Patent ID: 7535495
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera comprising: an imaging unit which captures an object to acquire image data; an audio unit which converts received sounds into electric signals to acquire audio data; an operating unit for an operator to give an operational instruction; and a recording unit which records the image data and the audio data on a recording medium, which is a final camera memory, in a predetermined format, said recording unit having a still image recording mode in which still images can be recorded on said recording medium, a motion picture recording mode in which moving images can be recorded on said recording medium, and an audio recording mode in which the audio data can be recorded on said recording medium, wherein when a still image capturing button is operated during execution of the audio recording mode, said recording unit stores for one operation of the still image capturing button only one still image data corresponding to an object on said recording medium concurrently with storing said audio data on same said recording medium, wherein said recording unit records on said recording medium the audio data and the image data of the still image as one file and wherein said one file includes a header preceding the audio data and the image data of the still image, the header indicating a recording start time of the audio data, a recording end time of the audio data, a presence/absence of the still image, a storage address of the still image, and a time when the still image is captured, and wherein the header, the audio data, and the image data of the still image are arranged in this order in said one file, wherein when the still image capturing button is operated during execution of the audio recording mode for a plurality of times, the header, the audio data, and the image data of a plurality of the still images are arranged sequentially in this order in said one file.