The WLAN Foto Access Point was developed specifically for the photo stores and transfers photos that are stored on phones and tablets within seconds.
Due to the constantly falling market share of compact cameras and the increasing importance of mobile phones and tablets as a substitute for cameras, a simple and efficient solution for the transfer of photos in the photo stores today is of the utmost importance.
Functional description:
A Wireless Access Point from the manufacturer "TP-LINK" is equipped with a 3GB USB stick which is programmed with the software. This unit has been turned into a system to re-serve as a photo-receiving device for mobile phones and tablets. The WLAN Foto Access Point creates in the photo store a local Wi-Fi. This WLAN can only be used to send customers photos. Access to the Internet and the internal network is not possible. The customer connects their phone / tablet with the WLAN Foto access point and opens the Internet browser where the application opens on the display. The application then allows the customer to select the photos on their mobile phone / tablet and to send them. The transmission of a picture is done in seconds.
For every phone / tablet a separate folder on the USB stick is created where the transferred picture(s) will be stored. The WLAN Foto Access Point is connected via a network cable to the router / switch via the network of the photo store. From all computers / photo lab which are connected to the internal company network can now get access to the sent images to allow the operator to print the images or carry out other services requested by their customer.
Operation:
The current version supports Android 2.3+ systems / iOS 6.0+ / Windows, such as Samsung, iPhone, iPad, Nokia, etc.
1. The client connects their mobile device with the WLAN "DPAP".
2. The customer opens on their mobile phone / tablet the internet browser. (Safari for iPhones, Internet for Android systems and Internet Explorer
for Windows systems)
3. Destination address: 192.168.168.1 key in the browser
(Enter, respectively confirm entry)
4. On the display appears a button "Add Photos" which will be used for selecting and transferring the images.
5. Select image(s) you want and send. (At Android systems only one image can be selected and sent at a time. For selecting and sending several
pictures, point 5 needs to be repeated for every picture.)
Multiple selection of pictures at Android systems as of version 4.0
1. The client connects their mobile device with the WLAN "DPAP".
2. The customer opens on their mobile phone / tablet the internet browser "Google Chrome".
3. Destination address: 192.168.168.1 key in the browser
(Enter, respectively confirm entry)
4. On the display appears a button "Add Photos" which will be used for selecting and transferring the images.
5. To access the pictures on the device, select the button "Documents"
(Sample: Screen shot of Samsung S4 Mini) and open afterwards the folder "Own pictures".
6. - To send a single picture, touch shortly on the selected picture and the transmisson takes place immediately.
- To send several pictures, touch for at least two seconds on the firts picture to select it. Additional pictures can now be selected and deselected. For transmitting the selected pictures, press the button "open".
Advantages of this system:
- No installation required of an App, so no dependence by a third party
- No connection cables for different phone models required
- Massive time savings for staff as a conventional connection via cable, etc to a photo kiosk or computer becomes obsolete
- Massive time savings for staff, since there is no support for the operation for a photo kiosk required
- Massive time savings for staff, since no support required if all the downloaded photos must be searched / selected on a photo kiosk / computer with the customer
- Ensures high discretion, as the staff only see the pictures the customer sends
- No investment in photo kiosk stations for data acquisition of images from Mobile Phones / Tablets required
- Faster data transfer than Bluetooth
- Faster data transmission than sending photos by e-mail (limiting the amount of data e-mail)
- Data transmission via Wi-Fi is free of charge for the customer in comparison to images sent by e-mail over phone connection (especially for foreign telephone connections, high roaming charges may apply)
- Existing photo kiosk stations can be used more efficiently and are less time taken up whilst customers selecting their images.
- Images may be processed more cost-effectively on your own equipment than using eg devices from third-party solutions with expensive consumables
- Unlimited number of clients can simultaneously transmit images to the WLAN Foto Access Point (no dependence of free available photo kiosk or computer)
- Cheap Investment
Disadvantages:
- None known
