Patent ID: 7545415

Claim:
An information-added imaging method for adding additional information to picture data captured by an imaging device, comprising: an imaging step of said imaging device capturing picture data; a receiving step of said imaging device receiving information about a schedule of events through a wireless and/or wire communication line; an adding step of adding additional information to said picture data captured in the imaging step on the basis of said information received in the receiving step while the picture data is being captured in the imaging step; a displaying step of displaying, in said imaging device, picture data to which said additional information has been added in the adding step while picture data is being captured in the imaging step; and a recording step of recording said picture data to which said additional information has been added in the adding step, wherein information about an event in which a plurality of event items are successively held with time is received in the receiving step, reservation is made for making a request for informing start of a specified event item at timing when said specified event item is to be held, information about an event item corresponding to the content of said reservation delivered at the timing when said event item is to be held is received in the receiving step, and when information is received in the receiving step, additional information is added to said picture data on the basis of said received information in the adding step.