Electronic device

• US 20090268047A1
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: Ohmura, Akira, Sogoh, Chie
• Granted Patent: US 9,094,653 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/222.100
• 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 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a communication unit that is engaged in communication with an external device; a control unit that adds image information into transmission data to be transmitted to the communication unit; and a decision-making unit that makes a decision in correspondence to information indicating a recipient of the transmission data as to whether or not to allow photographing location information included in the image information to be included in the transmission data.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a communication unit that is engaged in communication with an external device;

a control unit that adds image information into transmission data to be transmitted to the communication unit; and

a decision-making unit that makes a decision in correspondence to information indicating a recipient of the transmission data as to whether or not to allow photographing location information included in the image information to be included in the transmission data.

2. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein:

if the information indicating the recipient matches preregistered information, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is to be included in the transmission data.

3. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein:

if the information indicating the recipient matches preregistered information, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is not to be included in the transmission data.

4. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein:

the information indicating the recipient includes at least one of;

an e-mail address, a district and a ZIP code.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication unit that is engaged in communication with an external device;

a control unit that adds image information into transmission data to be transmitted to the communication unit;

a positioning unit that detects position information; and

a decision-making unit that makes a decision in correspondence to the position information detected via the positioning unit as to whether or not to allow photographing location information in the image information to be included in the transmission data.

6. An electronic device according to claim 5, wherein:

if the detected position information matches registered position information having been registered in advance, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is to be included in the transmission data.

7. An electronic device according to claim 5, wherein:

if the detected position information matches registered position information having been registered in advance, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is not to be included in the transmission data.

8. An electronic device according to claim 6, wherein:

the registered position information includes at least one of a district and a ZIP code.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication unit that is engaged in communication with an external device;

a control unit that adds image information into transmission data to be transmitted from the communication unit; and

a decision-making unit that makes a decision in correspondence to image information to be added into the transmission data as to whether or not to allow photographing location information included in the image information to be included in the transmission data.

10. An electronic device according to claim 9, wherein:

if the photographing location information matches registered photographing location information having been registered in advance, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is to be included in the transmission data.

11. An electronic device according to claim 9, wherein:

if the photographing location information matches registered photographing location information having been registered in advance, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is not to be included in the transmission data.

12. An electronic device according to claim 10, wherein:

the registered photographing location information includes at least one of a district and a ZIP code.

13. An electronic device according to claim 9, wherein:

if photographing mode information in image information to be added into the transmission data matches registered photographing mode information having been registered in advance, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is to be included in the transmission data.

14. An electronic device according to claim 9, wherein:

if photographing mode information in image information to be added into the transmission data matches registered photographing mode information having been registered in advance, the decision-making unit determines that the photographing location information is not to be included in the transmission data.

15. An electronic device according to claim 13, wherein:

the registered photographing mode information indicates one of a landscape mode and a portrait mode.