CN101553793A - Wireless card and card holder for digital camera - Google Patents
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A wireless adapter for a digital camera enables communications between the digital camera and remote devices over a wireless network. The wireless adapter comprises a wireless card and a card holder having a card slot to receive the wireless card. The wireless card is insertable into the card slot of the card holder and includes a wireless interface for communicating with remote devices. A file transfer residing on either the wireless card or card holder receives image data from the digital camera and transfers the image data to a remote device.
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Technical field
The present invention relates generally to digital camera, more particularly, relates to and is used for digital camera so that its wireless adapter of communicating by letter with far end device.
Background technology
Digital camera is a kind ofly to replace photographic film and catch electronic installation with memory image in the electronics mode.Modern digital cameras has the advantage that much surmounts conventional film camera, and has in fact replaced film camera on market.Digital camera is little, in light weight and owing to do not need film to operate at an easy rate.Digital camera allows the consumer can watch immediately after catching image.The consumer can delete image and the rephotography image that they dislike.But the image of catching can upload to the photo library of user's home computer or import in the software of editing photo.
Digital camera typically comprises USB or FIREWIRE port, is used for digital camera is connected to the user household computing machine.Cable one end is inserted in the camera and the other end is inserted in the computing machine.Under many circumstances, the user may wish by wireless mode image to be sent to far end device.Because now a lot of home computers have wave point, the consumer utilizes wave point easily to be connected to home computer.And long-range wireless interface makes that the user of digital camera can be from any position visit far end device and the service at the current place of user.
Up to now, owing to multiple reason, in digital camera, also do not use wave point as yet.Wave point has increased the size of digital camera, weight and cost.And other interface in the digital camera can not provide enough power for wireless transceiver.These design challenge have stoped up to now uses wave point in small portable digital cameras.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of wireless adapter that is used for digital camera, it makes and passes through wireless communication between digital camera and the far end device.This wireless adapter comprises unruled card and clamp fixation device, and this unruled card comprises the wave point that is used for by wireless communication, and this clamp fixation device is used to admit this unruled card.Clamp fixation device can be the integral part of digital camera, perhaps can be the annex that is releasably attached to digital camera.File transfer agent on unruled card or the clamp fixation device receives pictorial data and by wireless network pictorial data is transferred to far end device from digital camera.In an one exemplary embodiment, file transfer agent emulated printer and show as similar any other printer with respect to digital camera.
The present invention can be used for, and for example, the transmission image file is attached to network album or web blog to the user household computing machine with image, or sends image to the network printing service.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram that wherein can use the exemplary wireless network environment of wireless adapter of the present invention.
Fig. 2 explanation is used for the exemplary wireless adapter of digital camera according to an one exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the functional block diagram of explanation according to the wireless adapter member of first one exemplary embodiment.
Fig. 4 is the functional block diagram of explanation according to the member of the wireless adapter of second one exemplary embodiment.
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Referring now to accompanying drawing,, the wireless adapter 100 that is used for digital camera 10 is shown, this wireless adapter 100 makes do not have the digital camera 10 of inherent wireless communication ability to communicate by letter with far end device by wireless network.Far end device can comprise, for example, and home computer 30, network album 32, web blog 34 or network printing service 36.Wireless adapter 100 can be used for digital still camera and digital video camera.
Fig. 1 shows wherein can use network adapter 100 exemplary network environment.As describing in more detail hereinafter, wireless adapter 100 can be connected to wireless wide area network (WWAN) 20, and for example cellular network or WiMAX network perhaps are connected to wireless lan (wlan) 22.WLAN 22 comprises anyly can for example having the home network of wireless router by the LAN (Local Area Network) of accessing wirelessly.This WWAN 20 and/or WLAN 22 can be provided to the connection of the Internet 24.Home computer 30 is connected to WLAN 22.Network album 32, web blog 34 and network printing are served 36 locations and are connected to the Internet 24.
