Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that includes a shooting lens for collecting an image of a subject to be shot; and an imaging element that forms the image collected by the shooting lens and generates image data through photoelectric conversion of formed image. The imaging apparatus also includes an inclination detector that detects an inclination of the imaging apparatus from a predetermined position, through a rotation around a shooting optical axis of the shooting lens. The apparatus also includes a control unit that changes an operating mode to a switchable state capable of switching between operating modes when a predetermined time has elapsed in a state in which the inclination detected by the inclination detector falls within a predetermined range in which the operating modes of the imaging apparatus are switched to each other.

Abstract: A data management apparatus capable of managing data stored in a storage unit includes a designation unit, setting, search, management units, and a first display control unit. The setting unit sets, based on predetermined date information included in designated data, information on a date to data to be stored and is other than the designated data. The search unit searches data, from among stored data, based on a date or period search condition. The management unit manages data to add, from among the searched data, data of known predetermined date information to a first result list and data to which the date information has been set to a second result list. The first display control unit causes a display such that each displayed data is accompanied with an identifier for distinguishing whether the data is searched out from among the data of the first or second result list.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided with: an imaging unit including an imaging sensor for imaging light from an object and a storage unit for storing image data generated based on an imaging signal output from the imaging sensor; and a GPS module. The GPS module is used for executing a process of calculating location information based on received data from a satellite. The GPS module shifts from the low power consumption mode or the power OFF state to a normal operation mode in which the process of calculating the location information is executed as a result of the imaging unit shifting from a low power consumption mode or a power OFF state to a normal image-capture mode.

Abstract: In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by executing specific user identification processing.

Abstract: A digital image processing apparatus capable of reducing the number of calculations performed when a new image file satisfying a DCF standard generated for a captured image is edited, so as to reduce the time required for performing the edit, and a file managing method performed in the digital image processing apparatus. The digital image processing apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit which generates a file having a grouping attribute for a captured image and changes the grouping attribute of the file during a group edit of a selected file.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for adjusting time metadata of digital media items. A digital image captured at a location is associated with a time of capture and a location of capture. It is determined that a time of capture of the digital image is in a preset time zone that is different from a time zone of the location. In response to the determining, multiple locations are provided, each being associated with a respective time zone including a time zone of the location. A selection of a location is received and the time of capture is adjusted based on a time zone associated with the selected location.

Abstract: According to this invention, the date range can be intuitively designated by designating up, down, left, and right directions, and images stored in a storage medium can be easily restricted to images which may be subjected to printing. In order to restrict images stored in a memory card on the basis of the date, a region for inputting the start date of the date range is displayed at the upper portion of a display window on a display device, and a region for inputting the end date is displayed at the lower portion. One of the regions is designated and selected with up and down direction keys. A date in the selected region is changed with left and right direction keys. Images having storage dates between the start date and the end date are decided as printing target candidates.

Abstract: The invention is related to a method, a device, and a machine readable medium for image capture and selection. One of the disclosed embodiments of the invention is specifically related to a method performed by an image capturing device The method includes capturing a sequence of images; storing a plurality of the captured images in a buffer, wherein each of the buffered images has an interested region supposed to encompass an interested target; detecting intactness information describing intactness of the interested target as encompassed in the interested regions of a plurality of the buffered images; and selecting at least one of the buffered images based on the detected intactness information.

Abstract: An image capture device of the present invention has an image shooting function, and is connectable to an external storage device. The image capture device includes: a memory in which image data obtained by image shooting is stored; a transmission unit for transmitting several pieces of image data stored in the memory at a time to the external storage device; and an allocation unit for allocating the several pieces of image data transmitted to the external storage device to one or a plurality of directories according to a certain index.

