Patent ID: 8289408

Claim:
An imaging system comprising: an imaging instruction issuing apparatus; and one or more imaging apparatuses, wherein the imaging instruction issuing apparatus includes: at least one storage device configured to store an image capturing request code and an image capturing prohibition code; inputting means for receiving from a user, an indication of whether to transmit the image capturing request code or the image capturing prohibition code; setting means for setting an image request signal in accordance with the indication received by the inputting means, wherein setting the image request signal comprises retrieving from the at least one storage device, the image capturing request code or the image capturing prohibition code in accordance with the indication; generation means for generating notification data including the image request signal and identification information identifying the imaging instruction issuing apparatus, and first communication means for transmitting and outputting the notification data to the one or more imaging apparatuses, and wherein each of the one or more imaging apparatuses includes: imaging means for obtaining captured image data of a subject, saving means for saving the captured image data obtained by the imaging means, second communication means for receiving the notification data from the imaging instruction issuing apparatus, and control means for causing the saving means to perform a saving process of saving the captured image data obtained by the imaging means and the identification information included in the notification data in an associated manner when the image request signal in the notification data received by the second communication means includes the image capturing request code.