Patent ID: 7075572

Claim:
An image photographing/reproducing system, comprising: an photographing apparatus for photographing an image using a photographing lens in a predetermined region and recording a photographed image in an image recording medium; first communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from second communication unit at a communication point installed in the predetermined region when the image is photographed; information recording unit for recording at least one of photographed frame information or photographed time information of the photographed image and first identification information of said image recording medium, and second identification information of the communication point, at least one of the photographed frame information, the photographed time information, the first identification information and the second identification information being transmitted and received between said first communication unit and said second communication unit when the image is photographed and an image reproducing apparatus, including: photographed image acquiring unit for acquiring the photographed image recorded in said image recording medium of said photographing apparatus when the photographed image is reproduced; information acquiring unit for acquiring at least one of the photographed frame information or the photographed time information of the photographed image and the first identification information, and the second identification information from said information recording unit; data acquiring unit for determining a photographed place of the photographed image of the photographed frame based on the second identification information and acquiring at least one of predetermined image data, document data, audio data and program data corresponding to the photographed place as composite data; image reproducing unit for reproducing the photographed image acquired by said photographed image acquiring unit and recorded in said image recording medium as a reproduced image; and data recording unit for recording the composite data acquired by said data acquiring unit in association with the reproduced image having been reproduced by said image reproducing unit.