Patent ID: 8471926
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a medium detecting unit operable to detect insertion of a recording medium to the imaging apparatus; an information acquiring unit operable to acquire information relating to a directory configuration of the recording medium from the recording medium; a determining unit operable to determine a state of the recording medium based on the information acquired by the information acquiring unit when the insertion of the recording medium is detected by the medium detecting unit; and an informing unit operable to inform a result of the determination by the determining unit to an outside of the imaging apparatus, wherein the determining unit, in order to determine the state of the recording medium, determines only whether or not a specific directory, which is a topmost directory in directories defined according to an advanced video codec high definition (AVCHD) standard, is present in the recording medium based on the acquired information; when determining that the specific directory is present in the recording medium, the determining unit determines, as the state of the recording medium, that at least one moving image file is recorded on the recording medium, and when determining that the specific directory is not present in the recording medium, the determining unit determines, as the state of the recording medium, that a moving image file is not recorded on the recording medium.