Patent Document ID: 8437552
Application ID: 12329836
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A photographing apparatus for archiving a plurality of images as a single file, the photographing apparatus comprising: a feature subject extracting unit configured to determine one of the plurality of images as a main image and to extract at least one feature subject from the main image, wherein the feature subject is a portion of the main image that does not include the entire main image; an image selecting unit configured to: determine a search range; determine a search rank; and select at least one other image, that includes the feature subject, based on the search rank and search range; and an image archiving unit configured to archive the main image and the at least one other image selected by the image selecting unit, wherein the image archiving unit further archives accompanying information regarding the main image and the at least one other image selected by the image selecting unit, and wherein the accompanying information includes at least one of: color, capture time, and a direction of the at least one other image relative to the main image.