Fig. 2 has illustrated the one exemplary embodiment of the wireless adapter 100 that is used for digital camera 10.Though digital camera 10 is illustrated as digital video camera among this embodiment, the present invention also can be used for the digital still camera.Wireless adapter 100 comprises clamp fixation device 102 and unruled card 150, and clamp fixation device 102 has draw-in groove 104, and unruled card 150 can be inserted in the draw-in groove 104 of clamp fixation device 102.Unruled card 150 comprises by wireless network (for example WWAN 20, and WLAN 22) at least one wave point 152 (Fig. 3) and antenna 154 with far end device (for example home computer 30, network album 32, web blog 34, print service 36) communication.Clamp fixation device 102 can be in aggregates with the main body 12 of digital camera 10.Perhaps, as shown in Figure 2, clamp fixation device 102 can comprise the accessories apparatus that is releasably attached to digital camera 10.In this one exemplary embodiment, clamp fixation device 102 comprises mounting screw 116, and it is detachably connected to tripod connector (not shown) on the digital camera 10 with clamp fixation device 102.
Fig. 3 is the functional block diagram according to the wireless adapter 100 of first one exemplary embodiment.Clamp fixation device 102 comprises the interface circuit 106 that is used to connect unruled card 150 and digital camera 10 in this embodiment.Interface circuit 106 comprises camera interface 108 and card 112.Connector 110 connects camera interface and digital camera 10.Connector 114 Connection Card interfaces 112 and unruled card 150.Interface circuit 106 can be implemented industry standard protocol, and USB (universal serial bus) (USB) agreement for example is so that communicating by letter between digital camera 10 and the unruled card 150.In this case, interface circuit 106 can serve as usb host controller, and digital camera 10 and unruled card 150 can serve as the USB client.If digital camera 10 and unruled card 150 are all implemented USBOn-The-Go, so then need not interface circuit 106 and serve as usb host controller.
As previously mentioned, unruled card 150 comprises at least one wave point 152 that is couple to antenna 154.Wave point 152 can comprise the long-range wireless interface that is used for being connected at a distance WWAN 20, for example cellular network (as GSM, CDMA etc.) or WiMAX network.Perhaps, wave point 152 can comprise and is used for closely being connected to the short-range wireless interface of WLAN 22 (as user's home network) (as bluetooth, WiFi, RFID, NFC).In a preferred embodiment, can provide second wave point 156 and second antenna 158.In this case, first wave point 152 can be used for being connected at a distance WWAN 20.Second wave point 156 can be used for short distance and be connected to WLAN 22.
In one embodiment, file transfer agent 162 emulated printer, described in No. the 60/863rd, 382, related application, this application and the present invention apply for simultaneously and pass through reference to introduce.In this embodiment, file transfer agent 162 implement PictBridge or with other direct printing techniques of digital camera 10 direct communications.File transfer agent 162 can be created one or more emulated printer, and these one or more emulated printer show as similar any other printer with respect to digital camera 10.When user's " printing " arrived emulated printer, file transfer agent 162 transmission diagram image datas were to corresponding far-end destination.By emulated printer, wireless adapter 100 provides the networking capabilities that can be directly connected to printer to any digital camera 10.
Fig. 4 has illustrated another one exemplary embodiment of wireless adapter 100.Embodiment before this embodiment is similar to, and identical Reference numeral is used to indicate identical member.As shown in Figure 4, clamp fixation device 102 comprises the interface circuit 106 that has camera interface 108 and card 112 as discussed previously.Unruled card 150 comprises first wave point 152 and second wave point 156 that is couple to first antenna 154 and second antenna 158 respectively.In this embodiment, be arranged in the communication control circuit 160 and the file transfer agent 162 instead of wireless cards 150 of clamp fixation device 102.Unruled card 150 serves as modulator-demodular unit.The function of file transfer agent 162 is as discussed previously.An advantage of this configuration is that clamp fixation device 102 can use with industry standard wireless card 150.
Certainly, the present invention can be to realize that except that the alternate manner the mode of this detailed description it does not deviate from essential characteristics of the present invention.Think that illustrated embodiment is illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, the institute in the implication of appended claims and equivalent scope changes and all is considered to be covered by among the present invention.
