Image capture apparatus and method of controlling the same

摘要

The size of an image file is not influenced even if location information is added or deleted after storing the image file. To achieve this, when an image is stored on a storage medium, whether GPS measurement was successful is determined. If measurement was successful, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in a first area as attribute information compliant with the image file format, the acquired location information is stored in a second area as attribute information, and the image is stored in a predetermined format. If not, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in the first area, predetermined information is stored in the second area, a reserved area having a pre-set size is allocated in a continuous area that follows the second area, and the captured image is stored.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus that stores an image into a recording medium as an image file having a predetermined file format, comprising:
a storing unit that stores, into a recording medium, an image file in which a predetermined size of a reservation area is allocated within a recording area for attribute information complying with the predetermined image file format; an acquisition unit that acquires location information; and a control unit that, if predetermined time information has been stored as one attribute within the recording area in an image file stored in the recording medium, writes the location information acquired by the acquisition unit into the reservation area of the image file, and, if predetermined time information has not been stored as one attribute within the recording area in the image file, does not write the location information into the image file stored into the reservation area of the image file.