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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2007
Applicants:

Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;

Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;

Kan Ebisawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;

Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;

Kan Ebisawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 3/113 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); A61B 3/113 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); A61B 5/00 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus including: imaging means for imaging a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees to obtain image data of the scene; temporary storage means for storing the image data obtained by imaging by the imaging means; and control means for controlling the temporary storage means to store the image data obtained by imaging by the imaging means, and, when a predetermined storage condition has been satisfied, extracting image data to be stored from the temporary storage means and adding metadata to the extracted image data to perform a storage process.


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