JP2005295114A - Photographing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographing apparatus capable of informing an object selected among a plurality of objects about the start of photographing. <P>SOLUTION: The photographing apparatus 100 transmits object information registered in a memory 24 via a signal image I/F 17, displays the information overlappingly on an LCD 16, when an entry key 19 (selection key) is operated, a selection cursor is moved to select a name of a photographed object or a still picture and whether or not a video recording start/stop button is depressed is discriminated (step S108). When the entry key 19 (video recording start/stop button) is depressed, the video recording of a video image displayed on the LCD 16 through an imaging element 10 is started, and the object information selected as soon as the entry key 19 is depressed is read from the memory 24 and transmitted to a mobile phone 201 through a Bluetooth 220. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographing apparatus, and more particularly to a photographing apparatus that can notify a subject of the start of photographing.

  Conventionally, in order to photograph a plurality of subjects far away from the photographing device one by one in order, in addition to grasping the order of photographing in advance, the photographer signals the start of photographing by gesture gestures, etc. It was necessary to inform the subject.

In addition, as a means for notifying a subject far away from the photographing apparatus, a method using a light emission color and a light emission interval from a light emitting unit of the photographing apparatus is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-294028

  However, if the photographer and the subject grasp the order of photographing, and the photographer signals the start of photographing by gestures and the like to inform the subject, the photographing order may be wrong and photographing may fail, Even if the order of shooting is not mistaken, the subject may not be aware of the signal to start shooting due to the gesture of the photographer.

  In addition, when the light emission color and the light emission interval of the light from the light emitting unit of the photographing apparatus are used, depending on the surrounding environment, the light from the light emitting unit may not reach the subject, and when there are a plurality of subjects, Sometimes, it was not clear which subject was the subject of shooting.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a photographing apparatus capable of notifying the start of photographing with respect to a subject selected from a plurality of subjects.

  In order to achieve the above object, the photographing apparatus according to claim 1 is connected to a mobile telephone owned by a photographer, and the mobile telephone is connected to a plurality of other mobile telephones owned by a plurality of subjects and a public telephone line. In a photographing apparatus connected via a network, photographing means, storage means for storing information about the plurality of subjects, display means for displaying the plurality of stored information, and the displayed plurality of information A selection unit that selects information on a specific subject from the information, and the mobile phone makes a call to another mobile phone owned by the selected specific subject in response to an instruction to start shooting by the shooting unit And a calling instruction means for instructing to make a command.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the photographing apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising receiving means for receiving information on the plurality of subjects from the plurality of other mobile phones.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the photographing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the information regarding the plurality of subjects includes the name of the subject, the image data of the subject, and other movements owned by the subject, respectively. It includes at least one telephone number.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the photographing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the call instruction means is connected to the mobile phone wirelessly.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the photographing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, wherein each of the calling command unit and the mobile phone includes a wireless interface.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the photographing apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the wireless interface is a short-range wireless interface.

  In order to achieve the above object, the imaging device according to claim 7 is an imaging device connected to a plurality of mobile phones respectively owned by a plurality of subjects via a public telephone network, and the imaging means; Storage means for storing information on the subject, display means for displaying the plurality of stored information, selection means for selecting information on a specific subject from the displayed information, and the photographing means Calling means for calling a mobile phone owned by the selected specific subject in response to a shooting start instruction.

  An imaging device according to an eighth aspect is the imaging device according to the seventh aspect, wherein the imaging device is a mobile phone with a camera.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographing apparatus comprising: a plurality of wireless terminals respectively owned by a plurality of subjects; Shooting means for shooting, storage means for storing information on the plurality of subjects, display means for displaying the plurality of stored information, and information on a specific subject are selected from the displayed plurality of information The image processing apparatus includes: selection means; and transmission means for transmitting a shooting start message to a wireless terminal owned by the specific subject when shooting by the shooting means is started.

  The imaging device according to claim 10 is the imaging device according to claim 9, wherein the transmission unit is owned by a subject other than the selected specific subject in response to an instruction to start imaging by the imaging unit. It is characterized by transmitting information on photographing standby.

