Patent ID: 6992710

Claim:
An electronic camera apparatus intended for recording picture data obtained by picture taking in a recording medium having a file management structure complying with a DCF Standard, the electronic camera apparatus comprising: input means for inputting and setting a virtual directory name, with a form not specified in the DCF Standard, in a directory recorded in the recording medium having the DCF-compliant file management structure; and recording means for recording a virtual directory management file in said recording medium, said virtual directory management file being generated so that the virtual directory name and the directory name complying with the DCF Standard correspond to each other, said virtual directory name being used as a recording name, wherein said input means is able to input and set a virtual file name, with a form not specified in the DCF Standard, as a file in the directory recorded in the recording medium having the DCF-compliant file management structure, wherein said recording means records a virtual file management file produced by the corresponding the virtual file name inputted and set by said input means to the virtual directory name of said virtual directory management file corresponding to said virtual file name in said recording medium with a file name that is able to exist in the directory recorded in the DCF-compliant file management structure and, wherein said virtual directory management file records the file name that corresponds to said virtual file name and is able to exist in the directory recorded in said recording medium in the DCF-compliant file management structure.