Patent ID: 6701058
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus, comprising:an imaging part; a first recording part that records a predetermined amount of data of images captured by the imaging part; and a communication part that wirelessly communicates with an image recording apparatus comprising at least one of a printer and a second recording part having a capacity larger than the first recording part, and that transmits a first command signal to the image recording apparatus to turn on a power supply to at least one of the printer and the second recording part when a residual capacity of the first recording part becomes less than a predetermined threshold and then transmits at least one of the images recorded in the first recording part to the image recording apparatus, wherein the communication part transmits a second command signal to the image recording apparatus to turn off the power supply of the image recording apparatus when transmission of the at least one of the images recorded in the first recording part to the image recording apparatus is completed.