Abstract: A GPS device with a display function includes a GPS recorder and a display screen. The GPS recorder has a GPS casing that encloses one part of the display screen and only a display area of the display screen is exposed. The display screen is electrically disposed on the GPS recorder, and the display screen displays pattern in order to show time information and the position information that have been captured by the GPS recorder. In addition, the GPS recorder has a memory disposed therein for storing the time information and the position information.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing method comprising the steps of: storing measured position information in association with first time information representing times of day at which the measured position information is obtained; storing video information in association with second time information representing times of day at which the video information is obtained; and associating the measured position information with the video information in accordance with degrees of difference between the first time information and the second time information.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for managing image metadata based on the use of rules are described. In general, this disclosure describes how to control the recordation of image metadata through the use of rules. More particularly, rules may be specified that are “executed” against an image's metadata at capture time. Depending upon whether the rule was satisfied and what the rule's specified action is, image metadata may be retained, removed or modified as the image and its metadata is stored.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus captures an image in a shooting operation and records an image file in a folder of a recording medium. A user interface enables a user to set the units of date/time for automatically creating a new folder that can store image files. A first storage unit stores the units of date/time being set by the user through the user interface. A folder creation unit creates a new folder in the recording medium by the units of date/time stored in the first storage unit. And, a recording unit records the image file obtained by the shooting operation in the new folder created by the folder creation unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printing apparatus including an image input unit, a first image narrowing unit, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large, a second image narrowing unit, and gives a high weight for image data photographed during a time period in which the number of shots is large, a weight synthesis unit, a layout decision unit, an image data extraction unit, an image assignment unit, an image color determination unit, and an additional information adjustment unit. The first image narrowing unit counts a group of a plurality of image data photographed at a predetermined time under a specific setting as one group including a number of shots, and calculates the number of shots for each predetermined time period based on the shooting date and time of the image data.

Abstract: An apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a unit for storing a captured image group including a plurality of captured images, a unit for storing an image capturing time when each of the stored images is captured, a unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the stored image capturing time, a unit for storing terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season, and a unit for giving a title to the stored captured image group by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the stored terms as a difference between the image capturing time and either the image capturing season or the acquired output time, whichever is longer.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating a photographed point and date/time information indicating a photographed date/time for each of a plurality of images representing image data obtained by photographing; a determination unit that determines whether the photographed point of each image is a main photographed point or a sub-photographed point on the basis of the location information and the date/time information; and a recording unit that, if the photographed point of the image is the main photographed point, records information indicating the location of the main photographed point in association with the image data of the image, and that, if the photographed point of the image is the sub-photographed point, records information indicating the locations of the sub-photographed point and of the main photographed point in association with the image data of the image.

Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for automatically generating tags for digital content, such as digital images from a digital camera or camcorder. Further, the system can automatically determine who or what may be in digital content. Further details and features are described herein.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for adjusting time metadata of digital media items. A digital image captured at a location is associated with a time of capture and a location of capture. It is determined that a time of capture of the digital image is in a preset time zone that is different from a time zone of the location. In response to the determining, multiple locations are provided, each being associated with a respective time zone including a time zone of the location. A selection of a location is received and the time of capture is adjusted based on a time zone associated with the selected location.

Abstract: An instrument for of observation images exhibits a high ground resolution and a high frequency of coverage of the Earth. Such an instrument includes a spatial images acquisition layer (1) including satellites (4), a terrestrial images processing layer (3), including images processing devices (5), and a telecommunications layer (2) that is suitable to ensure a transfer of the images from the spatial layer (1) to the terrestrial layer (3), wherein each satellite (4) includes at least one images acquisition device with fixed aim exhibiting a spatial resolution of the order of one meter; each images processing device (5) includes at least one communications line (8) coupling the images processing device (5) and at least one immediately adjacent images processing device, a processing unit that is suitable to process the images received, element for storage of the processed images, and a connection to a digital network.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus including an image pickup unit; a clock unit for measuring time; an image analysis unit for analyzing time indicated by a code display on an image captured by the image pickup unit and generating analysis time information; and a time correction unit for calculating the amount of correction to the time based on the image pickup time of the image used for the analysis and the time indicated by the analysis time information, and correcting the time of the clock unit based on the amount of correction to the time.

Abstract: A method for associating event times or time periods with digital images in a collection for determining if a digital image is of interest, includes storing a collection of digital images each having an associated capture time; comparing the associated capture time in the collection with a special event time to determine if a digital image in the collection is of interest, wherein the comparing step includes calculation of a special event time associated with a special event based on the calendar time associated with the special event and using such information to perform the comparison step; and associating digital images of interest with the special event.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a sporting event includes devices for monitoring characteristics of the event and collecting monitored data. Devices address different aspects of the event and monitor and collect real-time data. The devices process the data into digitized frames, and a digital storage device receives and stores the frames in a random access storage buffer as time-stamped digitized data frames with unique addresses. The storage device is capable of both time-shifting and relational association. The system includes a controller and devices for monitoring and extracting a digitized data frame according to a predetermined criterion. A viewer communicates with the storage device and controller and selects, manipulates, and extracts the digitized data frame. The system records and plays back the monitored data using a circular storage buffer with a memory mapped file and allows playback of stored data without interrupting simultaneous recording of new input data.

