Patent ID: 7358990
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image-taking apparatus comprising: an image-pickup device which photoelectrically converts an object image; an image processing circuit which creates image data files based on output from the image-pickup device; a filing system which creates a plurality of folders on a recording medium, selectively saves the image data files created by the image processing circuit in one of the plurality of folders with a different file number assigned to each image data file, and performs a numbering process in which it assigns file numbers sequentially from an initial number; and an operating member which is operated by a user, wherein the filing system changes a folder for saving image data files to other folder in accordance with operation of the operating member, and starts the numbering process on image data files to be saved in the other folder from the initial number or a number which does not coincide with any file number of the image data file already saved in the other folder, and wherein the other folder is a folder which has the smallest folder number among the folders having no image data file stored therein and the folders having image data files stored therein fewer than a final number.