Patent ID: 7385642

Claim:
An image shooting apparatus comprising: a plurality of light-emitting elements; an image shooting unit; a communication unit; a main driving circuit which feeds a current to each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a plurality of switches respectively provided between the plurality of light-emitting elements and the main driving circuit so as to respectively establish or shut off connection between the plurality of light-emitting elements and the main driving circuit; an additional driving circuit provided separately from the main driving circuit so as to feed a current to each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a control circuit controlling the plurality of light-emitting elements, the image shooting unit, the communication unit, the main driving circuit, the plurality of switches, the additional driving circuit and the apparatus as a whole, wherein the additional driving circuit includes a plurality of switches for electronic flash light respectively connected to the plurality of light-emitting elements; the control circuit makes the main driving unit cause the plurality of light-emitting elements to emit light for notification of call incoming by turning on and off the plurality of switches by pulse width modulation, when said communication unit detects call incoming, and makes the additional driving circuit cause the plurality of light-emitting elements to emit an electronic flash light of high luminance by turning on the plurality of switches for electronic flash light, when said image shooting unit takes a photograph.