System and method for providing photograph location information in a wireless communication device

• US 7,912,366 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Huliyapur Math, Virupakshaiah
• Primary Examiner(s): Labelle; Clayton E
• Assistant Examiner(s): RHODES, JR, LEON W
• Application Number:
  US11/609,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20100272426A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,562 Days
• Field of Search: 396/310, 396/431, 396/434, 396/429, 396/296, 348/333.02
• US Class Current: 396/296
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/24 with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data

Abstract

Descriptive location information is associated with and displayed with a photograph taken on a wireless communication device. The descriptive location information is derived from raw location data received from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver in the wireless communication device. The raw location data is cross-referenced with descriptive location information contained within, for example, look-up tables in a memory of the device. The descriptive location information describes the location where the image was taken, for example, a city, a landmark, a distance from a city or landmark, and is visible to a user on the image displayed on a screen of the wireless device or another device.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for identifying a location associated with a digital photograph taken on a digital device having a camera, wherein one or more processors are programmed to perform steps comprising:

detecting a camera mode;

obtaining current location information;

presenting an image of the field of view from the camera on a display of the digital device;

presenting said current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device;

receiving an instruction to take a picture after presenting said image and said current location information;

storing the field of view from the camera as a digital photograph; and

storing said current location information in association with said digital photograph.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the digital photograph and said associated current location information to a second device via a wireless communication network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining updated current location information and presenting said updated current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a selection for a format of the current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device and re-presenting the current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device in accordance with said selected format.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the current location information is one of a landmark, a distance from a landmark, a street, a city, a state or a country.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein storing said current location information in association with said digital photograph comprises storing the current location information as metadata associated with the digital photograph.

7. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a GPS receiver configured to determine a current location;

a camera configured to create a digital photograph from its field of view;

a memory configured to store executable programmed modules and information including one or more digital photograph images and current location information;

a display for presenting information to a user of the wireless communication device;

a processor communicatively coupled with the GPS receiver, the camera, the memory and the display, said processor configured to present an image of the field of view from the camera on the display, obtain current location information from the GPS receiver, present said current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display, and in response to receiving an instruction to take a picture after presenting said image and said current location information, store in the memory the field of view from the camera as a digital photograph and store in the memory the current location information in association with said digital photograph.

8. The device of claim 7, further comprising a transceiver for sending the digital photograph and the associated current location information to a second wireless communication device via a wireless communication network.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to obtain updated current location information from the GPS receiver and present said updated location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a selection for a format of the current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display and re-present the current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display in accordance with said selected format.

11. The device of claim 7, wherein the current location information is one of a landmark, a distance from a landmark, a street, a city, a state or a country.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to store said current location information in association with said digital photograph by storing the current location information as metadata associated with the digital photograph.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon one or more sequences of instructions for causing one or more processors to perform the steps for identifying a location associated with a digital photograph taken on a digital device having a camera, the steps comprising:

detecting a camera mode;

obtaining current location information;

presenting an image of the field of view from the camera on a display of the digital device;

presenting said current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device;

receiving an instruction to take a picture after presenting said image and said current location information;

storing the field of view from the camera as a digital photograph; and

storing said current location information in association with said digital photograph.

14. The medium of claim 13, further comprising sending the digital photograph and said associated current location information to a second device via a wireless communication network.

15. The medium of claim 13, further comprising obtaining updated current location information and presenting said updated current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device.

16. The medium of claim 13, further comprising receiving a selection for a format of the current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device and re-presenting the current location information superimposed over said field of view from the camera on said display of the digital device in accordance with said selected format.

17. The medium of claim 13, wherein the current location information is one of a landmark, a distance from a landmark, a street, a city, a state or a country.

18. The medium of claim 13, wherein storing said current location information in association with said digital photograph comprises storing the current location information as metadata associated with the digital photograph.