APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR TAGGING A CAPTURED IMAGE WITH GEOGRAPHICAL INDICIA
First Claim
1. An apparatus for facilitating marking of an image captured at a portable electronic device with a geographical indicia, said apparatus comprisinga location determiner configured to determine geographic positioning of the portable electronic device in time proximity to capturing of the image;
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Abstract
An apparatus, and an associated method, for a mobile device, or other portable electronic device, tags a captured image with geographical indicia. The mobile device includes camera functionality to capture an image. A determination is made of the geographic positioning of the mobile device at, or close to, the time at which the image is captured. A geographical indicia is associated with the geographic positioning. And, the geographical indicia is used to tag the image, such as to provide a name to the image file containing the image.
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1. An apparatus for facilitating marking of an image captured at a portable electronic device with a geographical indicia, said apparatus comprising
a location determiner configured to determine geographic positioning of the portable electronic device in time proximity to capturing of the image; - and
an image tagger configured to tag the image with the geographical indicia associated with the geographic positioning determined by said location determiner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for facilitating marking of an image captured of a portable electronic device with a geographical indicia, said method comprising:
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determining geographic positioning of the portable electronic device in time proximity to capturing of the image by the portable electronic device; and tagging the image with the geographical indicia associated with the geographic positioning determined during said determining. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A multi-function wireless device having image-capture capability, said multi-function wireless device comprising:
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a viewfinder display configured to display a captured image; a location determiner configured to determine a geographic position associated with the captured image; and an image tagger configured to generate a tag comprising a geographical indicia [associated with the geographic position determined by said image tagger], the tag for identifying the captured image.
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Specification