CN1192281C - Data memory expandor for digital camera - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a data memory expandor used for a digital camera. The present invention receives digital image data which is transmitted by a digital camera and records the digital image data on a drawing and changing type data memory device. The present invention is composed of a shell body which is arranged outside the digital camera, and an element which is arranged in the shell body, wherein the element is provided with a transmission port which is connected with an output port of the digital camera, a data transmission protocol device, a data processing device, and a digital writing device, wherein the data processing device outputs the digital image data after converting the digital image data which is transmitted by the digital camera according to a data transmission protocol into a specific memory format; the digital writing device is used for receiving the control of the data processing device and receiving the output of the data processing device, and recoding and writing the control and the output in the drawing and changing type data memory device. The data transmission protocol device and the data processing device are both electrically connected to the transmission port, and the digital writing device is electrically connected to the data processing device.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of data storing expanding device, be meant especially to be applied to receive the Digital Image Data that a digital camera sends out and to record data storing expanding device on the extractable and changeable data storage device.
Background technology
Digital camera (Digital Camera) is the emerging product under the digital image processing techniques fast development, similar to scanner (Scanner) is, the two all can transfer real image to digital picture and store, offering computer again handles, but because the shaping-orientation of scanner is in the majority in order to plane of scanning motion file, bulky and carry difficult, the function of similar photoprinter.Digital camera then is according to the functional orientation that replaces traditional camera, but with reduced volume, increase the data storing capacity in order to carrying, it is the direction of each manufacturer's development future products, and this two interactional relation is just arranged, the data storing mode of establishing in the digital camera at present and using always is utilization (1) flash memory cards (Flash Memory Card), (2) PC hard disk card (PCMCIA (PersonalComputer Memory Card International Association) HDD Card), (3) magneto-optical disc (Magneto-Optical, MO), (4) floppy disk (Floppy Disk), wherein use the digital camera volume of flash memory cards form less, but the capacity of a storage card little (being generally 4Mbytes), approximately only can store the photo of 40 general requirements, so if when using the back continuously will expand, the storage card that then need buy the unit price costliness in addition is standby.If the digital camera with the data storing mode of hard disk, magneto-optical disc then can once be taken hundreds of supreme thousand sheets photos, digital camera with floppy disk mode storage data then can expand by the cheap floppy disk of unit price, but digital camera with (2) (3) (4) class mode storage data, its shortcoming then is the excessive so that use inconvenience of the volume of camera, and cost an arm and a leg, can't be accepted by general user, cause purchase intention to reduce and can't popularize.
Summary of the invention
In view of above prior art defective, purpose of the present invention just is to provide a kind of data storing expanding device, receives the Digital Image Data that a digital camera sends out and records on the extractable and changeable data storage device.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this: a kind of data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera, formed by housing and the element that is included in the housing, wherein, described housing is to be independent of outside the digital camera, described element has a transmit port that links to each other with the output port of digital camera, one in order to and digital camera between carry out data transmission agreement the Data Transport Protocol device, one has one converts this digital camera the data processing equipment of the Date Conversion Unit of exporting behind the particular memory form to according to Digital Image Data that aforesaid Data Transport Protocol transmitted, and one be written to data transfer apparatus on the extractable and changeable data storage device in order to the control of accepting aforesaid data processing equipment and the output that receives this data processing equipment and record, described Data Transport Protocol device, data processing equipment all is electrically connected on described transmit port, and described data transfer apparatus is electrically connected on described data processing equipment;
Described data processing equipment also has one in order to control the data dump unit that described data transfer apparatus is removed extractable and changeable data storage device recorded data;
Described data processing equipment also has one in order to control the format setting unit that described data transfer apparatus is formatd extractable and changeable data storage device processing;
Described Date Conversion Unit is made up of an electronics integrating device and an operational order chipset, required instruction that this operational order chipset includes described Date Conversion Unit, data dump unit and form setup unit at least when carrying out;
The Data Transport Protocol that described data protocol transmitting device adopts the scanner driver transport protocol chip group of standard to reach.
