Patent ID: 7339615
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising: an image capturing unit for capturing image data; a recording unit for recording data including the image data and audio data separately prepared from the image data; a play unit for playing the recorded data; a release switch for instructing said recording unit to record the image data and instructing said play unit to play said audio data; a function setting section for switching an operational mode for recording the image data and an operational mode for playing the recorded data; and a record and playback control unit for giving an instruction to said play unit to stop playing said recorded data and subsequently giving an instruction to said image data recording unit to start recording the image data, without switching the operational mode, when said release switch is operated once to record the image while said play unit plays the recorded data, wherein playback of said audio data can be resumed substantially immediately after the recording unit has recorded the image data.