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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1998
Takaaki Endo, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiro Katayama, Yokosuka, JP;
Mixed Reality Systems Laboratory, Inc., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus uses a plurality of cameras point in a plurality of discrete azimuth directions so as to realize a walkthrough space. The apparatus stores, in video tapes, data frames of images generated by sequentially sensing an environment and time codes TC that respectively specify the data frames; acquires location information LOC associated with the image sensing location of each data frame, and stores the location information together with acquisition time information indicating an acquisition time TIM of the location information in a disk HD; and stores a pair of time code of the data frame and acquisition time information corresponding to the location information acquired at the time of generation of the data frame in the HD.