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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Chiharu Tanaka, Hachioji, JP;
Yukio Nakajima, Fujinomachi, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a digital camera comprising a CCD, an A/D conversion circuit for converting an image signal into a digital image data to perform a compression processing, a RAM for memorizing this compressed image data, a CPU for selecting a compressed image data associated with an image to be displayed out of the compressed image data which is memorized in the RAM, and an LCD for displaying this selected image data after a predetermined processing by the aforementioned CPU, and a communication driver for outputting the compressed image data which is memorized in the RAM to a digital color printer, and also provides a digital color printer comprising a communication driver for receiving the aforementioned compressed image data, an image memory to memorize the compressed image data received, and a CPU for subjecting this compressed data which is memorized to a predetermined processing to convert the compressed data to a data which can be printed, wherein the aforementioned CPU outputs a control signal for controlling the LCD of the digital camera by the aforementioned communication driver.