Patent ID: 7760233
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal comprising: an imaging section; a storage section that stores an image picked up by the imaging section; a radio section that transmits and receives e-mail through a communication network; and a control section that controls the imaging section and the radio section, wherein when the radio section receives an e-mail, the control section does a plurality of processing; wherein a plurality of processing is: a first-controlling the imaging section to pick up an image; an extracting an instruction information from the e-mail; a determining timing of transmitting the picked-up image to a predetermined destination based on the instruction information; and a second controlling the radio section to transmit the picked-up image at the determined timing; and wherein the instruction information involves information regarding a delay time, the determining timing based on the information regarding the delay time, and the timing is at a moment after the delay time has elapsed since the imaging section picks up an image.