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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
David Llewellyn Rees, Berkshire, GB;
Robert Anthony Walkinshaw Fraser, Berkshire, GB;
Takashi Saito, Amstelveen, NL;
David Llewellyn Rees, Berkshire, GB;
Robert Anthony Walkinshaw Fraser, Berkshire, GB;
Takashi Saito, Amstelveen, NL;
Canon Europa N.V., , NL;
Abstract
An image capture device is described having a remote photograph mode in which images can be captured without physical contact with the device. The device is activated by the user speaking a keyword. The image capturing device is arranged so that after being initialized in the remote capture mode of operation, it enters a standby state for a period of time in which it is unresponsive to utterances and, after a period of time sets itself into a listening state in which it can capture images in response to detecting spoken keywords.