Patent ID: 7164438
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic pickup camera comprising: an electronic pickup element which photoelectrically converts an object image to form an image signal; an image conversion unit which converts the image signal formed by the electronic pickup element to image data of a predetermined format; a storage unit which stores the image data converted by the image conversion unit; a transmission unit which enables transmission of the image data stored in the storage unit to an external device; and a control unit which decides whether an external device, to which the transmission unit transmits the image data, is a predetermined external device, and selects an accompanying process for transmission of the image data based on the result of the decision, wherein when the external device to which the transmission unit transmits the image data is the predetermined external device, the accompanying process selected by the control unit includes a process of deleting the transmitted image data from the storage unit, and wherein when the external device to which the transmission unit transmits the image data is not the predetermined external device, the accompanying process selected by the control unit includes a process of setting an undeletable attribution to the transmitted image data stored in the storage unit.