Image processing apparatus, method of the same, and program for the same

• US 20060274146A1
• Filed: 05/03/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kuroda, Daisuke, Ohashi, Hisashi, Kouda, Michitomo, Ota, Shuichi, Yokoyama, Hiroshige
• Granted Patent: US 7,693,353 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/113
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store sightseeing information in a storing unit, a detection unit configured to detect sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device, a display unit configured to display the sightseeing information detected by the detection means on a display unit, and an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object. The storage unit links an image obtained as a result of capturing an image using the image-capturing unit to the sightseeing information detected by the detecting unit and stores the image.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

storage means for storing sightseeing information in a storing device;

detection means for detecting sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device;

display means for displaying the sightseeing information detected by the detection means on a display unit; and

image-capturing means for capturing an image of an object,

wherein the storage means links an image obtained as a result of capturing an image using the image-capturing means to the sightseeing information detected by the detection means and stores the image.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storing device is a hard disk.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sightseeing information displayed on the display unit includes character information describing the predetermined sightseeing site and a template image corresponding to the predetermined sightseeing site.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display means replaces the displayed template image with an image obtained as a result of capturing an image using the image-capturing means.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

position detection means for detecting a current position,

wherein the detection means detects sightseeing information corresponding to the position detected by the position detection means.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquisition means for fully or selectively obtaining sightseeing information from an external device storing sightseeing information.

7. A method of image processing comprising the steps of:

storing sightseeing information in a storing device;

detecting sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device;

displaying the sightseeing information detected in the detecting step on a display unit; and

capturing an image of an object,

wherein, in the storing step, an image obtained as a result of capturing an image in the capturing step is linked to the sightseeing information detected in the detecting step and is stored.

8. A program executable by a processor controlling an image processing apparatus configured to store an image obtained as a result of capturing an image, the program comprising the steps of:

storing sightseeing information in a storing device;

detecting sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device;

displaying the sightseeing information detected in the detecting step on a display unit; and

capturing an image of an object,

wherein, in the storing step, an image obtained as a result of capturing an image in the capturing step is linked to the sightseeing information detected in the detecting step and is stored.

9. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit configured to store sightseeing information in a storing unit;

a detection unit configured to detect sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device;

a display unit configured to display the sightseeing information detected by the detection means on a display unit; and

an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object,

wherein the storage unit links an image obtained as a result of capturing an image using the image-capturing unit to the sightseeing information detected by the detecting unit and stores the image.