  An imaging device according to an eleventh aspect is the imaging device according to the ninth or tenth aspect, further comprising receiving means for previously receiving information about the plurality of subjects from the plurality of wireless terminals.

  The photographic device according to claim 12 is the photographic device according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the information regarding the plurality of subjects includes the name of the subject, the image data of the subject, and the subject, respectively. Including at least one of the IP addresses of the wireless terminals owned by.

  An imaging device according to a thirteenth aspect is the imaging device according to any one of the ninth to twelfth aspects, wherein each of the transmission unit and the wireless terminal includes a wireless interface.

  According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the photographing apparatus according to the thirteenth aspect, the wireless interface is a wireless LAN.

  The imaging apparatus according to claim 15 is the imaging apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein the storage means includes an IP address of the apparatus main body and a plurality of wireless terminals respectively owned by the plurality of subjects. An IP address is registered in advance.

  According to the photographing apparatus of claim 1, in response to an instruction to start photographing, the mobile phone instructs the other mobile phone owned by the selected specific subject, so that a plurality of subjects The start of shooting can be notified to the selected subject.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since information on a plurality of subjects is received from a plurality of other mobile phones, information on the plurality of subjects can be easily obtained.

  According to the photographing apparatus of claim 7, since a call is made to the mobile phone owned by the selected specific subject in response to an instruction to start photographing, photographing is performed on a subject selected from a plurality of subjects. You can signal the start.

  According to the photographing apparatus of the ninth aspect, since the photographing start message is transmitted to the wireless terminal owned by the specific subject at the start of photographing, the photographing start can be notified to the subject selected from the plurality of subjects. .

  According to the photographing apparatus of the tenth aspect, in response to an instruction to start photographing, a photographing standby message is transmitted to a wireless terminal owned by a subject other than the selected specific subject. It is possible to notify the start of shooting for other than the above.

  According to the photographing apparatus of the eleventh aspect, since information on a plurality of subjects is received in advance from a plurality of wireless terminals, information on the subjects can be easily obtained.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the photographing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, an imaging device 100 according to the first embodiment includes an imaging device 10 that converts an optical image of a subject into an electrical signal, and a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit that removes noise from the output of the imaging device 10. 11, an automatic gain control circuit (AGC) circuit 12 that automatically controls and adjusts the gain of the output of the CDS circuit 11, and an A / D (analog / digital) converter 13 that converts the analog output of the AGC circuit 12 into a digital signal; The digital signal applied by the A / D converter 13 is subjected to well-known processing such as luminance (Y) / color (C) separation processing, edge enhancement processing, white balance processing, and gamma correction, and the digital video signal is converted. A camera signal processing circuit 14 to be generated, and a D / A (digital analog) for converting a digital video signal supplied from the camera signal processing circuit 14 into an analog signal ) Comprises a transducer 15, a display monitor (LCD) 16 for displaying an analog signal which is applied by the D / A converter 15.

  The imaging apparatus 100 also includes a microphone 25 that captures sound from the surrounding or target direction and outputs an audio signal, an A / D converter 26 that converts an analog output of the microphone 25 into a digital signal, and an A / D converter. An audio signal processing circuit 27 that performs audio signal processing on the audio data applied by the audio signal 26 to generate audio data; a D / A converter 28 that converts the audio data supplied from the audio signal processing circuit 27 into an analog signal; And a speaker 29 for outputting an analog signal applied by the D / A converter 28.

  The photographing apparatus 100 also includes a signal image interface (I / F) 17 that takes in the digital video signal supplied from the camera signal processing circuit 14 and writes it in the memory 24, and the digital video signal transferred from the memory 24 in the MPEG format or the like. The image compression / decompression circuit 18 that sequentially compresses the image data, the CPU 20 that performs overall control in accordance with a user instruction input by an input key 19 to be described later, and the audio data supplied from the audio signal processing circuit 27 are fetched into the memory 24. An audio interface (I / F) 22 for writing, an image compression / decompression circuit 23 for sequentially compressing audio data transferred from the memory 24 by the MPEG method, and the like, or the compressed digital video signal and audio data are related to each other or the same file Storage device 30 accommodated in and stored in the other communication terminal And a communication interface (I / F) 21 for transmitting object information to the other party's communication terminal as a trigger to start shooting by receiving and recording a start-stop button object information, which are connected to one another via a bus 40.

