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Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2009
Applicants:

Chae-guk Cho, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Ki-hyung Lee, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Chae-Guk Cho, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Ki-Hyung Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing point of interest (POI) information of a mobile terminal are disclosed to extract and provide POI information and/or road information included in an image captured by a camera. Location information of an image capture place and image capture direction information are read from the digital photo image, the POI information corresponding to the location and image capture direction information is extracted from map data, and the extracted POI information is displayed on the digital photo image.


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