Patent ID: 8009205

Claim:
An imaging device, to which a portable storage medium is attachable, comprising: a portable storage medium attachment section which attaches the portable storage medium; an inside storage medium which links image data imaged to information of imaging date and time and stores the data; and a transfer control section which controls a transfer of the image data from the inside storage medium to the portable storage medium, the portable storage medium having a data area which stores the image data transferred and a system area which stores management data generated corresponding to the image data stored in the data area, the transfer control section setting time stamp information of the management data generated in the portable storage medium corresponding to the image data transferred from the inside storage medium to the portable storage medium as the information of imaging date and time linked to the image data transferred, wherein the transfer control section generates additional data which sets the imaging date and time linked to the image data as time stamp information in the system area, when transferring the image data from the inside storage medium to the portable storage medium and the additional data includes an identifier that the additional data is recognized as a deletion item in a file management system on which the portable storage medium depends.