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1, a kind of wireless adapter (100) that is used for digital camera (10), described wireless adapter (100) comprising:
Clamp fixation device (102), it has the groove (104) of admittance unruled card (150), to communicate by letter by wireless network (20,22) and far end device (30,32,34,36); And
Interface circuit (106), it is configured to be electrically connected described unruled card (150) and described digital camera (10).
2, wireless adapter according to claim 1 (100) also comprises connector (116), and it is detachably connected to described digital camera (10) with described clamp fixation device (102).
3, wireless adapter according to claim 1 (100), wherein said interface circuit (106) comprise and be used for first interface (110) of communicating by letter with described digital camera (10), and be used for second interface (112) of communicating by letter with described unruled card (150).
4, wireless adapter according to claim 3 (100), wherein said first interface (110) comprises serial line interface.
5, wireless adapter according to claim 4 (100), wherein said second interface (112) comprises serial line interface.
6, wireless adapter according to claim 5 (100), wherein said first interface and second interface (110,112) comprise USB (universal serial bus) (USB) interface, and wherein said interface circuit (106) comprises usb host controller.
7, wireless adapter according to claim 1 (100), also comprise the unruled card (150) in the described groove (104) that can be inserted into described clamp fixation device (102), wherein said unruled card (150) comprises and being used for by wireless network (20,22) with far end device (30,32,34,36) Tong Xin wave point (152,156).
8, wireless adapter according to claim 7 (100), wherein said unruled card (150) comprises file transfer agent (162), this document transmission agency (162) is configured to receive pictorial data and by described wave point (152,156) described pictorial data is transferred to specific purpose ground device from described digital camera (10).
9, wireless adapter according to claim 8 (100), wherein said file transfer agent (162) is configured to emulated printer.
10, a kind of unruled card (150) that is used for digital camera (10), described unruled card (150) comprising:
Wave point (152,156), it is configured to by wireless network (20,22) and far end device (30,32,34,36) communication; And
File transfer agent (162), it is configured to receive pictorial data and via described wave point (152,156) described pictorial data is transferred to specific purpose ground device (30,32,34,36) from described digital camera (10).
11, unruled card according to claim 10 (150), wherein said file transfer agent (162) emulated printer.
12, unruled card according to claim 10 (150) also comprises first interface (164), and it is configured to communicate by letter with the adapter (100) of claim 1.
13, unruled card according to claim 12 (150), wherein said first interface (164) comprises serial line interface.
14, unruled card according to claim 13 (150), wherein said first interface (164) comprise USB (universal serial bus) (USB) interface.
15, a kind of wireless adapter (100) that is used for digital camera (10), described wireless adapter (100) comprising:
Clamp fixation device (102), it has the groove (104) of admittance unruled card (150), to communicate by letter by wireless network (20,22) via wave point (152,156);
File transfer agent (162), it is configured to receive pictorial data and utilize described wave point (152,156) to be transferred to particular remote destination (30,32 from the described pictorial data that described digital camera (10) receive from described digital camera (10), 34,36); And
Interface circuit (106), it is configured to connect described file transfer agent (162) and described digital camera (10) and described unruled card (150).
16, wireless adapter according to claim 15 (100), wherein said file transfer agent (162) is configured to emulated printer.
17, wireless adapter according to claim 15 (100) also comprises connector (116), and it is detachably connected to described digital camera (10) with described clamp fixation device (102).
18, wireless adapter according to claim 15 (100), wherein said interface circuit (106) comprise camera interface (110) that is connected to described digital camera (10) and the card (112) that is connected to described unruled card (150).
19, wireless adapter according to claim 18 (100), wherein said camera interface (110) comprises serial line interface.
20, wireless adapter according to claim 19 (100), wherein said card (112) comprises serial line interface.
21, wireless adapter according to claim 20 (100), wherein said camera interface and card (110,112) comprise USB (universal serial bus) (USB) interface.
22, wireless adapter according to claim 21 (100), wherein said interface circuit (106) comprises usb host controller.
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