Patent ID: 6609135
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G06F,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
An image file apparatus, comprising:a recording-medium mount for exchangeably mounting a first recording medium on which first image information can be recorded; an image-information recorder for recording the first image information on said first recording medium which can be mounted in said recording-medium mount; a managing-data creation unit for creating first managing data for said first image information which is recorded on said first recording medium by said image-information recorder; a database for storing therein the first managing data which is created by said managing-data creation unit; a unit for additionally storing second managing data for second image information which is recorded on a second recording medium, in said database when said second recording medium on which the second image information not managed by said database is recorded is mounted in said recording-medium mount; and an image information searcher for searching image information which corresponds to said first or second managing data recorded in said database in said first or second recording-medium mounted in said recording-medium mount.