Patent ID: 8126720

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an audio acquisition unit configured to acquire audio data; a detection unit configured to detect a voice command included in the audio data; a processor configured to execute at least one computer program, the at least one computer program comprising program code that when executed by the processor implements: an image capturing control unit configured to acquire image data by controlling an image capturing unit to capture an object image when the voice command is detected; and a storage control unit configured to control a storage unit to store at least one of the audio data which have predetermined time relationships with an utterance timing of the voice command as a voice memo in association with the acquired image data, wherein, when a duration of time from the start to end of utterance of the voice command is m seconds, the image capturing control unit controls the image capturing unit to capture an object image M seconds after recognition of the voice command, and when the duration of time from the start to end of utterance of the voice command is n seconds (m>n), the image capturing control unit controls the image capturing unit to capture an object image N seconds (M>N) after recognition of the voice command.