Abstract: An image capture device is provided that can playback and output a desirable file of multiple files accumulated in an external storage device. The image capture device of the present invention has a camera body including: a memory controller for writing an image file obtained by image shooting to an external memory card, or for reading a file from the external memory card; a USB interface for making connection to an external hard disk drive; a USB host controller for controlling transmission and receipt of data through the interface; and a CPU for controlling the operations of the memory controller and the USB host controller in order to transmit data between the external memory card and the external hard disk drive.

Abstract: A video data transmitting device 30 manages storage areas 31a, 31b of a memory card 31 by equally segmenting these storage areas into partitions whose capacities are equal to each other. Image data forming video data is stored piece by piece in each partition in the sequence from a head partition toward a tail partition. Then, the image data is overwritten sequentially from the oldest, whereby the storage areas 31a, 31b are always temporarily stored with N-pieces of image data starting from a point of the time when recording the image data and ending to a point of time tracing back for a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: An image playback apparatus, which is capable of playing back images recorded in a recording medium, acquires creation time and modification time which are time stamps of the image file, compares, compares the acquired creation and modification times, registers the matching time as the time management information of the image file when the creation time and the modification time match, or registers the older of the two times as the time management information of the image file when they do not match. The image playback apparatus selectively plays back image based on time management information registered for each of the image files.

Abstract: An image pickup device may include a storage unit that maps photographing position information to at least two pieces of target direction information, and stores the mapped information; an acquisition unit that acquires apparatus position information and photographing direction information; a calculation unit that selects at least one from among the plurality of pieces of photographing position information stored in the storage unit based on the apparatus position information acquired by the acquisition unit, and calculates at least two direction differences that are differences between the at least two pieces of target direction information, which are mapped to the selected photographing position information and are stored in the storage unit, and the photographing direction information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a display unit that displays information corresponding to the at least two direction differences calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: A database stores a plurality of image data to which the shooting date is attached. A list displaying unit displays on a display device a list of thumbnail images of the image data. An instruction receiving unit acquires a thumbnail image as a specified image. An image classifying unit generates one or a plurality of groups of images by classifying the plurality of image data in terms of the year when the image data were shot. A representative image selector acquires, as a representative image of each image group, image data having a shooting month-day identical to or close to the shooting month-day of the image data corresponding to the specified image from each image group. The list displaying unit displays a list of the each image group for each year and displays the representative image placed at the head of each image group.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image-information obtaining unit configured to obtain first image information; an information associating unit configured to generate first related information having certain content related to the first image information and to associate the first related information with the first image information; a display processor configured to use function data including second image information and condition information to display an image of the second image information, and to allow display of a representative image representing the first image information on the image of the second image information; a determining unit configured to determine whether the content of the first related information associated with the first image information satisfies a condition represented by the condition information; and a display controller configured to cause the display processor to display the representative image only when the determining unit determines that the condition is sa

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to execute processing to capture an image; a GPS (Global Positioning System) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite; a power-supply control unit configured to control power supply to the GPS device; an apparatus control unit configured to monitor a state of photographing by a user to calculate a frequency of use of the imaging unit per unit time, and to cause the power-supply control unit to intermittently supply power to the GPS device when the calculated use frequency is lower than a predetermined threshold; and a data-recording control unit configured to generate photographed data attribute information in which positional information acquired in the GPS device is set as attribute information of an acquired image in the imaging unit, and to execute processing to store the photographed data attribute information in a storing unit.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a time measuring unit that measures time, a time information acquiring unit that acquires time information, a determining unit that determines whether a specific process using time measured by the time measuring unit is being performed, and a time correcting unit that corrects time measured by the time measuring unit on the basis of the time information when the determining unit determines that the specific process is not being performed.

Abstract: An image capture device includes: an imager for imaging an object and generating image data; an image file generator for generating an image file by adding, to the image data generated by the imager, a header portion which stores at least one type of information concerning shooting circumstances; a timer for outputting information indicating a current time; and a manipulation section which is used to set period information specifying a period. The image file generator changes the type of information to be stored in the header portion depending on whether a time of imaging as indicated by the information which is output from the timer at the time of the imaging falls within the period specified by the period information.

