Image data storing system and method, image obtaining apparatus, image data storage apparatus, mobile terminal, and computer-readable medium in which a related program is recorded
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1. An image data storing system, comprising:
- (a) an image obtaining apparatus for obtaining image data of a subject;
(b) storage means for storing the image data, which has been obtained by said image obtaining apparatus;
(c) means for obtaining site information representing a site at which said image data has been obtained by said image data obtaining apparatus;
(d) means for obtaining subject information identifying the subject of said image data; and
(e) information adding means for adding both said site information and said subject information to said image data, which is to be stored into said storage means.
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Abstract
A system is provided which facilitates management and classification of image data obtained by a digital camera. The system includes an image obtaining apparatus, a storage means for storing the image data obtained by the image obtaining apparatus, a means for obtaining site information representing a site at which the image data has been obtained, a means for obtaining subject information identifying the subject of the image data, and a means for labeling the image data, which is to be stored into the storage means, with both the site information and the subject information. The invention is applicable to a system which stores digital image data obtained by a digital still camera.
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1. An image data storing system, comprising:
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(a) an image obtaining apparatus for obtaining image data of a subject;
(b) storage means for storing the image data, which has been obtained by said image obtaining apparatus;
(c) means for obtaining site information representing a site at which said image data has been obtained by said image data obtaining apparatus;
(d) means for obtaining subject information identifying the subject of said image data; and
(e) information adding means for adding both said site information and said subject information to said image data, which is to be stored into said storage means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30)
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27. An image obtaining apparatus for obtaining image data of a subject, comprising:
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(a) storage means for storing the obtained image data of the subject;
(b) means for obtaining site information representing a site at which said image data of the subject has been obtained;
(c) means for obtaining subject information identifying the subject of said image data; and
(d) information adding means for adding both said site information and said subject information to said image data, which is to be stored into said storage means.
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28. An image data storing apparatus comprising:
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(a) storage means for storing image data of a subject, which image data has been obtained using an image obtaining apparatus;
(b) means for obtaining site information representing a site at which said image data of the subject has been obtained;
(c) means for obtaining subject information identifying the subject of said image data; and
(d) information adding means for adding both said site information and said subject information to said image data, which is to be stored into said storage means.
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29. A mobile terminal, for use in an image data storing system, which terminal is to be carried by an individual who is a subject of image data to be obtained by an image obtaining apparatus of the image data storing system, said terminal comprising:
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(a) means for holding identification (ID) information of said individual; and
(b) means for transmitting said ID information, which is held by said ID information holding means, to first information adding means of the system for adding said ID information to said image data as subject information.
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31. A computer-readable medium in which an image data classification program for classifying a plurality of items of image data is recorded, wherein the plural items of image data have been individually obtained by an image obtaining apparatus, each of the plural items of image data being added thereto regional information relating to a site at which the respective item of image data has been obtained, subject information identifying a subject of the last-named item of image data, and date and time when said respective item of image data is obtained, and wherein said program instructs a computer to function as the following:
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(a) means for generating a plurality of classification items in terms of at least one selected from the group consisting of said regional information, said subject information, and said date and time, all of which are added to each of said plural items of image data; and
(b) means for assigning said plural items of image data to the respective classification items, which have been generated by said item generating means, in terms of said at least one selected from the group consisting said regional information, said subject information, and said date and time.
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32. A computer-readable medium in which a background information designating program is recorded, wherein said program instructs a computer to function as the following:
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(a) means for calculating an image-shooting direction, in which shooting of an image of a subject has been carried out by an image obtaining apparatus of an image data storing system to obtain image data, based on both first site information, representing a site at which the image obtaining apparatus is located and second site information, representing a site at which the subject of said image data is located, when said image data has been obtained; and
(b) means for determining a background subject, which presumably appears in the background of said image data, as background information, based on said image-shooting direction, which has been calculated by said image-shooting-direction calculating means, and said first site information and/or said second site information.
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33. A computer-readable medium in which a traveling route designating program is recorded, wherein said program instructs a computer to function as the following:
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(a) means for determining auser'"'"'s traveling route, along which the user has traveled while obtaining a plurality of items of image data at different sites using an image obtaining apparatus, among a plurality of traveling routes, based on both site information representing a site at which an individual item of image data has been obtained and date and time when the last-named individual item of image data has been obtained, both of which have been added to said last-named individual item of image data; and
(b) display control means for performing a control process on a display section, which is associated with the computer, to display said traveling route determined by said traveling route determining means, along with surrounding geographic data in such a manner that said traveling route superimposes over said surrounding geographic data.
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34. An image data storing method comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining image data of a subject by an image obtaining apparatus;
(b) obtaining site information representing a site at which said image data has been obtained;
(c) obtaining subject information identifying the subject of said image data;
(d) adding both said site information and said subject information to said image data; and
(e) storing the resulting image data into a storage device.
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