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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1994
Susan D Kare, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark T Lavelle, San Mateo, CA (US);
Paul C Laughton, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul S Montgomery, San Francisco, CA (US);
Herbert H Pfeifer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Logitech, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A hand-held digital camera including a CCD for receiving an image and converting the image to a digital file of image data, a memory for storing the image data, a communication port for communicating between the hand-held digital camera and a digital computer, and a user interface for receiving input commands from the user. The user interface includes a LCD and a plurality of switches for permitting the user to communicate with the camera intuitively. A host interface facilitates the transfer of commands and data between the digital camera and the host computer via a communication link and permits a user to operate the digital camera remotely from the host computer. The LCD includes function icons which the user can cycle among using one of the switches. The LCD also includes option icons for certain of the function icons, which the user can cycle among using a second switch.