Method of position stamping a photo or video clip taken with a digital camera

• US 7,898,579 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2009
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: U-Blox AG (u-blox Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: U-Blox AG (u-blox Holding AG)
• Inventors: Turner, Simon R., Marshall, Christopher B., Yule, Andrew T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Misleh; Justin P
• Application Number:
  US12/557,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20100002097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/231.3
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9206 the additional signal being a character code signal

Abstract

A method of appending a position stamp to an image file of a photo or video clip taken with a digital camera having a GPS antenna and a GPS RF front-end including an analogue to digital converter for receiving GPS signals and outputting GPS signal samples together with a digital camera and computer for the same.

Claims

1. A digital camera comprising:

a GPS antenna; and

a GPS RF front-end including an analogue to digital converter for receiving GPS signals;

said digital camera being configured so that upon a user taking a photo or video clip;

(a) an image file is created containing that photo or video clip and

(b) wherein the analogue to digital converter is configured to receive and sample the GPS signals and output the GPS signal samples which are stored with an indication of the created image file to which said GPS signal samples pertain,

and the stored GPS signal samples are for being subsequently processed to obtain a position fix.

2. A digital camera according to claim 1 configured to upload the image file and GPS signal samples to an external computer.

3. A digital camera according to claim 2 configured to allow said image file creation and said GPS signal sample storing to be performed twice upon a user taking respective first and second photo or video clips prior to uploading the image files and GPS signal samples to an external computer.

4. A digital camera according to claim 1 wherein the GPS signal samples are stored in a file format.