Sending a digital image method and apparatus thereof

1. An automatically sending digital image method, wherein the method is used in a portable communication apparatus, the portable communication apparatus has a plurality of contact person data, each contact person data corresponding to a contact person and including a face photograph and an E-mail address of the contact person, the automatically sending digital image method comprising the steps of:

(a) gathering a digital image;

(b) recognizing a face picture of the digital image;

(c) comparing the face picture of the digital image with the face photograph of each contact person;

(d) setting the contact person as a picture contact person when the face picture of the digital image matches the face photograph of the contact person;

(e) selecting multiple communication contact persons from the contact persons based on the picture contact persons according to a sending mode;

(f) attaching the digital image to an E-mail; and

(g) sending the E-mail to the E-mail addresses of the communication contact persons,

wherein the digital image is took by the portable communication apparatus in a first event, further comprising:

setting time period;

determining the first event terminating, when no digital image is took by the portable communication apparatus in the time period; and

performing step (a) to step (g) based on the first event.

2. The automatically sending digital image method of claim 1 , wherein the sending mode is an individual sending mode, and the communication contact persons are set as the picture contact persons.

3. The automatically sending digital image method of claim 1 , wherein the sending mode is a group sending mode, wherein multiple predetermined sending groups are set, each predetermined sending group includes multiple predetermined contact persons from the contact persons, and one of the predetermined sending groups is selected as a communication group based on the picture contact persons such that the communication contact persons are set as the predetermined contact persons of the communication group.

4. The automatically sending digital image method of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined contact persons of the communication group include the picture contact persons.

5. The automatically sending digital image method of claim 4 , wherein multiple selected sending groups are selected form the predetermined sending groups, wherein the predetermined contact persons of each selected sending group includes the picture contact persons, and the communication group is set as one of the selected sending groups such that the number of the predetermined contact person of the selected sending group are the least among the selected sending groups.

6. The automatically sending digital image method of claim 4 , wherein multiple selected a plurality of sending groups are selected form the predetermined sending groups, wherein the predetermined contact persons of each selected sending group includes the picture contact persons, and the communication group is set as one of the selected sending groups such that the number of the predetermined contact person of the selected sending group are the most among the selected sending groups.

7. The automatically sending digital image method of claim 1 , wherein the time period is four hours.

8. An automatically sending digital image apparatus, comprising:

a storage module, wherein the storage module stores a plurality of contact person data, and each contact person data corresponds to a contact person and includes a face photograph and an E-mail address of the contact person;

a gathering image module to gather a digital image, wherein the digital image is gathered by the gathering image module in a first event, and when no digital image is took by the gathering image module in a special time period, the first event terminates;

an image processor receiving the digital image, wherein the image processor further comprises:

an image recognizing module to recognize a face picture of the digital image; and

an image comparison module to compare the face picture of the digital image with the face photograph of each contact person, wherein the contact person is set as a picture contact person when the face picture of the digital image matches the face photograph of the contact person; and

a communication module to select multiple communication contact persons from the contact persons based on the picture contact persons according to a sending mode, and to attach the digital image an E-mail, wherein the E-mail is mailed to the E-mail addresses of the communication contact persons.

9. The automatically sending digital image apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the sending mode is an individual sending mode, and the communication contact persons are set as the picture contact persons.

10. The automatically sending digital image apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the sending mode is a group sending mode, wherein multiple predetermined sending groups are set, each predetermined sending group includes multiple predetermined contact persons from the contact persons, and one of the predetermined sending groups is selected as a communication group based on the picture contact persons such that the communication contact persons are set as the predetermined contact persons of the communication group.

11. The automatically sending digital image apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the predetermined contact persons of the communication group include the picture contact persons.

12. The automatically sending digital image apparatus of claim 11 , wherein multiple selected sending groups are selected form the predetermined sending groups, wherein the predetermined contact persons of each selected sending group includes the picture contact persons, and the communication group is set as one of the selected sending groups such that the number of the predetermined contact person of the selected sending group are the least among the selected sending groups.

13. The automatically sending digital image apparatus of claim 11 , wherein multiple selected sending groups are selected form the predetermined sending groups, wherein the predetermined contact persons of each selected sending group includes the picture contact persons, and the communication group is set as one of the selected sending groups such that the number of the predetermined contact person of the selected sending group are the most among the selected sending groups.

14. The automatically sending digital image apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the gathering image module is a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS).