Patent ID: 8400550
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera-equipped electronic device, comprising: a photographic unit that stores in a storage medium an image obtained by photographing a subject via an imaging unit; a non-photographic unit that executes non-photographing processing different from photographing processing executed in the photographic unit and requires greater electric power than is required by the photographing processing; a decision-making unit that makes a decision as to whether or not a current state of use is such that if the non-photographic unit is engaged in operation over a predetermined length of time, remaining battery capacity will be depleted to a level equal to or less than a predetermined value; a restricting unit that imposes restrictions on a use of the non-photographic unit with regard to consumption of the electric power based upon results of the decision made by the decision-making unit; and a mode selection unit that selects one of a photographic mode and a non-photographic mode, the photographic unit engaged in operation with or without the storage medium loaded in the camera-equipped electronic device in the photographic mode and the non-photographic unit engaging in operation in the non-photographic mode, wherein the decision-making unit includes a detection unit that detects a presence of the storage medium loaded in the camera-equipped electronic device, the restricting unit restricts the use of the non-photographic unit with regard to the consumption of the electric power in correspondence to the detected presence of the storage medium, and the restricting unit restricts the use of the non-photographic unit if the non-photographic mode is selected by the mode selection unit and the presence of the storage medium loaded in the camera-equipped electronic device is not detected.