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Location metadata in a media file

  • US 9,501,495 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2010
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause one or more processing units to perform a method of generating a media file having timed location metadata, the method comprising:

  • capturing, with an electronic device having a lens, a recording of media over a period of time, wherein the electronic device is moving among a plurality of different positions during the recording;

    measuring, by a motion sensor of the electronic device, movement of the electronic device;

    for each of a plurality of intervals during the recording;

    determining, with the electronic device, a distance that the electronic device moves during the interval based on data measured by the motion sensor;

    at a variable time determined based on the distance moved by the electronic device, determining, with positioning circuitry of the electronic device, a position associated with the captured media, the position corresponding to one of the plurality of different positions; and

    storing, with the electronic device, the captured media and a plurality of determined positions corresponding to the plurality of intervals in the media file comprising at least two tracks, wherein the captured media is stored in a first track and the plurality of determined positions are stored in a second track, wherein each portion of the media being captured during each of the plurality of intervals corresponds to one of the plurality of determined positions.

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