Patent ID: 8411166

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus, comprising: an image pickup unit configured to take a still image; a temporary speech storing unit configured to input speech and continue storing speech for a predetermined time length while updating the speech; a speech period determining unit configured to determine a start timing and an end timing of obtaining the speech to have a photographing timing of the still image taken by the image pickup unit therebetween, in accordance with a period in which sound quality of the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit satisfies a predetermined condition; a storing unit configured to store the still image taken by the image pickup unit, and the speech; a storage control unit configured to cut out the speech stored in the temporary speech storing unit for a period within the start timing to the end timing determined by the speech period determining unit, and to store the cut out speech in the storing unit in association with the still image taken by the image pickup unit; and a registering unit configured to register a voice print of an arbitrary person in advance; wherein the storage control unit cuts out speech for a period in which a voice print of the speech corresponds to the voice print of the person registered in the registering unit.