According to above-mentioned conception, described extractable and changeable data storage device can be a floppy disk, and described data transfer apparatus can be a floppy disk read write drive.
According to above-mentioned conception, described extractable and changeable data storage device can be ZIP dish, and described data transfer apparatus can be a ZIP disk drive.
According to above-mentioned conception, described extractable and changeable data storage device can be a LS-120 hifd, and described data transfer apparatus can be a LS-120 hifd machine.
According to above-mentioned conception, described extractable and changeable data storage device can be a writable formula CD, and described data transfer apparatus can be a cd-recorder.
According to above-mentioned conception, described extractable and changeable data storage device can be a PC hard disk, and described data transfer apparatus can be a disk read-write driver.
According to above-mentioned conception, described extractable and changeable data storage device can be a magneto-optic disk, and described data transfer apparatus can be a magneto-optic disk read write drive.
Above data storing expanding device also has a control panel, and this control panel is electrically connected with described Data Transport Protocol device, data processing equipment.
This shows, by effect of the present invention, the user of digital camera just can output to previous Digital Image Data captured and that be stored in its internal storage in the floppy disk (Floppy Disk), but and the substituting of cheap floppy disk (the Floppy Disk) of mat, reach still open-ended effect after camera uses continuously, and establish the soft or hard driver in need not using, huge and the expensive digital camera of MO drive (Magneto Optical drive) equal-volume, and for the user that desire expands upgrading, because of the transmit port of preferred embodiment of the present invention is finished with the standard output interface-serial port (Serialport) of digital camera, and the Data Transport Protocol reached of the scanner driver transport protocol chip group (TWAINprotocol chipset) that adopts standard, so the present invention more can directly apply to the digital camera of the existing various brands of user, meet user's economic consideration easily of upgrading, have much product competitiveness.
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Fig. 1 is that one embodiment of the invention and digital camera link the function block schematic diagram that uses;
Fig. 2 is that second embodiment of the invention and digital camera link the function block schematic diagram that uses;
Fig. 3 is that third embodiment of the invention and digital camera link the function block schematic diagram that uses.
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At first see also Fig. 1, a preferred embodiment of the present invention and digital camera link the function block schematic diagram that uses.The present invention carries out data transmission (available connecting line transmits or transmits with infrared and radio) by transmit port of being formed with serial port 11 (Serial port) and digital camera 12, when the user presses button on the touch control panel 13, control panel promptly sends a transfer request signal to the data transmission agreement device of being formed with scanner driver transport protocol chip group (TWAIN protocol chipset) 14, data transmission agreement device 14 then beginning and 12 of this digital cameras is set up a Data Transport Protocol, just Data Transport Protocol according to this of digital camera 12 then, previous digital image information captured and that be stored in its internal storage is delivered in the data processing equipment 15 by an electronics integrating device (Integrated DeviceElectronics via serial port 11, IDE) Date Conversion Unit of being formed with an operational order chipset (Disk Operation chipset) 151, Date Conversion Unit 151 will output to the data transfer apparatus of being finished by a floppy disk read write line 16 after will converting a particular memory form according to the Digital Image Data that this Data Transport Protocol transmitted to again, by data transfer apparatus 16 this Digital Image Data be write in the extractable and changeable data storage device of being finished by floppy disk (Floppy Disk) 17 again.Thus, effect by preferred embodiment of the present invention, the user of digital camera just can output to previous Digital Image Data captured and that be stored in its internal storage in the floppy disk (Floppy Disk), but and the substituting of cheap floppy disk (the Floppy Disk) of mat, reach still open-ended effect after camera uses continuously, and establish the soft or hard driver in need not using, huge and the expensive digital camera of MO drive (Magneto Optical drive) equal-volume, and for the user that desire expands upgrading, because of the transmit port of preferred embodiment of the present invention is that standard output interface-serial port 11 (Serial port) with digital camera is finished, and the Data Transport Protocol reached of the scanner driver transport protocol chip group (TWAIN protocolchipset) that adopts standard, so preferred embodiment of the present invention more can directly apply to the digital camera of the existing various brands of user, meet user's economic consideration easily of upgrading, have much product competitiveness.
