Patent ID: 7668455
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing section for capturing a static image of a subject; a recording section for recording a sound surrounding the image capturing section; a threshold sound volume storage section for storing a specified threshold sound volume; a sound extraction section for extracting the sound within a part of period including the sound having the volume larger than the threshold sound volume stored in the threshold sound volume storage section among the sound recorded by the recording section; a data storage section for associating the image captured by the image capturing section with the sound extracted by the sound extraction section and storing the same; a data output section for synchronizing the captured image and the sound which are associated and stored in the data storage section and outputting the same; an environment identification section for identifying an environment surrounding the image capturing apparatus; a variable filter section for transmitting the sound within a specified frequency band; and a band control section for setting the frequency band of the sound transmitted through the variable filter section based on the environment identified by the environment identification section, wherein the recording section records the sound transmitted through the filter section.