Patent ID: 8311395

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: metadata storage means for storing metadata transmitted from outside; metadata producing means for producing metadata representing each of a gathering location latitude representative of latitude of a photographing place (Gathering_Location_Latitude), a gathering location longitude representative of a longitude of a photographing place (Gathering_Location_Longitude), a gathering location altitude representative of altitude of a photographing place (Gathering_Location_Altitude), a gathering location time representative of time when photographing takes place (Gathering_LOcation_Time), machine ID for identifying a photographing device, camera setup information showing setting of a photographing device (Camera Setup Information), a reel number for identifying a recording medium (Reel Number), duration showing time required for photographing (Duration), start of material representative of start time of each scene (Start Of Material), a title representative of gathering title (Title), a good shot mark showing a mark point manually input when photographing take place (Good Shot Mark), record start mark (REC Start Mark), audio channel information showing a microphone channel (Audio Channel Information), an audio type showing if a voice record is mono, stereo or bilingual (Audio Type), UMID audio which is ID decided solely for identifying material (UMID (Audio)), UMID video (UMID (video)), copyright representative of copyright of material data (Copyright); and recording means for recording image data in a recording medium, wherein metadata stored in said metadata storage means, and metadata produced in said metadata producing means are recorded in said recording medium together with image data.