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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Takashi Morii, Yokohama, JP;
Shozo Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Kurokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keita Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
Hidenori Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Koyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Toriumi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Masakazu Nakadokoro, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Morii, Yokohama, JP;
Shozo Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Kurokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keita Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
Hidenori Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Koyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Toriumi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Masakazu Nakadokoro, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A position information acquisition apparatus capable of wireless communication with an imaging apparatus, the position information acquisition apparatus includes position information acquisition apparatus configured to acquire position information that indicates a position of the position information acquisition apparatus, reception apparatus configured to receive a request for the position information from the imaging apparatus; position information transmission apparatus configured to transmit by the wireless communication the position information acquired by the position information acquisition apparatus in response to a request for position information from the imaging apparatus, determination apparatus () configured to determine whether the position information acquisition apparatus transmit the position information, and signal transmission apparatus configured to transmit a signal to the imaging apparatus by the wireless communication if the determination apparatus determines that position information acquisition apparatus does not transmit the position information, the signal inhibiting a request for the position information.