Television – Camera – system and detail – With electronic viewfinder or display monitor
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-28
2006-03-28
Vu, Ngoc-Yen (Department: 2612)
Television
Camera, system and detail
With electronic viewfinder or display monitor
C348S207100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07019778
ABSTRACT:
A method for customizing a digital camera for at least one particular user is disclosed. The digital camera includes a reprogrammable memory for storing firmware which controls the operation of the digital camera and a camera graphical user interface responsive to the firmware stored in the reprogrammable memory. The method includes providing customization software executed external to the digital camera which can access a plurality of firmware components having different camera features. A user selects desired camera features to cause the customization software to access the corresponding firmware component(s). The selected corresponding firmware component(s) are provided to the digital camera and the reprogrammable memory is reprogrammed to store the corresponding firmware component(s) to thereby customize the digital camera.
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Akyuz Su Y.
Miller Michael E.
Parulski Kenneth A.
Prabhu Girish V.
Tintera Anthony L.
Crocker Pamela R.
Eastman Kodak Company
Jerabek Kelly
Vu Ngoc-Yen
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