Patent ID: 7752163
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of an object; a storing unit configured to store file path information of the image file; a specifying unit configured to specify a file path for the image file based on the file path information; a determination unit configured to determine whether a second image file having a second file path that is the same as the file path exists on an external recording medium; a file path changing unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the second image file having the second file path that is the same as the file path exists on the external recording medium, change the second file path recorded on the external recording medium, wherein the file path changing unit changes the second file path recorded on the external recording medium based on a newly generated folder to which the second image file belongs, and without changing a file name of the second image file recorded on the external recording medium; and a recording control unit configured to record the image file on the external recording medium, the image file having the file path specified by the specifying unit.