Patent ID: 7561794
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera which shares, within an image-sharing group by way of a network, image data captured by digital cameras constituting members of the image-sharing group, the digital camera comprising: an imaging circuit for outputting image data obtained by capturing a subject; a distribution list generation module which generates for each of the members of the group, every time image data are output from the capturing circuit, distribution information, including a storage source directory, a distribution destination address, and a storage destination directory, all pertaining to the image data, by reference to a group list where member information is registered for each of the members, including a distribution destination address and a storage destination directory, to thus generate a distribution list having respective pieces of distribution information registered therein; and a distribution module which sequentially reads distribution information from the distribution list and distributes the image data to respective other digital cameras, which constitute the members, on the basis of the read distribution information.