Patent ID: 6999117
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device comprising: an image pickup section which senses an optical image and converts said optical image into image information; a recognition section which, if said optical image sensed by said image pickup section includes a medium displaying predefined information, recognizes said predefined information based on said image information obtained by said image pickup section; a storage section which stores said predefined information recognized by said recognition section; and a processing section which performs at least one of controlling image sensing by said image pickup section based on said predefined information, processing image information based on said predefined information, and making said predefined information correspond to associated image information, wherein while in a photography mode, said image pickup device automatically prompts a user to enter into an information input mode upon recognition of said predefined information on said medium by said recognition section, and wherein while in said information input mode, said storage section stores said predefined information recognized by said recognition section.