APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING, CONVERTING, AND TRANSMITTING A VISUAL IMAGE SIGNAL VIA A DIGITAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

摘要

An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations. In its most comprehensive form, the system is capable of sending and receiving audio, documentary and visual image data to and from standard remote stations readily available throughout the world.

主权项

1. A handheld information processing apparatus, comprising:
an image capture system for generating information representing a visual image captured thereby; a signal transmitting system coupled to the image capture system for enabling a signal comprising the information representing the visual image to be wirelessly transmitted for reception by a remote receiving station; and power control circuitry coupled to the image capture system and to the signal transmitting system for providing electrical power thereto, wherein the power control circuitry enables electrical power from a power source to be selectively provided to the image capture system and to the signal transmitting system.