Patent ID: 9094653
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a communication unit that is engaged in communication with an external device, and transmits transmission data; a control unit that adds image information into the transmission data including first recipient information that indicates a recipient of the transmission data, the image information including photographing location information; a setting unit that sets a restriction or a non-restriction: for adding the photographing location information into the transmission data; a storage unit in which second recipient information is registered in correspondence to the set restriction for the photographing location information to be added into the transmission data or the set non-restriction for the photographing location information to be added into the transmission data; a first judging unit that judges whether or not the first recipient information matches the registered second recipient information; a second judging unit that, if the first judging unit judges that the first recipient information matches the registered second recipient information, judges whether the second recipient information is in correspondence to the restriction or to the non-restriction; and a decision-making unit that decides not to add the photographing location information included in the image information into the transmission data if the second judging unit judges that the second recipient information is in correspondence to the restriction, and decides to add the photographing location information included in the image information into the transmission data if the second judging unit judges that the second recipient information is in correspondence to the non-restriction.