Patent ID: 7602420

Claim:
An image capture apparatus having an image capture mode for capturing performance and a reproduction mode for reproducing and displaying image data, comprising: an image capture unit; a selecting unit configured to select the image capture mode or the reproduction mode; a display control unit configured to control a display of a reproduced image on a display unit when the reproduction mode is selected by the selecting unit; a recognition unit configured to recognize communication information for conducting communication with an external apparatus from image data captured by the activated image capture unit; a sending unit configured to send the communication information recognized by the recognition unit and communication information possessed by the image capture apparatus and establishing the communication; and a controller configured to control, in a case where the image capture apparatus tries to communicate with the external apparatus under the reproduction mode, the mode to be switched back to a normal reproduction mode by activating the image capture unit and by stopping the image capture unit when the recognition unit recognizes the communication information.