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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2001
Applicants:
Tatsutoshi Kitajima, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kanehiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsutoshi Kitajima, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kanehiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The digital camera includes a CPU which controls the operation of the digital camera. The digital camera has an audio recording mode in which sound data can be continuously recorded. If this audio recording mode is under execution and if the CPU receives an instruction, through the operation section, to capture a still image of an object, the CPU provides control to record the sound and the image data corresponding to the still image simultaneously.