Patent ID: 7893970
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information input apparatus, comprising: an imaging unit configured to image a picture image; a sound input unit configured to input sound; a memory for storing the picture image imaged by the imaging unit and the sound corresponding to the picture image input by the sound input unit, and for storing a continuously shot picture image comprising a plurality of picture images imaged continuously in a predetermined time period by the imaging unit and a plurality of sounds, each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of continuously imaged picture images, input by the sound input unit; a picture image reproduction unit configured to reproduce the picture images stored in the memory; a sound reproduction unit configured to reproduce the sound stored in the memory; a selection unit configured to select among the picture images stored in the memory; and a control unit configured to control the picture image reproduction unit to reproduce the selected picture image and the sound reproduction unit to reproduce the sound corresponding to the continuously shot picture image containing the selected picture image, if the selected image is one image of the continuously shot picture image, the control unit accomplishes control so that when one of the picture images other than a first picture image of a range of continuously shot picture images is selected, the sound corresponding to the range of continuously shot picture images is reproduced, beginning with sound of a picture image in the range where audible sound is first recorded, and respective picture images of the plurality of picture images obtained through continuous shooting are recorded in correlation to different sounds.