Abstract: The data transfer apparatus according to the present invention includes a transfer portion that reads out image data stored in a first storage medium, and transfers the image data to a second storage medium; an identification portion that identifies image data stored in the first storage medium and image data stored in the second storage medium; a specification portion that, when transfer of image data by the transfer portion is terminated partway, determines the presence or absence of untransferred image data to the second storage medium among interrelated image data based on the identification result by the identification portion, and that, when the presence of untransferred image data is determined, specifies image data related to the untransferred image data among image data stored in the second storage medium; and a deletion portion that deletes the image data specified by the specification portion from the second storage medium.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a present date and time information obtaining device to obtain present date-time information at a time performing a present photographing operation, a last date-time information recording device to record last date-time information at a time performing a last photographing operation, an image number counting device to compare the present and last date-time information when performing the present photographing operation and to newly count a number of photographed subject images when the present date-time information is not within the predetermined period from the last date-time information and to continuously count the number of photographed subject images when the present date and time information is within the predetermined period from the last date-time information, and a displaying unit having an exit screen displayed when the imaging apparatus is turned off and to display the number of the photographed subject images on the exit screen.

Abstract: An image manager includes a communicator that communicates with a server computer storing image data, a detector that detects a storage capacity of image data stored into the server computer by the communicator and a controller that controls download of image data stored into the server computer in response to a detection result of the detector.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus, which is capable of starting up in a shooting mode and in a playback mode, and capable of switching between the shooting mode and the playback mode, includes: a memory which stores an image file corresponding to a shot picture image; a display which displays the picture image, and a selector which selects at least one image file from a plurality of image files stored in the memory, wherein in a case of starting up in the playback mode, when there is an image file selected by the selector, the selected image file is displayed on the display, and when there is no selected image file, a latest image file which is lastly shot and stored in the memory is displayed on the display.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and method includes an input device to which image data is inputted, a recorder which records the inputted image data into a recording medium, an eraser which erases the recorded image data in the recording medium, a protector which protects from an erasure setting so as to protect from erasure by the eraser of the recorded image data, and a display which displays a list of reduced images of a plurality of image data recorded in the recording medium. While the recorder is controlled utilizing a filing system and the list of reduced images of the plurality of image data recorded in the recording medium is displayed, the display is controlled so as to display a mark indicating that protection from erasure is set with respect to the recorded image data for which protection from erasure is set by the protector.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus utilizes management data which includes file identification information identifying an image file recorded on a recording medium and search identification information indicating search information stored in header part of the image file identified by the file identification information. The file identification information is associated with the search identification information, and the search information is classified into predetermined categories and managed. When a category is designated, a controller referring to the management data identifies the image file related to the designated category, in the image files stored in the first or second recording medium, based on the file identification information associated with the search identification information indicating the search information that belongs to the designated category.

Abstract: In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and photo-direct (PD) printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application New Camera Direct Print (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute a print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability.

Abstract: According to this invention, the date range can be intuitively designated by designating up, down, left, and right directions, and images stored in a storage medium can be easily restricted to images which may be subjected to printing. In order to restrict images stored in a memory card on the basis of the date, a region for inputting the start date of the date range is displayed at the upper portion of a display window on a display device, and a region for inputting the end date is displayed at the lower portion. One of the regions is designated and selected with up and down direction keys. A date in the selected region is changed with left and right direction keys. Images having storage dates between the start date and the end date are decided as printing target candidates.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image information display method combined with facial recognition and an electronic device with camera function thereof. A camera module is used for capturing a plurality of images. A recognition module recognizes the facial features of persons in the image. A touch screen displays the image and a linking icon in an area of the image. While detecting that the link icon is touched, a processing module generates a display command and sends it to the touch screen. Thus, the touch screen shows a flip process and then displays the image information. Therefore, it is more convenient for users to use an electronic device with camera function.

