Patent ID: 7158172

Claim:
A digital camera with an automatic image transmission function, comprising: a transmission section for transmitting photo images; and a transmission control unit connected to said transmission section, said transmission control unit judging whether a transmission allowance condition of completion of photography is satisfied, wherein if said transmission control unit judges that the completion of photography condition is satisfied, then said transmission control unit judges whether there is at least one transmission allowance condition other than the completion of photography to be checked, and if said transmission control unit judges that there is no transmission allowance condition other than the completion of photography, then said transmission section transmits said photo images, wherein a cost for a transmission is calculated based on unit communication time, a remaining time is an amount of time of a last unit communication time calculated as being not needed for transmission of the photo images, and said at least one transmission allowance condition other than the completion of photography includes the remaining time being at or below a predetermined remaining time level.