  Furthermore, the photographing apparatus 100 includes an input key 19 that is connected to the CPU 20 and is used when a user operates the photographing apparatus 100.

  The input key 19 includes a mode selector switch for switching to a subject selection mode, a recording start / stop button for instructing start and stop of photographing, a selection key for selecting subject information displayed on the LCD 16, and the like. Corresponds to a hard disk, DVD, DV (digital video) tape, memory card, etc., and the communication interface 21 is a short-range wireless interface such as Bluetooth, a wireless LAN interface defined by IEEE 802.11, and an interface leading to a mobile phone network Etc.

  The optical image incident on the image sensor 10 is converted into an electrical signal by the image sensor 10, noise is removed by the CDS circuit 11, automatic control adjustment is performed by the AGC circuit 12, and the digital signal is converted by the A / D converter 13. A known process is performed by the camera signal processing circuit 14, converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 15, and applied to the LCD 16 to be visually confirmed on the screen of the LCD 16.

  The sound input to the microphone 25 is converted into an audio signal by the microphone 25, converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 26, subjected to the audio signal processing by the audio signal processing circuit 27, and the D / A converter 28. Is applied to the speaker 29 by being converted into an analog signal and applied to the speaker 29.

  The CPU 20 activates the camera signal processing circuit 14 and the audio signal processing circuit 27, and the camera signal processing circuit 14 supplies the digital video signal from the A / D converter 13 to the D / A converter 15 and the signal image I / F 17. The audio signal processing circuit 27 controls the audio data from the A / D converter 26 to be supplied to the audio interface 22 and the D / A converter 28.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram used to explain how to use the imaging apparatus 100 of FIG.

  In FIG. 2, a photographer owns a mobile phone 201 having a Bluetooth 220 (short-range wireless interface) function as a communication interface (I / F) 21 with the photographing apparatus 100 of FIG. 1, and uses the Bluetooth method to photograph the photographing apparatus. Subject information is transmitted and received between the mobile phone 100 and the mobile phone 201. On the other hand, the subject owns the mobile phones 202 to 204, and calls are made and received between the mobile phone 201 and the mobile phones 202 to 204 through the public telephone network 230.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the notification process executed by the photographing apparatus 100 in FIG.

  This process is realized by the CPU 20 executing a control program stored in the memory 24.

  In this process, it is assumed that the imaging apparatus 100 and the mobile phones 201 to 204 are powered on at the start of the process, and that the Bluetooth apparatus can be used for transmission / reception between the imaging apparatus 100 and the mobile phone 201.

  In FIG. 3, first, shooting is temporarily stopped (YES in step S101), and when the operation mode is set to the subject selection mode by the input key 19 (mode switch) (YES in step S102), the mobile phone 201 is set. It is determined whether information selected from the subject information in the address book stored in the memory (FIG. 4) is received via Bluetooth 220 (step S103), and the photographing apparatus 100 is selected via Bluetooth 220. When the subject information is received, the subject information is registered in the memory 24 (step S104). On the other hand, when the subject information is not received, it is immediately determined whether the subject information has been registered in the memory 24. (Step S105).

  In FIG. 4, subject information transmitted and received between the photographing apparatus 100 and the mobile phone 201 includes the name of the subject to be photographed by the photographer, the phone number of the mobile phone owned by the subject, and the still image file ( JPEG file or the like) or a moving image file (Motion JPEG file or the like).

