Patent ID: 8295895
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G03B,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device including a housing provided with a camera to enable image capture, the housing including a submergence detecting unit configured to detect that the housing is in a submerged state, an operation unit configured to operate at the time of photographing that emits sound or visible light at the time of photographing using the camera, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the unit configured to operate at the time of photographing, the portable electronic device being characterized in that: when the submergence detecting unit detects at said time of photographing using the camera that the housing is in the submerged state, the control unit switches said operation unit from a normal operation in a non-submerged state to a non-normal operation for notifying people around of the photographing in the submerged state, by causing said operation unit to emit sound or visible light.