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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1996
Mark Thomas Lavelle, San Mateo, CA (US);
Paul Cameron Laughton, San Jose, CA (US);
Susan Deborah Kare, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul S. Montgomery, San Francisco, CA (US);
Herbert H. F. Pfeifer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Logitech Europe, S.A., Romanel-sur-Morges, CH;
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 display includes function icons which the user can cycle among using one of the switches. The display also includes option icons for certain of the function icons, which the user can cycle among using a second switch.