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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1999
Hideo Takiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Kumagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Takiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Kumagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention has as its object to provide an image input system which is easy to use. To achieve this object, an image input system has an image input device (camera) having a plurality of operation modes, and a computer having a plurality of software programs corresponding to the plurality of operation modes, and when the image input device is connected to the computer, when a power supply of the image input device is turned on after the image input device is connected to the computer, or when the image input device is switched to another operation mode while the image input device is connected to the computer, the software program corresponding to the operation mode of the image input device is automatically started.