Patent ID: 7650110

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a storage to store a plurality of images; a reception unit configured to receive plural separate image acquisition requests per second transmitted from another wireless communication apparatus in accordance with a camera control protocol for exchanging information relating to images; a selection unit configured to select, in response to the image acquisition request, one of the plurality of images stored in the storage and to output information relating to the one of the plurality of images; and a transmission unit configured to transmit at least one response to the another wireless communication apparatus in accordance with the camera control protocol, where the information outputted from the selection unit is contained in the response, wherein when the reception unit has received a first image acquisition request and a second image acquisition request in a predetermined time which is shorter than at least one second after receiving the first image acquisition request, the selection unit selects an identical image that is identical to an image selected responding to the first image acquisition request, the identical image being selected responding to the second image acquisition request, and outputs information relating to the identical image, and the transmission unit transmits a response containing the information relating to the identical image, in response to the second image acquisition request.