Patent ID: 7969468
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging device for photographing a subject image to output as image data; a recording device for recording the image data as an image file; a wireless communication device; a partner device searching device for searching for a partner device of a wireless communication; and a wireless communication setting device for setting the wireless communication device to be effective or to be invalid, and wherein when the wireless communication device is effectively set by the wireless communication setting device, the partner device searching device automatically starts the searching for the partner device with activation of the imaging device; and wherein after the partner device searching device automatically starts the searching for the partner device with the activation of the imaging device, the partner device searching device regularly repeats the searching, and the apparatus is configured to stop an operation for regularly repeating the searching if a predetermined time has passed; and wherein said imaging apparatus further comprises: an operation mode setting device for setting an operation mode of the imaging apparatus; and an operation mode setting handling device for handling the operation mode setting device, wherein the operation mode includes a communication mode for conducting the wireless communication by using the wireless communication device, and when the operation mode is set to the communication mode by the operation mode setting device, after the partner device searching device automatically starts the searching for the partner device with the activation of the imaging device, the partner device searching device regularly repeats the searching for the partner device, and does not stop the operation for regularly repeating the searching if the predetermined time has passed.