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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Takashi Karimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Karimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A location name registration apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a picture-taking apparatus, picture data of a picture of an object taken by the picture-taking apparatus, picture-taking location information corresponding to the latitude and longitude of a picture-taking location acquired when the picture was taken, and object location information corresponding to the latitude and longitude of an object location of a target of picture-taking; a location name acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a location name storage unit, a picture-taking location name of the picture-taking location and to acquire, from the location name storage unit, an object location name of the object location; and a location name registration unit configured to register the picture-taking location name, the object location name, and the picture data in association with each other in a predetermined storage unit.