Patent ID: 7012636
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus that can be actuated by a command from an external device, the apparatus comprising: a shutter switch actuated to output an instruction of photographing a subject; a receiver that receives a photography command from the external device; photographing means that photographs the subject in response either to the instruction by said shutter switch or to the photography command and outputs an image signal of the subject; a memory that temporarily stores the image signal output by said photographing means, said memory being capable of storing a plurality of pictures of the image signal; transfer means that transfers the image signal stored in said memory to a storage device; and a controller that controls the photographing operation of said photographing means, wherein said controller, during the transfer operation by said transfer means, permits the photographing operation by the shutter switch and inhibits the photographing operation by the photography command.