Patent ID: 8243168

Claim:
An image manager comprising: a bulk memory that stores an Exif image file which was created by a digital camera; a register that stores shooting information, which is included in an Exif tag of the Exif image file that was stored in the bulk memory and is attached to the Exif tag at a time of shooting, in a management data region of the bulk memory as management data; an obtaining device that obtains information to register into management data for controlling image data of the Exif image file based on the management data stored in the management data region; an attachment device that attaches obtained information obtained by the obtaining device to the Exif tag of the Exif image file which was stored in the bulk memory; and a detector that detects the obtained information, wherein the information obtained by the obtaining device is registered by the register, the attachment device attaches the obtained information to the Exif tag of the Exif image file which was stored in the bulk memory when the detector detects that the obtained information is defined in an Exif standard, and the bulk memory, the register, the obtaining device, the attachment device and the detector are disposed in one device.