Patent ID: 7362359
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic device with an imaging function, comprising: an imaging unit, which forms images of objects; an input section, which automatically receives registration identification data from a first external terminal, the registration identification data uniquely identifying the first external terminal; and a recording unit, which registers the registration identification data received from the first external terminal as specific registration identification data by recording the received registration identification data in a first area, wherein, each time image data is formed by the imaging unit, image registration data is recorded in another area with the image data formed by the imaging unit, the image registration data comprising either the currently registered specific registration identification data or a variation of the currently registered specific registration identification data, such that the specific registration identification data registered at the time each image data was formed is determinable from the corresponding image registration data, wherein the registration identification data received from the first external terminal is recorded in the first area as the specific registration identification data until a new registration identification data is received from a second external terminal and registered as the specific registration identification data by the recording unit, the new registration identification data uniquely identifying the second external terminal.