Patent ID: 7221391

Claim:
A camera comprising: an image sensing unit adapted to generate unprocessed image data; an image processing unit adapted to process the unprocessed image data so as to generate processed image data; an embedding unit adapted to embed first additional information in the processed image data using a digital watermarking technique; an attaching unit adapted to attach the first additional information and second additional information to the unprocessed image data, the second additional information indicating to an external device that if the external device generates processed image data from the unprocessed image data, the external device is to embed the first additional information in the processed image data using the digital watermarking technique; and a recording unit adapted to (a) record the processed image data, in which the first additional information is embedded, to a removable recording medium, if the camera is in a first image recording mode, and to (b) record the unprocessed image data, to which the first and second additional information are attached, to the removable recording medium, if the camera is in a second image recording mode.