IMAGE DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE SERVER, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF

摘要

A menu suited to give a command utilizing an up/down button in a digital still camera is displayed on a liquid crystal viewer in a camera. In the digital still camera that can communicate with a printer, data representing the up/down button is transmitted as the type of an input device provided in the camera to the printer. In the printer, menu contents suitable for the camera having the up/down button are found. The found menu contents are transmitted to the digital still camera from the printer. The menu is displayed on the liquid crystal viewer in the camera. On the menu, areas are arranged in line in the longitudinal direction such that a command can be given to the camera using the up/down button. The menu to which the command is easily inputted utilizing the up/down button is displayed on the liquid crystal viewer in the camera.