Patent ID: 8042191

Claim:
An image capture apparatus comprising: an image capture unit configured to capture an image; an image data generating unit configured to generate image data corresponding to the captured image; an authentication unit configured to perform an authentication process using an external device; an encryption unit configured to encrypt the image data to generate encrypted image data if the authentication process performed by the authentication unit is succeeded; a storage unit configured to store the encrypted image data in a recording medium; and a display unit configured to (a) display, when ID information of the image capture apparatus is not included in the external device, first information which is used to inform a user that the image capture apparatus is not a registered device, and (b) display, when the ID information of the image capture apparatus and encryption key data are included in the external device, second information which is used to inform the user that the authentication process performed by the authentication unit is succeeded, wherein the encryption key data is used to encrypt the image data.