Patent ID: 8115862

Claim:
An electronic camera that wirelessly transfers captured image data to a computer or a printer via a wireless LAN communicator, comprising: a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless LAN communicator; and a power save mode changeover unit that changes over a power save mode to either an ON or an OFF state according to the operational state of the electronic camera, wherein: if the power save mode is changed over to ON, the wireless LAN communicator temporarily stores communication data for the wireless communication unit, and the power save mode changeover unit makes the wireless communication unit perform a polling operation at a predetermined cycle to confirm whether or not the communication data is stored in the wireless LAN communicator and, if the communication data is stored, to receive the communication data from the wireless LAN communicator, the wireless communication unit stopping its operation at a timing except when the polling operation is performed, and if the power save mode is changed over to OFF, the wireless LAN communicator transmits the communication data to the wireless communication unit without storing it, and the power save mode changeover unit makes the wireless communication unit operate in a standby state to receive the communication data when the communication data is transmitted from the wireless LAN communicator.