Patent ID: 7394966

Claim:
An image capture apparatus comprising: an image capture unit adapted to capture a digital image; a recording unit adapted to record the digital image captured by said image capture unit on a recording medium; a wireless communication unit adapted to transmit the digital image recorded on the recording medium to an external recording apparatus; and a control unit adapted to determine, using additional information corresponding to the digital image recorded on the recording medium, whether or not the digital image recorded on the recording medium is already transmitted to the external recording apparatus, the additional information being received from the external recording apparatus, wherein said control unit controls said wireless communication unit to transmit the digital image recorded on the recording medium to the external recording apparatus if said control unit determines that the digital image recorded on the recording medium is not already transmitted to the external recording apparatus, and wherein said control unit avoids transmitting the digital image recorded on the recording medium to the external recording apparatus if said control unit determines that the digital image recorded on the recording medium is already transmitted to the external recording apparatus.