Camera

• US 6,160,964 A
• Filed: 04/12/1999
• Issued: 12/12/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Imoto, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gray, David M.
• Application Number:
  US09/289,709
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 396/310-321, 396/429, 396/300
• US Class Current: 396/300
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/24 with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure

Abstract

A camera includes a recording device which records image information and character information on a recording medium, a receiving device provided for the Global Positioning System, and a setting circuit which sets a language of the character information on the basis of position information obtained by the receiving device.

Claims

1. A camera comprising:

a recording device which records image information and character information on a recording medium;

a receiving device provided for Global Positioning System; and

a setting circuit which sets a language of the character information on the basis of position information obtained by said receiving device.

2. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the character information is title information related to the image information.

3. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the character information is photo-taking information.

4. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the character information is date information.

5. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium includes a film.

6. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium includes a memory.

7. A camera according to claim 1, wherein said recording device magnetically records the character information on the recording medium.

8. A camera according to claim 1, wherein said recording device optically records the character information on the recording medium.

9. A camera according to claim 1, wherein said setting circuit sets the language of the character information to a language used for last recording if said receiving device has not been able to receive the position information.

10. A camera according to claim 2, wherein said setting circuit sets the language of the character information to a language used for last recording if said receiving device has not been able to receive the position information.

11. A camera according to claim 3, wherein said setting circuit sets the language of the character information to a language used for last recording if said receiving device has not been able to receive the position information.

12. A camera according to claim 1, further comprising:

selection member for selecting one of enabling and disabling of reception by said receiving device; and

a inputting member for manually setting a language of the character information,

wherein said setting circuit sets the language of the character information to the language manually set by said inputting member, if the disabling of reception is selected by said selection member.

13. A camera comprising:

a recording device which records image information and character information on a recording medium; and

a setting circuit which sets a language of the character information on the basis of position information obtained from a Global Positioning System and input to said camera.

14. A camera according to claim 13, wherein said camera includes a receiving device which receives position information from said Global Positioning System.