Image processing apparatus and control method therefor

Abstract

In an image processing apparatus which can store a pickuped image file in a new folder, the user's convenience is improved, and the creation of unnecessary folders is suppressed. If a preset condition for the creation of a new folder is satisfied, a new folder is created when a next shooting instruction is issued (S125). Creating a new folder when a shooting is actually performed prevents the creation of an empty folder. In addition, since a folder creation condition can be set in advance, there is no need to execute a sequence of creating a folder for every shooting.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image processing device that picks up and records still and moving images and a control method thereof. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, an image processing device that picks up still and moving images by using an image pickup device such as a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor typified by a digital still camera or a digital video camera has been widely used. In such an image processing apparatus, a picked-up image is recorded as a digital data file (picked-up image file). [0003] In general, picked up image files are recorded using a file system (folder structure) and using folders (directories). There has been proposed a technique of classifying picked-up image files by using folders at the time of recording operation for later search and the like. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-333470 discloses a technology that allows a user to select a recording destination folder for picked-up image files from amon...

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However, since the image pickup apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-54041 is based on the ass

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