System capable of attaching positional information to image file and memory card

• US 20080297366A1
• Filed: 10/12/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATP Electronics Taiwan Inc.
• Original Assignee: ATP Electronics Taiwan Inc.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Tim, Kuo, Yu-Yin, Kuo, Chun-Horn, Chang, Che-Yuan
• Application Number:
  US11/907,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20080297366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/686.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• 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 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data

Abstract

The invention discloses a system capable of attaching position information to an image file, and the system comprises a GPS recorder and a memory card. The GPS recorder is used for receiving the position information and transmitting the position information via wireless transmission. When an image file is generated and stored in the memory card, the position information received from the GPS recorder will be immediately attached to the image file.

Claims

1. A system capable of attaching positional information to an image file, the system comprising:

a global positioning system (GPS) recorder comprising;

a GPS receiver for receiving a plurality of positional information;

a memory for storing the positional information;

a first wireless bi-direction module for transmitting the positional information;

a micro-controlling unit (MCU) for controlling the GPS receiver, the memory, and the first wireless bi-direction module;

a memory card comprising;

a storage unit;

a second wireless bi-direction module, when the image file is generated, for receiving one of the positional information transmitted from the first wireless bi-direction module; and

a card controller, when the image file is generated, for storing the image file into the storage unit and immediately attaching the positional information received by the second wireless bi-direction module to the image file.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless bi-direction module or the second wireless bi-direction module is one selected from a group consisting of a ZigBee module, a WiFi module, and a Bluetooth module.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the GPS recorder further comprises a GPS antenna coupled to the GPS receiver.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory is a non-volatile memory.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the non-volatile memory is a flash memory.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the positional information comprises a coordinate and/or a place name.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the GPS recorder further comprises a USB host port.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the GPS recorder further comprises a battery for providing power for the GPS recorder.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the storage unit is a NAND flash memory.

10. A memory card capable of wirelessly receiving positional information stored in a GPS recorder, the GPS recorder comprising a first wireless bi-direction module for transmitting the positional information, the memory card comprising:

a storage unit;

a second wireless bi-direction module, when the image file is generated, for receiving the positional information transmitted from the first wireless bi-direction module; and

a card controller, when the image file is generated, for storing the image file into the storage unit and immediately attaching the positional information received by the second wireless bi-direction module to the image file.

11. The memory card of claim 10, wherein the first wireless bi-direction module or the second wireless bi-direction module is one selected from a group consisting of a ZigBee module, a WiFi module, and a Bluetooth module.

12. The memory card of claim 10, wherein the positional information comprises a coordinate and/or a place name.

13. The memory card of claim 10, wherein the storage unit is a NAND flash memory.