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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Chiaki Mikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kanako Yamakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuma Mikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Hirotani, Kawasaki, JP;
Chiaki Mikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kanako Yamakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuma Mikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Hirotani, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus capable of preventing a user who uses another device from knowing the current location of a photographer based on shooting information about an image when an external apparatus distributes the image to the other device. A calculation unit calculates a distance from the shooting location of the image file to the current location of the image pickup apparatus. A distance determination unit determines whether the calculated distance is larger than a predetermined lower limit. A transmission control unit controls to transmit the image file to the external apparatus when the distance determination unit determines that the distance is larger than the lower limit, and not to transmit the image file to the external apparatus when the distance determination unit determines that the distance is not larger than the lower limit.