Patent ID: 8319849

Claim:
An image capture device which has an image capture function and in which a memory is provided, the image capture device comprising: a first signal processing unit creating an image file by encoding image data obtained by image shooting; a second signal processing unit creating image data by decoding the image file created by the first signal processing unit; a memory controller writing the image file obtained from the first signal processing unit into said memory, or to read an image file from said memory; an output unit outputting the image data obtained from the second signal processing unit; an interface making connection to an external storage device, the external storage device having a capacity larger than that of said memory; a host controller controlling transmission and receipt of data through the interface; and a main control unit controlling operations of said memory controller and the host controller in order to transmit data between said memory and the external storage device, wherein a directory structure in said external storage device contains a directory structure that is the same as in said memory as a directory section in its lowest level, and wherein, with the directory structure in said memory arranged as a directory section in the lowest level, the directory structure in said external storage device contains a roll management directory which is arranged in a level higher than that of the directory section, and which manages the directory section as a unit roll, and a date management directory which is arranged in a level higher than that of the roll management directory, and which manages the date of each roll.