Claims
- 1. A machine-readable medium having embodied thereon an image management program, the program being executable by an electronic device to perform method steps for capturing, controlling and managing an image, the method steps comprising:
receiving an image from an image capture device coupled to the electronic device; managing the display of the image on a display screen constituent to the electronic device; managing the display of a graphical user interface on the display screen, the user interface comprising at least one interactive icon, the interactive icon being capable of executing a routine within the program upon activation of said icon by a user.
- 2. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising the step of controlling one or more operational modes of the image capture device.
- 3. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting said image from said electronic device to a remote device.
- 4. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said program is transferred from the image capture device to the electronic device for execution.
- 5. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said program is transferred from an external magnetic medium to the electronic device for execution.
- 6. The machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said program is transferred from an external optical medium to the electronic device for execution.
- 7. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 wherein said electronic device is a handheld device.
- 8. A system for capturing and managing images, comprising:
an electronic device, further comprising:
a processor, a display, for selectively displaying text and one or more live or stored images, and a memory, for storing said images; an image capture device removably attached to said electronic device; and an image management engine loaded into said memory and executed by said processor, the image management engine capable of implementing a plurality of functions for capturing, managing and viewing said images.
- 9. The system of claim 8, wherein said electronic device further comprises a transmission source for transmitting image data from said electronic device to a remote device.
- 10. The system of claim 9, wherein said transmission source is wireless.
- 11. The system of claim 10 wherein said wireless transmission source is infrared.
- 12. The system of claim 8 wherein said image capture device is a digital camera.
- 13. The system of claim 8 wherein said image management engine is loaded into said memory from an external magnetic medium.
- 14. The system of claim 8 wherein said image management engine is loaded into said memory from an external optical medium.
- 15. The system of claim 8 wherein said image capture device comprises an internal memory.
- 16. The system of claim 15 wherein said image management engine is pre-loaded in said internal memory of said image capture device.
- 17. The system of claim 16 wherein said image management engine is automatically downloaded and stored in said memory of said electronic device upon attachment of said image capture device to said electronic device.
- 18. The system of claim 8 wherein said image management engine presents one or more graphical user interface icons on said display of said electronic device to facilitate capture or management of images.
- 19. A method for managing live images on an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
providing a display for viewing said images on said electronic device; providing a camera for capturing said images; and providing one or more image control functions that execute by selecting same.
- 20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a memory to store said image after capturing.
- 21. The method of claim 19 wherein said image is captured by said camera by programming an automatic timer.
- 22. The method of claim 21 wherein said image is captured by programming said automatic timer to capture said image within a user-specified time.
- 23. The method of claim 21 wherein an image is captured by programming said automatic timer to capture a user-specified number of images at a user-specified time interval.
- 24. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of providing a transmission source for transmitting selected image data to a remote device after capturing.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/175,056, filed on Jan. 7, 2000, entitled “Digital Camera Accessory Module System,” which is incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to co-pending application, Ser. No.______, entitled “Image Capture Module For Use On An Electronic Device” filed on Jan. 8, 2001, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60175056 |
Jan 2000 |
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