Abstract: There is disclosed an image recording apparatus which automatically records location information that the user can easily understand in an image recording apparatus which records a sensed image and location information associated with the image sensing location of that image in association with each other. An image recording apparatus of this invention includes an area information reception unit for acquiring area information broadcasted by an external apparatus such as a wireless base station or the like, and automatically acquires information associated with an area where the image recording apparatus is located. The apparatus records a sensed image signal and area information in association with each other.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus of a configuration capable of requesting a transmission of an information file including the currently received information data in response to an instruction for starting a recording in the course of reception of information data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus and decoding of the information data by a decoder, and receiving the information file transmitted from the transmitting apparatus in response to the transmission request, while suspending the decoding process by the decoder.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing data are provided. Information data and recording medium management information concerning a recording medium are recorded on the recording medium. The recording medium management information includes initialization time-and-date information concerning time and date of initialization of the recording medium, creation time-and-date information concerning time and date of creation of the recording medium management information, and update time-and-date information concerning time and date of update of information data written on the recording medium.