Patent ID: 7483061

Claim:
An image capture device comprising: an image capture system having an optical system for focusing light onto an image capture sensor and image forming circuitry cooperating with the image capture sensor to convert the light focused onto the image capture sensor into an electronic image; an audio capture system having a transducer and audio processing circuitry cooperating to convert a pattern of sonic energy incident upon the transducer into an electronic audio signal representing the pattern of sonic energy; a user input system having a manual capture input and a manual mode selection input, said user input system generating a capture signal when the capture input is moved from a rest position to a capture position and said user input system generating a mode selection signal indicating a setting of the mode selection input from among a plurality of settings; and a controller causing the image capture system to capture at least one image in response to the capture signal and further causing the audio capture system to capture an electronic audio signal representing the pattern of sonic energy incident upon the transducer within an audio capture time frame beginning at a start time and ending at an end time with said controller further associating the captured image with the electronic audio signal; wherein said controller determines at least one of the start time and the end time based upon the mode selection.