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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Yuji Hosoi, Chiba, JP;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A digital camera which is capable of printing instantly after photographing and is easy to be carried and handled and inexpensive is disclosed. A print unit A for allowing a latent image to be formed on a print paper on which a photosensitive type microcapsule has been coated by optically scanning on the basis of an image signal and applying a mechanical pressure to the print paper and developing it, and a display image pickup unit B having a semiconductor image pickup device for converting a video image of a photographing object into digital image signals and a solid state image display for displaying the object are constructed. A flash memory card interface is provided for the display image pickup unit B and a flash memory interface is provided for the print unit A. The display image pickup unit B is controlled by a control unit including a CPU in the print unit A.