Communication device, image-pickup device, storage medium and communication method

An image pickup device having a communicative function to transmit pickup images obtained by the pickup images of a subject, comprising:

• an image pickup unit adapted to obtain the pickup image by photographing the subject;
• a manipulative unit adapted to instruct a predetermined operation;
• a communicative unit adapted to transmit the pickup image obtained by said image pickup unit to a transmission destination;
• and
• a control unit adapted to start the operation of said communicative unit when the predetermined operation is instructed by said manipulative unit,
• wherein said control unit controls said communicative unit so as to make a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image was completed.

An image pickup method having a communicative function to transmit pickup images obtained by the pickup images of a subject, comprising:

• an image pickup step for obtaining the pickup image by photographing the subject;
• a manipulative step for instructing a predetermined operation;
• a communicative step for transmitting the pickup image obtained in said image pickup step to a transmission destination;
• and
• a control step for starting the operation of said communicative step when the predetermined operation is instructed in said manipulative step,
• wherein said control step controls said communicative step so as to make a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image was completed.

A storage medium in which a processing step for transmitting pickup images obtained by the pickup images of a subject is stored on a computer readable medium, wherein said processing step comprises:

• an image pickup step for obtaining the pickup image by photographing the subject;
• a manipulative step for instructing a predetermined operation;
• a communicative step for transmitting the pickup image obtained in said image pickup step to a transmission destination;
• and
• a control step for starting the operation of said communicative step when the predetermined operation is instructed in said manipulative step,
• wherein said control step controls said communicative step so as to make a break in communication with the transmission destination after a lapse of a predetermined time period from the time when the transmission of the pickup image was completed.