PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20080174679A1
• Filed: 11/12/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: TANINO, Ken
• Application Number:
  US11/938,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20080174679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.99
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/20 visible in viewfinder
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0096 Portable devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders

Abstract

This portable device includes a photographic means which photographs an image with a lens, and a display means which displays this image upon a screen. Moreover, this portable device includes a storage means which stores map information in advance. Moreover, this portable device includes a position measurement means which measures the position of the portable device, and an azimuth detection means which detects the azimuth in which the lens is pointing. Furthermore, this portable device includes a control means which extracts, from the map information, a title which corresponds to at least one object being displayed by the display means, based upon the position which has been measured by the position measurement means, the azimuth which has been detected by the azimuth detection means, and the positional information. And the display means display the title which has been extracted upon the screen as superimposed upon the image.

Claims

1. A portable device, comprising:

a photographic means which photographs an image with a lens;

a display means which displays an image photographed by said photographic means upon a screen;

a storage means which stores in advance map information including, in mutual correspondence, a title of each of a plurality of objects which are present upon a map of a region in which said portable device is used, and positional information which specifies the respective position of each of said plurality of objects;

a position measurement means which measures the position of said portable device;

an azimuth detection means which detects the azimuth in which said lens is pointing; and

a control means which extracts, from said map information, a title which corresponds to at least one object being displayed by said display means, based upon said position which has been measured by said position measurement means, said azimuth which has been detected by said azimuth detection means, and said positional information;

and wherein said control means commands said display means to display upon said screen said title which has been extracted, superimposed upon said image.

2. A portable device according to claim 1, further comprising a distance measurement means which measures the distance from said portable device to said at least one object which is being displayed by said display means;

and wherein said control means extracts from said map information said title which corresponds to said at least one object being displayed by said display means, based upon said distance which has been measured by said distance measurement means, said position which has been measured by said position measurement means, said azimuth which has been detected by said azimuth detection means, and said positional information.

3. A portable device according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays said title which has been extracted for only a single object which is displayed near the center of said screen of said display means.

4. A portable device according to claim 1, wherein:

said map information further includes, in correspondence to said positional information, height information which specifies the height of each of said plurality of objects;

and said control means;

extracts from said map information the title and the height of said at least one object which is being displayed by said display means; and

commands said display means to display said title and said height which have been extracted upon said screen, superimposed upon said image.

5. A portable device according to claim 1, wherein said object is a mountain or a building.