IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
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1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a first acquisition unit that obtains a current location of the image capturing apparatus;
a first storage unit that stores information that specifies an inhibited area within which an addition of location information representing the current location of the image capturing apparatus is inhibited;
a determination unit that determines whether or not the current location of the image capturing apparatus obtained by the first acquisition unit is within the inhibited area stored in the first storage unit; and
a generating unit that generates captured image data in response to input of a capturing instruction,wherein the generating unit generates captured image data to which the location information is not added in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that the current location of the capturing instruction is within the inhibited area, and generates captured image data to which the location information is added in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that the current location of the capturing instruction is not within the inhibited area.
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus and a control method therefor provide privacy protection by obtaining the current location of the image capturing apparatus and determining whether or not the current location is within a preset location information addition-inhibited area. If the image capturing apparatus is within a location information addition-inhibited area, the image capturing apparatus and control method therefor do not add location information to captured image data.
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1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
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a first acquisition unit that obtains a current location of the image capturing apparatus; a first storage unit that stores information that specifies an inhibited area within which an addition of location information representing the current location of the image capturing apparatus is inhibited; a determination unit that determines whether or not the current location of the image capturing apparatus obtained by the first acquisition unit is within the inhibited area stored in the first storage unit; and a generating unit that generates captured image data in response to input of a capturing instruction, wherein the generating unit generates captured image data to which the location information is not added in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that the current location of the capturing instruction is within the inhibited area, and generates captured image data to which the location information is added in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that the current location of the capturing instruction is not within the inhibited area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A control method for an image capturing apparatus having an acquisition unit that obtains the current location of the image capturing apparatus,
the method comprising: -
a determining step of determining whether or not the current location of the image capturing apparatus obtained by the acquisition unit is within an inhibited area stored in a storage unit; and a generating step of generating captured image data in response to input of a capturing instruction, wherein the generating step generates captured image data to which location information representing the current location of the image capturing apparatus is not added in a case in which it is determined in the determining step that the current location of the capturing instruction is within the inhibited area, and generates captured image data to which the location information is added in a case in which it is determined in the determining step that the current location of the capturing instruction is not within the inhibited area.
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