Patent ID: 8780252

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to output a moving image signal; a time measurement unit configured to measure a current time; a counter that counts a clock; an acquisition unit configured, in response to setting of an initial value of a time code, to acquire a first value from the time measurement unit at a setting timing of the initial value, and a first difference value that is a difference between a value of the counter at a measurement timing of the time measurement unit and a value of the counter at the setting timing of the initial value; a generation unit configured, in response to an instruction for starting a display of the moving image signal, to acquire a second value of the time measurement unit at an instruction timing of the starting display, and a second difference value that is a difference between a value of the counter at the measurement timing of the time measurement unit and a value of the counter at the instruction timing of the starting display, and to generate a time code concerning an elapsed time from the initial value including a number of frames, based on the initial value, the first value, the first difference value, the second value, and the second difference value; and an output unit configured to output the time code together with a moving image concerning the moving image signal to a display device.