Patent ID: 7773128
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus for recording captured images, the imaging apparatus comprising: a connector component that connects an image storage component, that stores a plurality of image data, to the imaging apparatus in a removable condition; a retrieve condition storage component that stores retrieve condition data for use as a retrieve condition when performing image retrieval; a retrieval component that retrieves a retrieval result by searching for image data that matches or is similar to the retrieve condition data from among the plurality of image data stored in the image storage component connected to the connector component; an internal storage component that stores the retrieval result retrieved by the retrieval component; and a determination component that determines whether image data stored in another image storage component connected to the connector component, instead of the image storage component, has been retrieved by said retrieval component, wherein, the retrieval component further retrieves a retrieval result from among a plurality of image data stored in said another image storage component using the common retrieve condition data which has been used with respect to the image storage component in a case where the determination component determines that image data stored in said another image storage component has not been retrieved, and the retrieval component does not again perform retrieval of a retrieval result on said another image storage component in a case where the determination component determines that image data stored in said another image storage component has been retrieved, and wherein the internal storage component accumulatively stores the retrieval results retrieved by the retrieval component until there is an explicit delete instruction.