IMAGE ACQUISITION AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM EMPLOYING POSITION DATA
First Claim
1. In an image reproducing system for reproducing an image of an object, the system having storage for storing image data associated with the image, a method for retrieving selected image data, comprising the steps of acquiring an image of the object, said image including image data, acquiring position data representative of the position of the object, correlating the position data with the image data, storing said image data and said position data in storage, and retrieving said image data in storage based upon said position data.
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Abstract
An image reproducing system and method for reproducing an image of an object, the system having storage for storing image data associated with the image. The system acquires an image an image of the object, acquires position data representative of the position of the object, correlates the position data with the image data associated with the image, and retrieves the image data based upon the position data.
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20 Claims
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1. In an image reproducing system for reproducing an image of an object, the system having storage for storing image data associated with the image, a method for retrieving selected image data, comprising the steps of
acquiring an image of the object, said image including image data, acquiring position data representative of the position of the object, correlating the position data with the image data, storing said image data and said position data in storage, and retrieving said image data in storage based upon said position data.
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10. In an image reproducing apparatus for acquiring and reproducing an image of an object, the system having storage for storing image data associated with the image, a computer readable medium holding instructions for a method for retrieving selected image data, comprising the steps of
acquiring an image of the object, said image including image data, acquiring position data representative of the position of the object, correlating the position data with said image data, storing said image data and said position data, and retrieving said image data in storage based upon said position data.
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12. An image acquisition and retrieval system for acquiring and retrieving image data associated with an image of an object, said system comprising
an image acquisition element for acquiring the image data associated with the image of the object, a receiver associated with said image acquisition element for receiving position signals associated with the position of the object, means for correlating said position data with said image data, a storage facility for storing one or more of said position data and said image data, and a control facility for retrieving said image data stored in said storage element based upon said position data.
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20. An image acquisition system for acquiring an image of an object, said system comprising a housing having
an image acquisition element for acquiring the image of the object, and a receiver associated with said image acquisition element for receiving position signals associated with the geographic position of the object.
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