Patent ID: 6822678
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus comprising:an imaging unit which generates image information; a file system unit which controls a writing operation of a storage device; a managing unit which detects a storage state of said storage device and manages writing of the image information generated by said imaging unit into said storage device in accordance with a storage state information indicating the detected storage state; a communication unit which receives information data to be written into said storage device from an external apparatus, said external apparatus writing the information data into said storage device independently of said managing unit; and a control unit which sets a flag indicating that the information data are written into said storage device independently of said managing unit in response to writing of the information data into said storage device by said external apparatus, wherein said managing unit updates the storage state information so that the storage state information matches the storage state of said storage device into which information data are written by said external apparatus in accordance with the flag set by said control unit.