Image recording apparatus capable of recording position and direction information of object of shooting
First Claim
1. A position/direction measuring apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver which receives data for position measurement transmitted from a satellite;
a position information calculator which calculates position information of the receiver using the received data for position measurement;
a sensing unit which senses a direction of a terrestrial magnetic field;
a direction information calculator which calculates direction information with respect to an axis of the receiver based on the sensed direction of the terrestrial magnetic field;
a connecting unit having a transmitting terminal connectable with an external device; and
a transmitting unit which transmits the calculated position information and the calculated direction information through the transmitting terminal.
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus which records position information of a place of shooting an image of an object and direction information of the object relative to the recording apparatus. A shooting unit takes images of an object. A receiver receives data for position measurement being transmitted from a satellite and a position information calculator calculates position information using the satellite data. A sensing unit senses a direction of a terrestrial magnetic field and a direction information calculator calculates direction information based on the sensed direction. A transmitting unit transmits the position and direction information to the recording unit which records the position and direction information on a recording medium together with image data corresponding to the taken images. The position and direction information may then be displayed together with the images when the images are reproduced.
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20 Claims
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1. A position/direction measuring apparatus, comprising:
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a receiver which receives data for position measurement transmitted from a satellite;
a position information calculator which calculates position information of the receiver using the received data for position measurement;
a sensing unit which senses a direction of a terrestrial magnetic field;
a direction information calculator which calculates direction information with respect to an axis of the receiver based on the sensed direction of the terrestrial magnetic field;
a connecting unit having a transmitting terminal connectable with an external device; and
a transmitting unit which transmits the calculated position information and the calculated direction information through the transmitting terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image recording apparatus, comprising:
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a shooting unit which takes images of an object;
a recording unit which records the images of the object taken by the shooting unit on a recording medium;
a receiver which receives data for position measurement transmitted from a satellite;
a position information calculator which calculates position information of the shooting unit using the data for position measurement;
a sensing unit which senses a direction of a terrestrial magnetic field;
a direction information calculator which calculates direction information of the object relative to the shooting unit based on the sensed direction of the terrestrial magnetic field; and
a transmitting unit which transmits the position information and the direction information to the recording unit. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A digital camcorder, comprising:
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a shooting unit which takes images of an object;
a recording unit which records the images of the object taken by the shooting unit on a recording medium;
a receiver which receives data for position measurement transmitted from a satellite;
a position information calculator which calculates position information of the shooting unit using the data for position measurement;
a sensing unit which senses a direction of a terrestrial magnetic field;
a direction information calculator which calculates direction information of the object relative to the shooting unit based on the sensed direction of the terrestrial magnetic field; and
a transmitting unit which transmits the position information and the direction information to the recording unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An image recording apparatus, comprising:
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a shooting unit which captures images of an object;
a receiver which receives data for position measurement transmitted from a satellite;
a sensing unit which senses a direction of a terrestrial magnetic field;
a calculator which;
calculates position information of the shooting unit using the data for position measurement, and calculates direction information of the object relative to the shooting unit based on the sensed direction of the terrestrial magnetic field; and
a recording unit which records data corresponding to the images of the object along with the calculated position and direction information.
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20. A digital camcorder, comprising:
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a shooting unit which captures images of an object;
a receiver which receives data for position measurement transmitted from a satellite;
a sensing unit which senses a direction of a terrestrial magnetic field;
a calculator which;
calculates position information of the shooting unit using the data for position measurement, and calculates direction information of the object relative to the shooting unit based on the sensed direction of the terrestrial magnetic field; and
a recording unit which records data corresponding to the images of the object along with the calculated position and direction information.
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