Portable electronic device and a method of playing images on the portable electronic device

Abstract

A method of playing images on a portable electronic device is disclosed to include the steps of: providing a portable electronic device that comprises a display device, a browser program, a USB port, a USB OTG module, and a memory, and said browser program includes an editing function; connecting a digital camera device to said portable electronic device, and said digital camera device comprises a display device, a USB port, and a memory; thereby said USB OTG module detects whether or not said memory of said digital camera device includes a multimedia file; if yes, then call said browser program and display said multimedia file on said display device; and a user using said editing function to operate said multimedia file on said portable electronic device. The present invention also relates to a portable electronic device, which can control playing images of a digital camera device on the portable electronic device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing showing the connection between a portable electronic device and a digital camera device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method of playing images on the portable electronic device according to the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of playing images on a portable electronic device comprising the steps of: providing a portable electronic device, said portable electronic device comprising at least a display device, a browser program, a USB port, a USB OTG module, and a memory, said browser program providing an editing function;connecting a digital camera device to said portable electronic device, said digital camera device comprising a display device, a USB port, and a memory;said USB OTG module detecting whether or not the memory of said digital camera device includes a multimedia file, and then calling said browser program and displaying the multimedia file on the display device of said portable electronic device, if yes; anda user using said editing function to operate said multimedia file on said portable electronic device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said portable electronic device is a portable media player.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said digital camera device is a digital still camera or a digital video camera.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said editing function provides the options of view, play, delete, edit, copy, and add.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the option of play further comprises a buffering procedure, which copies a part of said multimedia file to the memory of said portable electronic device for enabling said portable electronic device to directly fetch data from the memory thereof for playing and to continuously copy said multimedia file to the memory thereof till the end of the playing of said multimedia file.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multimedia file is an image file, a picture file or a music file.

7. A portable electronic device comprising at least: display means;a browser program, said browser program providing an editing function;a USB port for coupling to a digital camera device;a USB OTG module coupled to said USB port;a microcontroller coupled to said display means, said USB port and said USB OTG module for controlling operation of the portable electronic device; andmemory means coupled to said microcontroller for storing data;wherein when a digital camera device is coupled to said USB port, said USB OTG detects whether or not said digital camera device includes a multimedia file, and then calls said browser program and displays the multimedia file on said display means, if yes, for enabling a user to use said editing function to operate the multimedia file on the portable electronic device.

8. The portable multimedia device as claimed in claim 7, which is a portable media player.

9. The portable multimedia device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said digital camera device is a digital still camera or a digital video camera.

10. The portable multimedia device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said editing function provides the options of view, play, delete, edit, copy, and add.

11. The portable multimedia device as claimed in claim 10, wherein when the option of play is selected, said microcontroller copies a part of the multimedia file to said memory means, and then fetches data from said memory means for playing and continuously copies the multimedia file to said memory means till the end of the playing of said multimedia file.

12. The portable multimedia device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said multimedia file is an image file, a picture file or a music file.