Information processing apparatus, method, and program storage medium for content data associated with position data

• US 9,479,671 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2016
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Bando, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Haskins, Twyler
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trehan, Akshay
• Application Number:
  US15/051,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20160172007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 244 Days
• Field of Search: 348/222.1, 348/231.3, 348/231.5, 348/231.99
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/09 providing processing capability normally carried out by the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/25 involving aiding data received from a cooperating element, e.g. assisted GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/34 Power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/37 Hardware or software details of the signal processing chain
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• 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 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00241 using an image reading device as a local input to a computer input via network, e.g. network scanners H04N1/00225
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00323 with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0049 providing a visual indication to the user, e.g. using a lamp H04N1/00408 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00885 Power supply means, e.g. arrangements for the control of power supply to the apparatus or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00896 using a low-power mode, e.g. standby
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2129 Recording in, or reproducing from, a specific memory area or areas, or recording or reproducing at a specific moment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0041 Point to point H04N2201/0039 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 : Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 : of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 : Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 : Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/80 : Transformation of the television signal for recording, e.g. modulation, frequency changing; Inverse transformation for playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Disclosed is an information processing method comprising the steps of: storing measured position information in association with first time information representing times of day at which the measured position information is obtained; storing video information in association with second time information representing times of day at which the video information is obtained; and associating the measured position information with the video information in accordance with degrees of difference between the first time information and the second time information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to store first and second log data items in a data log, the first log data item including first sensor data and first time information representing when the first sensor data is obtained, and the second log data item including second sensor data and second time information representing when the second sensor information is obtained;

store content data in association with third time information representing when the content data is captured, the third time information representing a time between the times represented by the first time information and the second time information;

determine third sensor data corresponding to the content data based on the first log data item, the second log data item, and the third time information associated representing when the content data is captured; and

associate the determined third sensor data with the content data, wherein the first, second, and third sensor data correspond to information related to respective locations where the first, second, and third sensor data are obtained.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the first and second log data items are received from a GPS sensor device, and

wherein the first and second sensor data includes first and second position information, respectively.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the location at which content associated with the content data is obtained, wherein the first and second sensor data includes first and second position information when the first sensor data and the second sensor data are obtained, respectively, and wherein the determined location at which content associated with the content data is obtained is different from at least one of the respective locations associated with the first position information and the second position information.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content data is received from a digital camera.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein a sensor device that obtains the first and second data log data items is wearable by a user.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content data includes an image stored in an image file.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to display an image representing the content data on a digital map at a position corresponding to the location of obtaining the content data determined based on the third sensor data.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the first log item includes first velocity data associated with the first sensor data, and

wherein the second log item includes second velocity data associated with the second sensor data.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein one or more of the first log item and the second log item include azimuth data.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least three log data items, including the first and second log data items, each including sensor data information and time information representing when respective sensor data is obtained, are stored in the data log, the time information of each of the at least three log data items being separated by a same predetermined time interval.

11. An information processing system comprising:

circuitry configured to store first and second log data items in a data log, the first log data item including first sensor data and first time information representing when the first sensor data is obtained, and the second log data item including second sensor data and second time information representing when the second sensor information is obtained;

store content data in association with third time information representing when the content data is captured, the third time information representing a time between the times represented by the first time information and the second time information;

determine third sensor data corresponding to the content data based on the first log data item, the second log data item, and the third time information associated representing when the content data is captured; and

associate the determined third sensor data with the content data, wherein the first, second, and third sensor data correspond to information related to respective locations where the first, second, and third sensor data are obtained.

12. The information processing system of claim 11,

wherein the first and second log data items are received from a GPS sensor device, and

wherein the first and second sensor data includes first and second position information, respectively.

13. The information processing system of claim 11, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the location at which content associated with the content data is obtained, wherein the first and second sensor data includes first and second position information when the first sensor data and the second sensor data are obtained, respectively, and wherein the determined location at which content associated with the content data is obtained is different from at least one of the respective locations associated with the first position information and the second position information.

14. The information processing system of claim 11, further comprising a digital camera.

15. The information processing system of claim 11, wherein a sensor device that obtains the first and second data log data items is wearable by a user.

16. The information processing system of claim 11, wherein the circuitry is configured to display an image representing the content data on a digital map at a position corresponding to the location of obtaining the content data determined based on the third sensor data.

17. The information processing system of claim 11,

wherein the first log item includes first velocity data associated with the first sensor data, and

wherein the second log item includes second velocity data associated with the second sensor data.

18. The information processing system of claim 11, wherein at least three log data items, including the first and second log data items, each including sensor data information and time information representing when respective sensor data is obtained, are stored in the data log, the time information of each of the at least three log data items being separated by a same predetermined time interval.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

storing first and second log data items, the first log data item including first sensor data and first time information representing when the first sensor data is obtained, and the second log data item including second sensor data and second time information representing when the second sensor information is obtained;

storing content data in association with third time information representing when the content data is captured, the third time information representing a time between the times represented by the first time information and the second time information;

determining third sensor data corresponding to the content data based on the first log data item, the second log data item, and the third time information associated representing when the content data is captured; and

associating the determined third sensor data with the content data, wherein the first, second, and third sensor data correspond to information related to respective locations where the first, second, and third sensor data are obtained.