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Method and apparatus for recording image information

  • US 6,657,666 B1
  • Filed: 06/14/1999
  • Issued: 12/02/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for recording image information comprising:

  • (a) position detection means for detecting a shot position of said image information recording apparatus;

    (b) reading means for reading out an information of a map from a memory medium;

    (c) shot place extraction means for extracting a shot place proposed by referring said map information corresponding to said shot position on said map, and if two or more proposed shot places exist, then for extracting with a higher order of priority according to a degree of exactness of said proposed shot places;

    (d) distance detection means for detecting a distance between said shot position and a shot object;

    (e) direction detection means for detecting a direction from said shot position to said shot object;

    (f) shot object extraction means for extracting a shot object proposed by referring said map information corresponding to said shot object on said map based on said detected shot position, said detected distance, and said detected direction, and if two or more proposed shot objects exist, then for extracting with a higher order of priority according to a degree of exactness of said proposed shot objects;

    (g) recording means for recording at least one of said extracted proposed shot places and at least one of said extracted proposed shot objects in compliance with a shot image; and

    displaying means for displaying one of said proposed shot places with a highest priority extracted by said shot place extraction means and one of said proposed shot objects with a highest priority from said shot object extraction means is included; and

    selecting means for selecting at least one of said displayed proposed shot place and said displayed proposed shot object.

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