DIGITAL CAMERA POSSIBLE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION

摘要

PURPOSE: A digital still camera capable of remote communication is provided to receive image and voice signals and to enable conversation while watching a screen by incorporating a cellular phone in a rigid housing. CONSTITUTION: The digital still camera capable of remote communication includes a camera(10), a memory(29), a number assigner, a reducer(42), a modulator(27), a transmitter(11) and a controller(43). The camera converts an optical image to a digital electrical signal. The memory stores at least one phone numbers. The number assigner assigns the number of a remote device to be contacted. The reducer decreases the number of the pixels of the digital electrical signal. The modulator modulates the digital electrical signal and the assigned phone number to an electro-magnetic signal corresponding to the telephone system. The transmitter transmits the electro-magnetic signal to the remote device. The controller enables the digital electrical signal from the camera to the remote device without driving the reducer when the phone number of the assigned remote device is same to the number stored in the memory.