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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Koichi Akiyoshi, Saitama, JP;
Takuma Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Koichi Akiyoshi, Saitama, JP;
Takuma Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); G01S 19/27 (2010.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives positioning information necessary for a positioning process from the outside; a determination unit that determines whether or not a process on the basis of an operation input is a predetermined process that uses the positioning information in a case where the operation input is received from a user; and a control unit that performs control of an operation of the reception unit based on a result of the determination performed by the determination unit and a content of the operation of the reception unit.