Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

• US 9,785,665 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ichihara, Masayuki, Tsutsui, Masanao
• Primary Examiner(s): Baturay, Alicia
• Application Number:
  US14/316,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20140310252A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• Field of Search: 348143
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/323 Time code signal, e.g. on a cue track as SMPTE- or EBU-time code
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/218 Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3295 Deletion of stored data; Preventing such deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• 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 information processing apparatus is provided, in which content and position information generated independently of each other are recorded in a recording medium. The apparatus includes a recording medium in which the content and the position information are recorded and a deletion unit deleting position information temporally associated with a piece of the content from the recording medium when the piece of content is deleted from the recording medium.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

circuitry configured to

control making a piece of content unavailable based on an instruction to make the piece of content unavailable;

identify sensor data derived from a sensor and associated with time information corresponding to a time period during which the piece of content to be made unavailable is generated, wherein the piece of content and the sensor data are stored separate from each other; and

control making the sensor data unavailable, wherein

when content generated on a specified day is made unavailable, the circuitry is configured to make all sensor data generated on the specified day unavailable.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the piece of content and the sensor data are stored in separate and independent files.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the received instruction is an instruction to delete the piece of content.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein

the circuitry is configured to make the piece of content unavailable by deleting the piece of content.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor data corresponds to position information.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein

the position information indicates at least one of route or path information.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

control making content generated during a specified time period unavailable based on the received instruction; and

control making all sensor data generated during the specified period of time unavailable.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

control deleting content generated during a specified time based on the received instruction; and

control deleting all sensor data generated during the specified period of time.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

when the content generated on the specified day is made unavailable by being deleted, the circuitry is configured to make all the sensor data generated on the specified day unavailable by deleting the sensor data.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to delete the sensor data entirely from the recording medium when an entirety of a plurality of pieces of content is deleted.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to generate the sensor data.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, comprising:

a camera configured to generate the piece of content by imaging an object.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the piece of content to be made unavailable corresponds to a moving image.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify and make unavailable sensor data generated at a timing corresponding to an operation of capturing the moving image.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the piece of content and the sensor data are each recorded in separate and independent folders.

16. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine whether the electronic device is set to automatic deletion based on a received user input.

17. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor data corresponds to a geographic position of the electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor includes a GPS reception unit.

19. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor includes an acceleration sensor.

20. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor includes a gyro sensor.

21. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor includes a terrestrial magnetism sensor.

22. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the sensor data is generated at predetermined time intervals.

23. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

receive the sensor data generated by an information acquisition device different from the electronic device and including the sensor; and

record the sensor data in association with the piece of content.

24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein

the sensor data is wirelessly transmitted from the information acquisition device at a relatively short distance from the electronic device.

25. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory.

26. An information processing method, comprising:

controlling making a piece of content unavailable based on an instruction to make the piece of content unavailable;

identifying sensor data derived from a sensor and associated with time information corresponding to a time period during which the piece of content to be made unavailable is generated, wherein the piece of content and the sensor data are stored separate from each other; and

controlling making the sensor data unavailable, wherein

when content generated on a specified day is made unavailable, controlling making all sensor data generated on the day unavailable.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein

the piece of content and the sensor data are stored in separate and independent files.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein

the received instruction is an instruction to delete the piece of content.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein

the circuitry is configured to make the piece of content unavailable by deleting the piece of content.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein

the sensor data corresponds to position information.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein

the position information indicates at least one of route or path information.

32. The method of claim 26, comprising:

controlling making content generated during a specified time period unavailable based on the received instruction; and

controlling making all sensor data generated during the specified period of time unavailable.

33. The method of claim 26, comprising:

controlling deleting content generated during a specified time based on the received instruction; and

controlling deleting all sensor data generated during the specified period of time.

34. The method of claim 26, wherein

when the content generated on the specified day is made unavailable by being deleted, controlling making all sensor data generated on the specified day unavailable by deleting the sensor data.

35. The method of claim 26, comprising:

controlling deleting the sensor data entirely from the recording medium when an entirety of a plurality of pieces of content is deleted.

36. The method of claim 26, comprising:

generating the sensor data.

37. The method of claim 26, comprising:

generating the piece of content by imaging an object.

38. The method of claim 26, wherein

the piece of content to be made unavailable corresponds to a moving image.

39. The method of claim 38, comprising:

identifying and making unavailable sensor data generated at a timing corresponding to an operation of capturing the moving image.

40. The method of claim 26, wherein

the piece of content and the sensor data are each recorded in separate and independent folders.

41. The method of claim 26, comprising:

determine whether automatic deletion is set based on a received user input.

42. The method of claim 26, wherein

the sensor data corresponds to a geographic position of the electronic device.

43. The method of claim 26, wherein

the sensor includes a GPS reception unit.

44. The method of claim 26, wherein

the sensor includes an acceleration sensor.

45. The method of claim 26, wherein

the sensor includes a gyro sensor.

46. The method of claim 26, wherein

the sensor includes a terrestrial magnetism sensor.

47. The method of claim 26, wherein

the sensor data is generated at predetermined time intervals.

48. The method of claim 26, comprising:

receiving the sensor data generated by an information acquisition device; and

recording the sensor data in association with the piece of content.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein

the sensor data is received wirelessly from the information acquisition device at a relatively short distance.

50. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

control making a piece of content unavailable based on an instruction to make the piece of content unavailable;

identify sensor data derived from a sensor and associated with time information corresponding to a time period during which the piece of content to be made unavailable is generated, wherein the piece of content and the sensor data are stored separate from each other; and

control making the sensor data unavailable, wherein

when content generated on a specified day is made unavailable, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to make all sensor data generated on the day unavailable.

51. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the piece of content and the sensor data are stored in separate and independent files.

52. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the received instruction is an instruction to delete the piece of content.

53. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 52, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

make the piece of content unavailable by deleting the piece of content.

54. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the sensor data corresponds to position information.

55. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 54, wherein

the position information indicates at least one of route or path information.

56. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

control making content generated during a specified time period unavailable based on the received instruction; and

control making all sensor data generated during the specified period of time unavailable.

57. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

control deleting content generated during a specified time based on the received instruction; and

control deleting all sensor data generated during the specified period of time.

58. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

when the content generated on the specified day is made unavailable by being, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to make all the sensor data generated on the specified day unavailable by deleting the sensor data.

59. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

delete the sensor data entirely from the recording medium when an entirety of a plurality of pieces of content is deleted.

60. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

generate the sensor data.

61. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the electronic device includes a camera configured to generate the piece of content by imaging an object.

62. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the piece of content to be made unavailable corresponds to a moving image.

63. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 62, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

identify and make unavailable sensor data generated at a timing corresponding to an operation of capturing the moving image.

64. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the piece of content and the sensor data are each recorded in separate and independent folders.

65. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

determine whether the electronic device is set to automatic deletion based on a received user input.

66. The e non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the sensor data corresponds to a geographic position of the electronic device.

67. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the sensor includes a GPS reception unit.

68. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the sensor includes an acceleration sensor.

69. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the sensor includes a gyro sensor.

70. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the sensor includes a terrestrial magnetism sensor.

71. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein

the sensor data is generated at predetermined time intervals.

72. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 50, the computer-program instructions causing the electronic device to:

receive the sensor data generated by an information acquisition device different from the electronic device and including the sensor; and

record the sensor data in association with the piece of content.

73. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 72, wherein

the sensor data is wirelessly transmitted from the information acquisition device at a relatively short distance from the electronic device.