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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1999
Tsutomu Honda, Sakai, JP;
Masataka Hamada, Osakasayama, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera is provided with a radio receiver for receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted from a given radio base station, a GPS receiver for receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted from each of a plurality of artificial satellites, a place information generator for generating place information based on one of electromagnetic waves received by the radio receiver and electromagnetic waves received by the GPS receiver, and a selector for selecting activation of one of the radio receiver and the GPS receiver, the selector judging whether the receptive state of the radio receiver is satisfactory, and selecting activation of the GPS receiver if the receptive state of the radio receiver is judged to be unsatisfactory.