Image pickup apparatus, navigation apparatus and IC card

• US 7,006,131 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Issued: 02/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Fujio, Haraguchi, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Ometz, David L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JONES, HEATHER RAE
• Application Number:
  US11/082,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20050162533A1
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.99
• US Class Current: 348/207.99
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus including location information acquiring means for acquiring current location information and image pickup means for capturing an image of a desired object and outputting the captured image. The image pickup apparatus further includes associating means for automatically relating the captured image to the current location information and outputting information about relations as management data, and includes recording means for recording the captured image, the current location information, and the management data to a removable solid-state storage medium.

Claims

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

location information acquiring means for acquiring current location information about a route to a destination;

image pickup means for capturing an image of a desired object and outputting the captured image;

associating means for automatically relating said captured images to said current location information and outputting information about route relations as management data to a display; and

recording means for recording said captured image, said current location information, and said management data to a removable solid-state storage medium,

wherein said route relations indicate a number of captured images at a point along a route as the management data for the route and the management data comprises a map of the route.