SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPH LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20100272426A1
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Huliyapur Math, Virupakshaiah
• Granted Patent: US 7,912,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/310
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/24 with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data

Abstract

Descriptive location information is associated with and displayed with a photograph taken on a wireless communication device. The descriptive location information is derived from raw location data received from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver in the wireless communication device. The raw location data is cross-referenced with descriptive location information contained within, for example, look-up tables in a memory of the device. The descriptive location information describes the location where the image was taken, for example, a city, a landmark, a distance from a city or landmark, and is visible to a user on the image displayed on a screen of the wireless device or another device.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a camera module for taking a photograph and creating a photograph image;

a GPS receiver integral to the wireless communications device for receiving raw current location data;

a memory integral to the wireless communications device for storing the photograph image, and a look up table directly matching a GPS coordinate entry to a current descriptive location information entry;

a processor internal to the wireless communications device for creating a current descriptive location information for the photograph image by matching the received raw current GPS location data directly to a look up table entry included in the look up table for the GPS coordinate entry, to find the current descriptive location information, the processor then associating the photograph image with the current descriptive location information and storing the descriptive location information and the photograph image in the memory;

a transceiver coupled to the processor transmitting the photograph image and the added descriptive location information over a wireless network; and

a display for displaying the photograph image and the current descriptive location information.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a transceiver for sending the photograph image and the current descriptive location information through a wireless network to another device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the raw current location data is received periodically from the GPS receiver, and wherein the processor creates the current descriptive location information and updates the display upon each receipt of the raw current location data.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface for providing a user an option to choose a format for the current descriptive location information.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the current descriptive location information is at least one of a landmark, a distance from a landmark, a street, a city, a state and a country.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a user interface for selecting a camera mode.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the processor detects a camera mode and initiates a display of the current descriptive location information.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the current descriptive location information is stored in memory as part of meta-data associated with the photograph image.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the current descriptive location information is stored in memory appended to meta-data associated with the photograph image.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the current descriptive location information is stored in a first location in the memory and is associated with the photograph image stored in a second location in the memory.

11. A method for identifying a location associated with a digital photograph taken on a digital device, comprising:

detecting a camera mode;

receiving raw location data from an integral GPS receiver;

creating a descriptive location information by a direct tabular matching of the raw location data to descriptive location information stored in a memory internal to the digital device;

creating a photographic image of the location upon a trigger event;

associating the descriptive location information with the photographic image and storing it in a memory;

storing the digital photograph comprising the photographic image and the descriptive location information;

displaying the digital photograph comprising the photographic image and the descriptive location information; and

transmitting the digital photograph and the created descriptive location information over a network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the digital device is a wireless communication device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending the digital photograph to an second device through a wireless network;

and

displaying the digital photograph on the second device.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the raw location data is received periodically from the GPS receiver, and wherein a processor of the digital device creates the descriptive location information and updates a display of the digital device upon each receipt of the raw location data.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

choosing a format for the descriptive location information.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the descriptive location information is at least one of a landmark, a distance from a landmark, a street, a city, a state and a country.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the descriptive location information is stored in a memory as part of meta-data associated with the photographic image.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the descriptive location information is stored in a memory appended to meta-data associated with the photographic image.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the descriptive location information is stored in a first location in a memory and is associated with the photographic image stored in a second location in the memory.

20. A method comprising:

receiving current location data from a GPS receiver integral to a camera phone;

comparing location data in an integral camera phone look-up table of memory; and

updating the integral camera phone look-up table of memory if the current location data does not correspond to a current location of the camera phone, as reflected in the received current location data.