Digital Camera
First Claim
1. A digital camera, comprising:
- an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data;
a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data;
a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium;
an email for sending creation unit that creates an email for sending, for causing the communication unit to send the electronic mail data, to which is attached an image to be sent based upon the photographed image data recorded upon the recording medium;
an email address setting unit that sets an email address as the destination of the email for sending that has been created by the email for sending creation unit; and
an upper limit setting unit that sets an upper limit of data amount or an upper limit of the number of images, for the image to be sent that is attached to the email for sending, according to the email address that is set by the email address setting unit;
whereinthe email for sending creation unit creates an email for sending to which an image to be sent is attached based upon image data that is generated by deleting a predetermined photographic information from the photographed image data including the photographic information according to the email address that is set by the email address setting unit.
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Abstract
A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data, a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium, an email for sending creation unit that creates an email for sending, to which is attached an image based upon the photographed image data recorded upon the recording medium, an email address setting unit that sets an email address as the destination of the email for sending, and an upper limit setting unit that sets an upper limit of data amount or an upper limit of the number of images, for the image to be sent, according to the email address that is set by the email address setting unit.
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16 Claims
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
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an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data; a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data; a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium; an email for sending creation unit that creates an email for sending, for causing the communication unit to send the electronic mail data, to which is attached an image to be sent based upon the photographed image data recorded upon the recording medium; an email address setting unit that sets an email address as the destination of the email for sending that has been created by the email for sending creation unit; and
an upper limit setting unit that sets an upper limit of data amount or an upper limit of the number of images, for the image to be sent that is attached to the email for sending, according to the email address that is set by the email address setting unit;
whereinthe email for sending creation unit creates an email for sending to which an image to be sent is attached based upon image data that is generated by deleting a predetermined photographic information from the photographed image data including the photographic information according to the email address that is set by the email address setting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
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11. A digital camera, comprising:
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an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data; a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data; a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium and records the image data included in the electronic mail data received by the communication unit as received image data upon the recording medium; and a replay unit that replays a photographed image based upon the photographed image data, which is recorded upon the recording medium by the recording control unit, and a received image based upon the received image data, which is recorded upon the recording medium by the recording control unit;
wherein;the replay unit replays the photographed image and the received image distinguishably; and
,if the electronic mail data received by the communication unit has been created by a portable telephone, the replay unit replays the received image based upon the image data that is included in the electronic mail data, with its vertical dimension being longer than its horizontal dimension.
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12. A digital camera, comprising:
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an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data; a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data; a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium and records the image data included in the electronic mail data received by the communication unit as received image data upon the recording medium; a folder creation unit that creates a plurality of folders according to email addresses of the senders of the electronic mail data received by the communication unit; and a reply email creation unit that creates a reply email to which is attached a reply image based upon the photographed image data, which is recorded upon the recording medium, in reply to a received email based upon the electronic mail data received by the communication unit;
wherein;the recording control unit distributes the received image data among the folders created by the folder creation unit and records the received image data upon the recording medium; and
,if electronic mail data for the reply email created by the reply email creation unit is sent by the communication unit, the recording control unit records received image data of a received email to which the reply email is sent in reply and photographed image data corresponding to the reply image in mutual correspondence upon the recording medium.
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13. A digital camera, comprising:
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an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data; a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data; a battery detection unit that detects remaining amount in a battery; a memory detection unit that detects remaining capacity of a memory; and a control unit that permits or prohibits reception and sending of the electronic mail data by the communication unit according to the remaining amount in the battery, which is detected by the battery detection unit, or the remaining capacity of the memory, which is detected by the memory detection unit;
wherein,when the remaining amount in the battery detected by the battery detection unit is less than a predetermined battery amount, the control unit permits sending of the electronic mail data by the communication unit to a specific recipient and prohibits sending of the electronic mail data by the communication unit to other recipients except the specific recipient. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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