Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image pickup apparatus, information distributing apparatus, information transmission method, information distribution method, and computer-readable storage medium storing control program therefor
- Patent Title (中): 图像拾取装置，信息分配装置，信息传输方法，信息分配方法以及存储其控制程序的计算机可读存储介质
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Application No.: US13156756Application Date: 2011-06-09
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Publication No.: US09258471B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Chiaki Mikawa , Kanako Yamakawa , Takuma Mikawa , Yoko Hirotani
- Applicant: Chiaki Mikawa , Kanako Yamakawa , Takuma Mikawa , Yoko Hirotani
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-140528 20100621
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N21/4223 ; H04N21/239 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/2743 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/414
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.
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