed or a control signal for the printer function.

Television set capable of controlling external device and image storage controlled by television set

In a system for making a print of a digital image including a computer for storing a digital image data and a printing device for making the print of the digital image data, a method comprises a step of transmitting from the computer to the printing device the digital image data along with information indicative of a location of the digital image data in the computer, a step of making at the printing device the print based on the transmitted digital image data, and a step of adding at the printing device the transmitted information to the print.

Method and device for making a print of a digital image and method of managing digital data

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric appliance that can save the standby power consumption, in particular, to provide an electric appliance that can save the standby power consumption without sacrificing the convenience of a remote controller and the effect of the warm-up. An electric appliance capable of saving power consumption, the electric appliance having its original function, comprises a first unit having an active state for performing the original function and a rest state, a first power consumption occurring in the active state, a second unit having an effective state capable of causing the first unit to change from the rest state to the active state and an ineffective state incapable of causing the change in the first unit, a second power consumption less than the first power consumption occurring in the effective state and a third unit that changes the second unit from the ineffective state to the effective state when a first predetermined condition is satisfied, whereby the second power consumption is saved until the first predetermined condition is satisfied.

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Yokohama, Japan

Tetsushi Nomoto