  If the subject information has already been registered in the memory 24 as a result of the determination in step S105, the subject information registered in the memory 24 is transmitted via the signal image I / F 17 and displayed on the LCD 16 (step S106). (FIG. 5) Further, by operating the photographer's input key 19 (selection key), the selection cursor is moved to select the name or still image of the subject to be photographed (step S107), and the input key 19 (recording start / stop). It is determined whether or not (button) has been pressed (step S108).

  In FIG. 5, the LCD 16 in the photographing apparatus 100 displays the names and face still images of four subjects among the subject information registered in the memory 24, and a red frame 50 as a selection cursor.

  As a result of the determination in step S108, when the input key 19 is pressed, the photographing apparatus 100 starts recording the video displayed on the LCD 16 via the image sensor 10, and simultaneously selects the input key 19 when pressed. The read subject information is read from the memory 24 and transmitted to the mobile phone 201 via the Bluetooth 220 as the communication interface 21, and the mobile phone 201 receives the subject information from the photographing device 100 via the Bluetooth 220, and is selected. A call is made to the subject mobile phones 202 to 204 (to a mobile phone number) (step S109).

  Thereafter, when the input key 19 (recording start / stop button) is pressed again (YES in step S110), the recording of the video displayed on the LCD 16 through the image sensor 10 is terminated, and the process returns to step S102.

  If the subject information is not recorded in the memory 24 as a result of the determination in step S105 (NO in step S105), or if the input key 19 is not pressed as a result of the determination in step S108 (NO in step S108). Then, the processing after step S102 is repeated.

  According to the processing in FIG. 3, when the input key 19 (recording start / stop button) is pressed, the photographing apparatus 100 starts recording the video displayed on the LCD 16 via the image sensor 10 and also uses the input key 19. At the same time as is pressed, the selected subject information is read from the memory 24 and transmitted to the mobile phone 201 via the Bluetooth 220 as the communication interface 21, and the mobile phone 201 receives the subject information from the photographing apparatus 100 via the Bluetooth 220. Is received (calls to the mobile phone number) (step S109), so the subject selected from the plurality of subjects is notified of the start of shooting. be able to.

  In addition, as long as the operation mode is set to the subject selection mode (YES in step S102), the imaging apparatus 100 repeats the processes after step S103.

  FIG. 6 is an external view of a photographing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 6, a camera-equipped mobile phone 600 as a photographing apparatus according to the second embodiment includes a camera lens unit 601 including an image sensor 10 (FIG. 1), an LCD 602, a selection key 603, and a subject selection mode button 604. And an input key 19 such as a recording start / stop button 605 and a mobile phone network interface 606 as the communication interface 21, and has the same configuration as that of the photographing apparatus 100 in FIG. The camera-equipped mobile phone 600 incorporates a miniaturized memory card such as an SD card, a multimedia (MMC) card, or a flash memory card as the storage device 30, and an address book stored in the memory card. Stores the subject name, the phone number of the mobile phone owned by the subject, and subject information such as a still image or a moving image of the subject.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram used to explain how to use the camera-equipped mobile phone 600 of FIG.

  In FIG. 7, a photographer owns the camera-equipped mobile phone 600 of FIG. On the other hand, the subjects own mobile phones 702 to 704, respectively. Between the camera-equipped mobile phone 600 and the mobile phones 702 to 704, calls are made and received via the public telephone line network 730.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing notification processing executed by the camera-equipped mobile phone 600 in FIG.

  This process is realized by the CPU 20 executing a control program stored in the memory 24.

  In this process, it is assumed that the camera-equipped mobile phone 600 owned by the photographer at the start of the process is in the shooting stopped state while the subject selection mode button 604 is pressed and the operation mode is set to the subject selection mode. .

  In FIG. 8, first, the subject information selected by the photographer from the subject information stored in the address book is displayed on the LCD 602 by operating the photographer's selection key 603 (step S201). When the recording start / stop button 605 is pressed in a state where the selected subject information is displayed on the LCD 602 (YES in step S202), the recording of the video displayed on the camera lens unit 601 is started and the recording start / stop button 605 is started. When is pressed, a call is made to the subject mobile phone displayed on the LCD 602 (to the mobile phone number) (step S203).

