Electronic apparatus

• US 20090278973A1
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• 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 9,094,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00323 with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• 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 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a display at which a photographic image and a map image are displayed; a display control unit that controls the display so as to display identifiers each indicating a specific photographing location at which the photographic image among a plurality of photographic images was captured, over the map image displayed at the display; and an instruction unit that issues an instruction indicating a display mode for the identifier.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display at which a photographic image and a map image are displayed;

a display control unit that controls the display so as to display identifiers each indicating a specific photographing location at which the photographic image among a plurality of photographic images was captured, over the map image displayed at the display; and

an instruction unit that issues an instruction indicating a display mode for the identifier.

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

the instruction unit issues the instruction indicating the display mode in correspondence to a photographing date on which the photographic image was captured.

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

the instruction unit issues the instruction indicating the display mode in correspondence to device information indicating a device used to capture the photographic image.

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

the instruction unit issues the instruction indicating the display mode in correspondence to an operation signal output from an operation member.

5. An electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the instruction unit issues the instruction indicating the display mode in correspondence to an operation signal output from the operation member while the map image is displayed at the display.

6. An electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the instruction unit issues the instruction indicating the display mode in correspondence to an operation signal output from the operation member while the photographic image is displayed at the display.

7. An electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the instruction unit selects one of an option for setting a common display mode for the identifiers in correspondence to all photographing locations and an option for not displaying the identifiers at any of the photographing locations.

8. An electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the instruction unit selects one of an option for displaying the identifiers only at specifically indicated photographing locations and an option for not displaying identifiers at specifically indicated photographing locations.

9. An electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the instruction unit sustains the display mode over a specific length of time.

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

the instruction unit adjusts the specific length of time based upon the operation signal output from the operation member.

11. An electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the identifiers assume a display mode that allows the identifiers to indicate photographing directions; and

the instruction unit determines orientations of the identifiers in correspondence to the photographing directions in which photographs were taken at the photographing locations.

12. An electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein:

when the map image is displayed at the display with a display scale equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the instruction unit allows use of the identifiers assuming the display mode that enables the identifiers to indicate the photographing directions.