Patent ID: 7868921

Claim:
A system for setting a parameter for image processing in an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus different from said imaging apparatus, comprising: a downloading unit configured to download a parameter file that corresponds to the apparatus type of said imaging apparatus from an external apparatus that is different from said information processing apparatus and said imaging apparatus when said imaging apparatus and said information processing apparatus are linked; a setting unit configured to set an image processing parameter for said imaging apparatus, which is included in said parameter file downloaded by said downloading unit; a first processing unit configured to process image data at said imaging apparatus using the image processing parameter set by said setting unit, a second processing unit configured to process image data at said information processing apparatus using the image processing parameter downloaded by said downloading unit, an instructing unit configured to instruct said setting unit to set an image processing parameter; and a determining unit configured to determine whether the image processing parameter instructed to be set by said instructing unit corresponds to the apparatus type of said imaging apparatus linked with said information processing apparatus, wherein when said determining unit determines that the image processing parameter corresponds to the apparatus type of said imaging apparatus linked with said information processing apparatus, said setting unit operates, and wherein said first and said second processing units perform equivalent processing of an image using the image processing parameter obtained from one parameter file downloaded by said downloading unit.