Patent ID: 7881604

Claim:
An image recording device that records image data in a recording medium, comprising: a photographing unit capable of photographing an image so as to provide the image data; a location information acquisition unit for acquiring location information; a time information acquisition unit for acquiring time information; a photographing condition information storing unit that stores photographing condition information including information of an area in which an image is photographed and information of a period of time in which the image is photographed; photographing control means that allows the photographing unit to photograph an image when it is determined that current location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit and current time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit satisfy a condition shown in the photographing condition information stored in the photographing condition information storing unit; and image recording means that records local image data, the local image data being obtained by the photographing, in the recording medium in a manner allowing the local image data to correspond to recording content information including information of an area in which the photographing is executed and time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit in a photographing period, wherein the photographing control means allows the photographing unit to end the photographing when at least one of the current location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit and the current time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit disagrees with a condition shown in the photographing condition information, and wherein the image recording means records the image data as the recording content information in a manner allowing information including information of an area in which the photographing is executed and information, the information being acquired by the time information acquisition unit, of starting time and ending time of the photographing to correspond to the image data.