Patent ID: 7676612

Claim:
A video camera device comprising: an image data generating unit that generates image data corresponding to a captured image; a communication control unit that (a) determines whether a speed mode between the video camera device and an external device is a first speed mode or a second speed mode, (b) communicates with the external device at a first speed if the speed mode is the first speed mode, and (c) communicates with the external device at a second speed slower than the first speed if the speed mode is the second speed mode; a device control unit that (a) enables transfer of the image data if the communication control unit determines that the speed mode is the first speed mode, and (b) disables the transfer of the image data if the communication control unit determines that the speed mode is the second speed mode; and a display unit that (a) displays the image data being transferred to the external device if the communication control unit determines that the speed mode is the first speed mode and the device control unit enables the transfer of the image data, and (b) does not display the image data if the communication control unit determines that the speed mode is the second speed mode and the device control unit disables the transfer of the image data.