Patent ID: 7453501

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, which creates an image file and is associated with an external memory, comprising: a connector configured to attach and detach said external memory in which a plurality of information files are stored, each of the plurality of information files including first information data related to an item being described in advance, and one of a switching attribute, an information data changing attribute and an information data replacement attribute being defined corresponding to each of the plurality of information files; a first display device configured to display said plurality of information files stored in the external memory attached by the connector; a first selection device configured to select one of the plurality of information files displayed by said first display device; a second display device configured to display the first information data, which are described in advance in the information file selected by said first selection device and related to the corresponding item; a second selection device configured to select the first information data, which are displayed by said second display device; a switching device configured to switch between an item name and an information file name of each of the plurality of information files previously stored in the external memory, to be displayed, when the switching attribute corresponding to the selected information file is defined; an information data changing device configured to change the first information data, which are selected by the second selection device, when the information data changing attribute corresponding to the selected information file is defined; an information data replacement device configured to replace the first information data, which are described in the information file selected by the first selection device, with second information data, which are previously described in the imaging apparatus, and to register the second information data into the corresponding image file, when the information data replacement attribute corresponding to the selected information file is defined; and an adding device configured to register the information data, which is selected from the information data described in advance in the selected information file by said second selection device, into the corresponding image file.