Patent ID: 6415108
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A photography device for use in a photography image processing system which can print an optically readable voice code image on a printing medium on which a photographed still image is to be printed, comprising:a voice input section for inputting a voice corresponding to the voice code image; a mode setting section for setting one of a first mode that enables a predetermined operation necessary for recording, on the printing medium, a voice code image based on the voice input by said voice input section, and a second mode that disables the predetermined operation necessary for recording, on the printing medium, the voice code image based on the voice input by said voice input section; and a display section for displaying whether the first mode or the second mode is set by said mode setting section; wherein when said mode setting section sets the first mode, one of an input period priority mode and a layout priority mode can be further selected, the input period priority mode being a mode wherein the predetermined operation is executed in a state in which an input period of the voice has a higher priority than a recording position of the voice code image on the printing medium, and the layout priority mode being a mode wherein the predetermined operation is executed in a state in which the recording position of the voice code image on the printing medium has a higher priority than the input period of the voice.