Patent ID: 8243156

Claim:
An image-capturing apparatus comprising: image-capturing means for capturing an image of a subject in order to obtain captured image data; storage processing means for performing a process for storing the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing means; operation means for performing a self-timer image-capturing operation; motion detection means for detecting motion of the subject; control means for, when the self-timer image-capturing operation is performed using the operation means, controlling, on the basis of detection information obtained by the motion detection means, a shutter operation in which the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing means is stored by the storage processing means after a self-timer set time period passes; wherein: the motion detection means detects the motion of the subject by performing image analysis of the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing means, the motion detection means detecting the motion of a person as the subject, the control means controls the shutter operation on the basis of the detection information on the motion of the person by the motion detection means, and on the basis of the detection information obtained by the motion detection means, the control means performs a process for extending the self-timer set time period when the person is moving when the self-timer set time period passes.