  Thereafter, when the recording start / stop button 606 is pressed again (YES in step S204), the recording of the video image displayed on the camera lens unit 601 is terminated, and the process returns to step S201.

  According to the processing of FIG. 8, the recording of the video shown on the camera lens unit 601 is started, and at the same time when the recording start / stop button 605 is pressed, a call is made to the subject mobile phone displayed on the LCD 602 (mobile phone). (Telephone number addressed) (step S203), it is possible to notify the subject selected from a plurality of subjects of the start of shooting.

  Further, as long as the operation mode is set to the subject selection mode, the camera-equipped mobile phone 600 repeats the processes after step S201.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram used for explaining a method of using the photographing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  A video camera 910 serving as a photographing apparatus according to the third embodiment has a configuration similar to that of the photographing apparatus 100 in FIG. 1 and includes wireless LAN terminals 901 to 901 via a wireless LAN 930 defined by IEEE 802.11. Communication with 903 is performed. Here, the communication interface 21 is a wireless LAN interface, the video camera 910 has an IP (Internet protocol) address 192.168.0.254, and the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 each have an IP address (192.168.168). .0.1 to 192.168.0.3).

  In FIG. 9, the photographer owns the video camera 910, while the subjects own the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903, respectively.

  In the first embodiment, as described above, the photographing apparatus 100 receives all subject information from the mobile phone 201 and stores it in the memory 24 before photographing. In the third embodiment, The video camera 910 receives the IP address of the video camera 910 owned by the photographer and the network address (192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0) of the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 owned by the subject. The data is recorded in the memory 24 by the input key 19.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of notification processing executed by the video camera 910 in FIG.

  This process is realized by the CPU 20 executing a control program stored in the memory 24.

  In FIG. 10, first, when shooting is paused (YES in step S301), and the operation mode of the input key 19 is set to the subject selection mode (YES in step S302), the memory 24 of the shooting device 910 is previously stored. A broadcast packet for confirming the connection is transmitted to the recorded network address (192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0) of the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903. Accordingly, the subject information that has been replied from the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903, that is, the subject information (FIG. 11) stored in the memory of the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 connected to the wireless LAN 930 is received, and the memory 24 (step S303), it is determined whether subject information is registered in the memory 24 (step S304).

  In FIG. 11, subject information transmitted and received between the video camera 910 and the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 includes the name of the subject to be photographed by the photographer and the IP address (192) of the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 owned by the subject. 168.0.1 to 192.168.0.3), and still image files (JPEG files, etc.) or moving image files (Motion JPEG files, etc.) of the subject.

  If the subject information has been registered in the memory 24 as a result of the determination in step S304 (YES in step S304), the subject information registered in the memory 24 is transmitted via the image I / F 17 and displayed on the LCD 16 in an overlapping manner. (Step S305) (FIG. 5), and further, by operating the photographer's input key 19 (selection key), the name of the subject to be photographed or the still image is selected by moving the selection cursor (Step S306). It is determined whether or not 19 (recording start / stop button) has been pressed (step S307).

  As a result of the determination in step S307, when the input key 19 is pressed, the recording of the video displayed on the LCD 16 through the image sensor 10 is started, and at the same time the input key 19 is pressed, the wireless of the selected subject is started. A shooting start message is transmitted to the IP addresses of the LAN terminals 901 to 903, and a shooting standby message is transmitted to the IP addresses of the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 of the subject not selected (step S308).

  Thereafter, when the input key 19 (recording start / stop button) is pressed again (YES in step S309), the recording of the video displayed on the LCD 16 through the image sensor 10 is terminated, and the process returns to step S302.

  If the subject information is not recorded in the memory 24 as a result of the determination in step S304, or if the input key 19 is not pressed as a result of the determination in step S307, the processing from step S302 is repeated.

  According to the processing of FIG. 10, when the input key 19 (recording start / stop button) is pressed, the recording of the video displayed on the LCD 16 through the image sensor 10 is started and at the same time the input key 19 is pressed. Since the shooting start message is transmitted to the IP addresses of the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 of the selected subject (step S308), the start of shooting can be notified to the subject selected from the plurality of subjects.

