Patent ID: 7800647

Claim:
An image capturing device, comprising: a camera module and a main body unit, the camera module having: an image capturing section to capture an image, a first control section to process image data obtained by the image capturing section, and a first memory section to store program codes and control parameters of the camera module, and to store information from the main body unit through the first control section, wherein the camera module outputs the image data into the main body unit; and the main body unit having: a second memory section to store the image data outputted from the camera module, and a second control section to control the second memory section to store the image data outputted from the camera module, wherein the first control section outputs the image data obtained by the image capturing section and first image capturing information pertaining to the camera module into the main body unit, and wherein the second control section pairs, using a predetermined format, the image data outputted from the first control section with both the first image capturing information outputted by the first control section and second image capturing information pertaining to the main body unit to capture the image, wherein the second control section controls the second memory section to store the image data and the first and second image capturing information, each of which has been paired, and wherein the second control section controls the first control section to store the second image capturing information pertaining to the main body unit in the first memory section of the camera module.