Patent ID: 7580626
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup terminal, comprising: an image pickup section; a data storage section which stores shutter sound setup data that sets a shutter sound generating when the image pickup section performs an imaging; a shutter sound generating section which generates a shutter sound based on the shutter sound setup data stored in the data storage section; a shutter sound appropriateness checking section which checks whether a shutter sound based on the shutter sound setup data stored in the data storage section is appropriate or not; a storage section which temporarily stores image data of an image picked up by the image pickup section; and a control section which controls the shutter sound generating section to generate the shutter sound based on the shutter sound setup data stored in the data storage section when the image pickup section performs an imaging, wherein the control section inhibits the image data stored in the storage section from being read when a shutter sound generated from the shutter sound generating section is inappropriate.