  Furthermore, according to the processing of FIG. 10, since a shooting standby message is transmitted to the IP address of the wireless LAN terminals 901 to 903 of the subject that has not been selected (step S308), the subjects other than the subject are not targeted. It is possible to inform that the shooting has started.

  In addition, as long as the operation mode is set to the subject selection mode (YES in step S302), the video camera 910 repeats the processes after step S303.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a photographing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure used for demonstrating the usage method of the imaging device 100 of FIG. It is a flowchart of the notification process performed by the imaging device 100 in FIG. It is a figure used for demonstrating the to-be-photographed object information received by FIG.3 S103. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of LCD16 displayed by step S106 of FIG. It is an external view of the imaging device which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure used for demonstrating the usage method of the mobile phone 600 with a camera of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the notification process performed by the mobile phone 600 with a camera in FIG. It is a figure used for demonstrating the usage method of the imaging device which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. 10 is a flowchart of notification processing executed by the video camera 910 in FIG. 9. It is a figure used for demonstrating the to-be-photographed object information received by FIG.10 S303.

Explanation of symbols

10 Image sensor 16 LCD
17 Signal image I / F
19 Input Key 21 Communication Interface 24 Memory 100 Imaging Device 201 Mobile Phone 220 Bluetooth

Claims (15)

  The mobile phone is connected to a mobile phone owned by a photographer, and the mobile phone is connected to a plurality of other mobile phones owned by a plurality of subjects via a public telephone line network. Storage means for storing information on a plurality of subjects, display means for displaying the plurality of stored information, selection means for selecting information on a specific subject from the displayed plurality of information, and the photographing means In response to an instruction to start shooting by the mobile phone, the mobile phone includes call command means for commanding a call to another mobile phone owned by the selected specific subject. .   2. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising receiving means for receiving information on the plurality of subjects from the plurality of other mobile phones.   3. The information on the plurality of subjects includes at least one of a name of the subject, image data of the subject, and a telephone number of another mobile phone owned by the subject, respectively. The imaging device described.   The photographing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the calling instruction unit is wirelessly connected to the mobile phone.   5. The photographing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the calling instruction unit and the mobile phone includes a wireless interface.   The photographing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the wireless interface is a short-range wireless interface.   In a photographing device connected via a public telephone line network to a plurality of mobile phones respectively owned by a plurality of subjects, photographing means, storage means for storing information on the plurality of subjects, and the stored plurality of subjects Display means for displaying information, selection means for selecting information on a specific subject from the displayed plurality of information, and possession of the selected specific subject in response to an instruction to start photographing by the photographing means An imaging device comprising: calling means for calling a mobile phone.   8. The photographing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the photographing apparatus is a mobile phone with a camera.   In a photographing device connected wirelessly to a plurality of wireless terminals respectively owned by a plurality of subjects, photographing means, storage means for storing information on the plurality of subjects, and the stored plurality of information Display means for displaying; selection means for selecting information on a specific subject from the displayed plurality of information; and a wireless terminal owned by the selected specific subject in response to an instruction to start photographing by the photographing means An imaging apparatus, comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit information about the start of imaging.   10. The photographing standby information is transmitted to a wireless terminal owned by a subject other than the selected specific subject in response to an instruction to start photographing by the photographing unit. Shooting device.   The photographing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising receiving means for receiving information on the plurality of subjects from the plurality of wireless terminals in advance.   12. The information on the plurality of subjects includes at least one of a name of the subject, image data of the subject, and an IP address of a wireless terminal owned by the subject, respectively. The imaging device according to claim 1.   The photographing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein each of the transmission unit and the wireless terminal includes a wireless interface.   The photographing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the wireless interface is a wireless LAN. 15. The photographing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the storage unit pre-registers an IP address of an apparatus main body and IP addresses of a plurality of wireless terminals respectively owned by the plurality of subjects. .

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