Imagine apparatus, information processing apparatus, imaging system and methods thereof for management of image data

• US 8,810,685 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2012
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kameyama, Takaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Haskins, Twyler
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haliyur, Padma
• Application Number:
  US13/366,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20120200739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 928 Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An imaging apparatus acquires position information at regular intervals and records the position information in one route log file, and in a case that imaging is performed, acquires position information and records the position information in correlation with image data acquired by an imaging unit, and in a case that the image data with which the position information is correlated is to be deleted, extracts the position information correlated with the image data and records the position information extracted by the extraction unit.

Claims

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

an imaging unit configured to perform imaging of an object and obtain image data;

a first recording unit configured to acquire position information at regular intervals and record the position information in a single route log file;

a second recording unit configured to, in a case that imaging is performed, acquire imaging-related position information and record the acquired imaging-related position information in such a manner that the acquired imaging-related position information is correlated with the image data obtained by the imaging unit;

a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction for deleting image data;

an extraction unit configured to, triggered by the receiving unit receiving the instruction for deleting the image data, extract the position information correlated with the image data instructed to be deleted; and

a third recording unit configured to record the position information extracted by the extraction unit, to retain the correlation between the time the image to be deleted was obtained and the extracted position information after subsequent deletion of the image.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third recording unit is configured to record the position information extracted by the extraction unit in a file, which is different from the route log file.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first recording unit is configured to record the position information extracted by the extraction unit in the route log file.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the first recording unit is configured to record a time when the position information has been acquired, together with the position information acquired at regular intervals in the route log file,

wherein the second recording unit is configured to record a time when the position information has been acquired, together with the position information, in such a manner that the acquisition time together with the acquired position information is correlated with the image data obtained by the imaging unit, and,

wherein the first recording unit is configured to record the position information extracted by the extraction unit in the route log file based on the time recorded in the route log file and the time recorded in correlation with the image data.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first recording unit is configured to convert the position information extracted by the extraction unit into a format which can be used in the route log file and record the position information in the route log file.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit configured to display a route log based on the route log file in which the position information extracted by the extraction unit is recorded.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit the route log file in which the position information extracted by the extraction unit is recorded to an external apparatus.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information is configured to be received from a global positioning system (GPS) satellite.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit the route log file, in which the position information extracted by the extraction unit is recorded, from the imaging apparatus to the information processing apparatus.

18. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts the position information correlated with the image data instructed to be deleted before the image data is deleted.

9. A system including an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus, the system comprising:

an imaging unit configured to perform imaging of an object and obtain image data;

a first recording unit configured to acquire position information at regular intervals and record the position information in a single route log file;

a second recording unit configured to, in a case that imaging is performed by the imaging unit, acquire imaging-related position information and record the acquired imaging-related position information in such a manner that the acquired imaging-related position information is correlated with the image data obtained by the imaging unit;

a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction for deleting image data;

an extraction unit configured to, triggered by the receiving unit receiving the instruction for deleting the image data and prior to the instructed deletion of image data, extract the position information correlated with the image data instructed to be deleted;

a third recording unit configured to record the position information extracted by the extraction unit to retain the correlation between the time the image to be deleted was obtained and the extracted position information after subsequent deletion of the image; and

a fourth recording unit configured to record the position information extracted by the extraction unit in the route log file.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the first recording unit is configured to record a time when the position information has been acquired, together with the position information acquired at regular intervals in the route log file;

wherein the second recording unit is configured to record a time when the position information has been acquired, together with the position information, in such a manner that the acquisition time together with the acquired position information is correlated with the image data obtained by the imaging unit, and,

wherein the fourth recording unit is configured to record the position information extracted by the extraction unit in the route log file based on the time recorded in the route log file and the time recorded in correlation with the image data.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the fourth recording unit is configured to convert the position information extracted by the extraction unit into a format which can be used in the route log file and record the position information in the route log file.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a display unit configured to display a route log based on the route log file recorded by the fourth recording unit.

14. A control method of an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

imaging an object to obtain image data;

acquiring position information at regular intervals and recording the position information in a single route log file;

in a case that imaging is performed, acquiring imaging-related position information and recording the acquired imaging-related position information in such a manner that the acquired imaging-related position information is correlated with the image data;

in a case that an instruction for deleting image data is received, extracting the position information correlated with the image data instructed to be deleted before the image data is deleted; and

recording the extracted position information to retain the correlation between the time the image to be deleted was obtained and the extracted position information after deletion of the image.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute the method of claim 14.

16. A control method of a system including an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

imaging an object to obtain image data;

acquiring position information at regular intervals and recording the position information in a single route log file;

in a case that imaging is performed, acquiring imaging-related position information and recording the acquired imaging-related position information in such a manner that the acquired imaging-related position information is correlated with the image data;

in a case that an instruction is received for deleting image data, extracting the position information correlated with the image data instructed to be deleted before the image data is deleted so as to retain the position information; and

recording the extracted position information in the route log file to retain the extracted position information of the instructed to be deleted image, and its correlation with the time the image to be deleted was obtained, after deletion of the image.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute the method of claim 16.