Patent ID: 8339465
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture apparatus having a first operation mode and a second operation mode, the image capture apparatus comprising: a communication manager unit that (a) transfers first image data corresponding to a captured image to an external device if the image capture apparatus is in the first operation mode, and (b) transfers second image data corresponding to a reproduced image to the external device if the image capture apparatus is in the second operation mode; a first manager unit that (a) switches the first operation mode to the second operation mode so that the communication manager unit can transfer the second image data if a first switching instruction for switching the first operation mode to the second operation mode is inputted when the communication manager unit is not transferring the first image data to the external device, and (b) does not switch the first operation mode to the second operation mode until the first image data is transferred to the external device so that the communication manager unit can continue the transfer of the first image data if the first switching instruction is inputted when the communication manager unit is transferring the first image data to the external device, and (c) in response to the first switching instruction being inputted when the communication manager unit is transferring the first image data to the external device, causes the image capture apparatus to display first information for notifying a user that the first image data is currently transferred and second information for notifying the user that the transfer of the first image data can be cancelled; and a second manager unit that (a) switches the second operation mode to the first operation mode so that the communication manager unit can transfer the first image data if a second switching instruction for switching the second operation mode to the first operation mode is inputted when the communication manager unit is not transferring the second image data to the external device, (b) does not switch the second operation mode to the first operation mode until the second image data is transferred to the external device so that the communication manager unit can continue the transfer of the second image data if the second switching instruction is inputted when the communication manager unit is transferring the second image data to the external device, and (c) in response to the second switching instruction being inputted when the communication manager unit is transferring the second image data to the external device, causes the image capture apparatus to display a third information for notifying the user that the second image data is currently transferred and fourth information for notifying the user that the transfer of the second image data can be cancelled.