Patent ID: 7030914

Claim:
A recording device for recording at least one of image data and voice data on a detachable recording medium, said recording device comprising: selection means for selecting a generation condition of image data or voice data; generating means for generating image data or voice data in accordance with the generation condition selected by said selection means; retrieving means for retrieving information pre-recorded in the detachable recording medium for determining a file name, the information comprising a character to appear in the file name; file name determining means for determining a file name in accordance with the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium, wherein the file name comprises a leading portion and an extension, and wherein said file name determining means comprises means for determining the leading portion of the file name so that the leading portion comprises (1) the character from the information retrieved from the detachable recording medium and (2) a serial number, wherein the character precedes the serial number; and recording means for recording, on the detachable recording medium, a file including the image data or voice data generated by said generating means using the file name determined by said file name determining means.