Seeing also Fig. 2, Fig. 3, is that second, third preferred embodiment of the present invention and digital camera link the function block schematic diagram that uses.Wherein second preferred embodiment can be finished extractable and changeable data storage device 27 with PC hard disk card (PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) HDD Card), ZIP disk sheet or LS-120 high power capacity flexible plastic disc, and finishes data transfer apparatus 26 with disk read-write device, ZIP disk drive or LS-120 hifd machine.The 3rd preferred embodiment then can magneto-optical disc (Magneto-Optical, MO) or writable formula discs (Compact Disc Recordable CD-R) finish extractable and changeable data storage device 37 and finish data transfer apparatus 36 with magneto-optical disc read-write heads or optomagnetic cd-rom recorder.The data input action of the foregoing description is all identical, so do not repeat them here.
In addition, control panel 13,23,33 in above-mentioned three preferred embodiments more provides the user that data dump unit in the data treating apparatus 15,25,35 152,252,352 and form (FORMAT) setup unit 153,253,353 are sent disk operating instruction or magneto-optical disc operational order, and then control the removing (erase) and format actions such as (FORMAT) that this data transfer apparatus 16,26,36 carries out disk or magneto-optic disk etc., to make things convenient for the user to expand and to manage floppy disk or magneto-optic disk.
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1, a kind of data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera, it is characterized in that: this data storing expanding device is made up of housing and the element that is included in the housing, wherein, described housing is to be independent of outside the digital camera, described element has a transmit port that links to each other with the output port of digital camera, one in order to and digital camera between carry out data transmission agreement the Data Transport Protocol device, one has one converts this digital camera the data processing equipment of the Date Conversion Unit of exporting behind the particular memory form to according to Digital Image Data that aforesaid Data Transport Protocol transmitted, and one be written to data transfer apparatus on the extractable and changeable data storage device in order to the control of accepting aforesaid data processing equipment and the output that receives this data processing equipment and record, described Data Transport Protocol device, data processing equipment all is electrically connected on described transmit port, and described data transfer apparatus is electrically connected on described data processing equipment;
Described data processing equipment also has one in order to control the data dump unit that described data transfer apparatus is removed extractable and changeable data storage device recorded data;
Described data processing equipment also has one in order to control the format setting unit that described data transfer apparatus is formatd extractable and changeable data storage device processing;
Described Date Conversion Unit is made up of an electronics integrating device and an operational order chipset, required instruction that this operational order chipset includes described Date Conversion Unit, data dump unit and form setup unit at least when carrying out;
The Data Transport Protocol that described data protocol transmitting device adopts the scanner driver transport protocol chip group of standard to reach.
2, the data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described extractable and changeable data storage device is a floppy disk, described data transfer apparatus is a floppy disk read write drive.
3, the data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described extractable and changeable data storage device is a ZIP dish, and described data transfer apparatus is a ZIP disk drive.
4, the data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described extractable and changeable data storage device is a LS-120 hifd, and described data transfer apparatus is a LS-120 hifd machine.
5, the data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described extractable and changeable data storage device is a writable formula CD, and described data transfer apparatus is a cd-recorder.
6, the data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described extractable and changeable data storage device is a PC hard disk, and described data transfer apparatus is a disk read-write driver.
7, the data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described extractable and changeable data storage device is a magneto-optic disk, described data transfer apparatus is a magneto-optic disk read write drive.
8, the data storing expanding device that is applied to digital camera according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described data storing expanding device also has a control panel, and this control panel is electrically connected with described Data Transport Protocol device, data processing equipment.
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