Patent ID: 7099920

Claim:
A picture-information transmission apparatus comprising: a camera for taking a picture; a camera control means for controlling said camera to take a picture when a first predetermined operation is executed; a microphone configured to recognize a voice; a generating means for generating at least one of words or sentences corresponding to the recognized voice when said first predetermined operation is being executed; a memory means for storing said picture and said corresponding at least one of words or sentences as a single file of said picture, said corresponding at least one of words or sentences being stored at a predetermined position in the single file of said picture; a file select means for executing a second predetermined operation to select the single file of said picture and said corresponding at least one of words or sentences from said memory; and a transmission-information creation means for creating transmission information for transmitting information of said single file of said picture and said corresponding at least one of words or sentences selected by said file select means to a predetermined partner, wherein said transmission information is created when said single file is selected in a batch operation when said second predetermined operation is executed, said transmission information is an electronic mail (e-mail), and said transmission information is created so that said at least one of words or sentences constitutes a text of said e-mail and said picture information constitutes an attached file of said e-mail.