Patent ID: 7620701

Claim:
An image capture device capable of transmitting captured images to a file server via a network, the image capture device comprising: a capturing unit adapted to capture an image of a subject and acquire image data; an operation unit adapted to receive an instruction from a user to perform a preparation process for image capturing by the capturing unit, wherein the preparation process is an autofocus (AF) process or an autoexposure (AE) process; a storage unit adapted to store communication settings used to communicate with the file server; a communication unit adapted to transmit a packet internet groper (PING) command in response to the user operating the operation unit to instruct the image capture device to perform the preparation process, based on the stored communication settings, to the file server to determine whether or not the image capture device is in a state capable of communicating with the file server; and a determination unit adapted to determine, based on the results of transmitting the packet internet groper (PING) command, whether or not the image capture device is in a state capable of communicating with the file server.