Digital Camera Having Multiple Image Capture Systems

摘要

A digital camera system having a digital camera and a remote control module is disclosed. The digital camera includes an image capture system, memory and wireless modem. The remote control module includes another wireless modem (to communicate with the digital camera's wireless modem), first and second user controls and a status display. One of the user controls can (via the wireless modems) cause the camera to capture an image. The other user control can cause the digital camera (via the wireless modems) to deliver camera status information which can then be displayed on the remote control module's status display.

主权项

1. A digital camera system, comprising:
a digital camera that includes
a first image capture system having a first optical system for forming an image of a first scene onto a first image sensor, the first image capture system having a first optical axis directed outward from a first surface of the digital camera,a memory for storing digital images captured using the first image capture system,a first wireless modem configured to send first signals to a remote control module and to receive second signals from the remote control module; and a remote control module separate from the digital camera that includes
a second wireless modem configured to receive the first signals and to send the second signals,a first user control that, when activated, causes the second wireless modem to send the second signals to the first wireless modem to initiate an image capture operation using the first image capture system,a second user control that, when activated, causes the second wireless modem to send the second signals to the first wireless modem to request status information of the digital camera, anda status display configured to display status information pertaining to the digital camera in response to the second wireless modem receiving the first signals.