Abstract: A internet based method and apparatus is described for automatically processing a captured digital image taken by a smart device at a fixed-location, mobile or virtual event, and synchronizing the combination of that captured primary image with a secondary image, be it a picture frame, or a watermark to create a combined media image. If desired, the combined image may also contain an audio file. Once combined, the image may be stored for later viewing, and/or automatically returned to the user of the smart device or the PC of the user who captured the primary image, forwarded to an online print service website, posted to a photo sharing website, and/or forwarded to a distribution list. The automated post processing of said captured images is handled by a process engine hosted at an Application Provider's website, the process engine containing instructions for the media combining and metadata tagging of said images.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing image data, in which additional information about an image can be input by using an augment reality in a portable terminal, wherein the apparatus preferably includes a camera module for capturing an image, and a display unit for displaying the image and additional information about the image, and wherein a controller extracts contexts from the image, displaying the contexts classified per item with related data, storing the displayed contexts, combining related data of the displayed and stored contexts, and displaying and storing the combination as the additional information about the image.

Abstract: Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that annotate experience data in real-time are provided. The real-time annotated experience data can be employed in accordance with augmented reality systems which are capable of overlaying virtual data upon real-world data. The system employs ‘smart-tags’ that are capable of identifying data that relates to and/or is associated with the real-world scenarios and situations.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a reading means for reading information stored in a non-contact communication type portable information storage device and a control means for storing first information in information read by the reading means by associating the information with recorded images.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to simplify an operation of reproducing, on a single window, pieces of image information of different image capturing apparatuses or pieces of image information captured at different times. A display apparatus manages a camera apparatus (1) serving as the image capturing source of image information to be reproduced in each image region in association with a plurality of image regions on a single window. The display apparatus manages whether the image information to be reproduced in each image region is recorded image information or image information which is currently being captured. On the basis of the pieces of management information, the display apparatus acquires image information from a desired one of camera apparatuses and recording apparatuses and reproduces the pieces of acquired image information on the plurality of image regions.

Abstract: A model-based object recognition system operates to recognize an object on a predetermined world surface within a world space. An image of the object is acquired. This image is a distorted projection of the world space. The acquired image is processed to locate one or more local features of the image, with respect to an image coordinate system of the image. These local features are mapped a world coordinate system of the world surface, and matched to a model defined in the world coordinate system. Annotations can be arranged as desired relative to the object in the world coordinate system, and then inverse-mapped into the image coordinate system for display on a monitor in conjunction with the acquired image. Because models are defined in world coordinates, and pattern matching is also performed in world coordinates, one model definition can be used by multiple independent object recognition systems.

Abstract: To provide a recording method for recording still images that is particularly suitable for sorting still images and recording and managing the sorted still images, there is disclosed a recording method for recording still image data and management information for managing the still image data, with the management information including information based on which a plurality of pieces of the still image data are sorted into sorting units, and an earliest one and a latest one of photographing dates at which the pieces of still image data sorted into each of the sorting units are respectively taken.

Abstract: A countdown timer application (computer program) that runs on programmable personal digital devices (“devices”) such as smartphones, tablet computers, and mobile Internet devices. The application is able to run several timers at once with different end times, the same end time and different beginning times, and one timer after another such that the end of one countdown triggers the beginning of another. Timers can repeat, such that when timer reaches zero it alerts user and begins to count down again indefinitely. A plurality of methods of alerting the user that the timer has reached zero are speaking a recording; displaying a photo or a video, playing music, and displaying text. Further, timers can be triggered based on awareness of the device's various sensors' states. Further, a version of the application uses synchronized devices, wherein the acknowledgment or non-acknowledgment of an alert on one device triggers notification on another device.

Abstract: A digital camera includes an image sensor for producing analog image signals; an analog/digital converter for converting the image signals into digital raw data; and a signal processing unit for producing processed data from the raw data, wherein the signal processing device has a signal output. The camera has at least one first buffer memory for buffering at least some of the digital raw data and an evaluation device which is made to compare raw data stored in the first buffer memory with the processed data.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus provided with: an imaging unit including an imaging sensor for imaging light from an object and a storage unit for storing image data generated based on an imaging signal output from the imaging sensor; and a GPS module for executing a process of calculating location information based on received data from a satellite, in which as a result of the imaging unit shifting from a low power consumption mode or a power OFF state to a normal image-capture mode, the GPS module shifts from the low power consumption mode or the power OFF state to a normal operation mode in which the process of calculating the location information is executed, and if it is not possible to perform the process of calculating the location information at the time of imaging the light from an object in the GPS module at a time point at which the light from an object is imaged after the imaging unit has been shifted to the normal image-capture mode, then image-capture-time location information obtained in consideration of