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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Fujio Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Fujio Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Haraguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus including location information acquiring means for acquiring current location information and image pickup means for capturing an image of a desired object and outputting the captured image. The image pickup apparatus further includes associating means for automatically relating the captured image to the current location information and outputting information about relations as management data, and includes recording means for recording the captured image, the current location information, and the management data to a removable solid-state storage medium.