Recording/reproducing system

A recording apparatus comprising:

• image capturing means that captures a motion image, thereby to generate motion image data;
• position information acquiring means that acquires position information indicative of a position where the motion image has been captured;
• motion image coding means that codes the motion image data;
• system time generating means that generates a system time;
• multiplexing means that, for the motion image data coded by adding the system time common to at least one unitary image and the position information corresponding to the unitary image thereto, performs multiplexing by correlating the unitary image and the position information;
• and
• recording means that records the multiplexed data into recording medium.

A playback apparatus comprising:

• separating means that, for data wherein at least one unitary image in coded motion image data and position information corresponding to the unitary image are correlated by a common presented time and are thereby multiplexed, separates the motion image data and the position information from one another;
• image decoding means that decodes the separated motion image data;
• output means that outputs the separated position information and the unitary image of the decoded motion image data including the presented time common to the position information;
• and
• superposing means that performs display by superposing a map indicating the output position information and a motion image containing the output unitary image.

A recording and/or playback system comprising:

• a recording apparatus for recoding data containing motion image data into a recording medium, the recording apparatus including,
• capturing means for capturing a motion image to thereby generate the motion image data,
• position information acquiring means for acquiring position information indicative of a position where the motion image has been captured,
• motion image coding means for coding the motion image data,
• multiplexing means for multiplexing by correlating at least one unitary image and the position information corresponding to the unitary image in the coded motion image data, and
• recording means for recording the multiplexed data into the recording medium;
• and
• a playback apparatus for performing playback of the motion image data included in the data recorded in the recorded medium, the playback apparatus including,
• separating means for separating data recorded in the recording medium into the coded motion image data and the position information,
• image decoding means for decoding the coded motion image data,
• output means for outputting the separated position information and a unitary image of motion image data correlated to the position information, and
• superposing means for displaying by superposing a map indicating the output position information and a motion image containing the output unitary image.

An image processing method comprising:

• capturing a motion image with an image processing device to thereby generate motion image data;
• acquiring position information indicative of a position where the motion image has been captured;
• a step of coding the motion image data with the image processing device;
• multiplexing by correlating the respective position information corresponding to at least one unitary image in the coded motion image data;
• and
• outputting the multiplexed data from the image processing device.

An image processing method characterized by comprising:

• capturing a motion image with an image processing device to thereby generate motion image data;
• acquiring position information indicative of a position where the motion image has been captured with the image processing device;
• coding the motion image data;
• a step of multiplexing by correlating the respective position information corresponding to at least one unitary image in the coded motion image data;
• and
• recording the multiplexed data into a recording medium.

An image processing method comprising:

• performing decoding of motion image data, wherein coded motion image data and position information corresponding to at least one unitary image of the motion image data are correlated to one another, at an image processing device;
• rendering the position information on a map;
• and
• displaying a motion image containing a unitary image correlated to the position information, together with the map at the image processing device.

An image processing method comprising:

• performing decoding of motion image data, wherein coded motion image data and position information corresponding to at least one unitary image of the motion image data are correlated to one another, at an image processing device;
• acquiring a map, when a map corresponding to the position information is not possessed,
• rendering the position information on the map;
• and
• displaying a motion image containing a unitary image correlated to the position information, together with the map.

A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions accessed by a computer to transform the computer into an image processing device upon execution of the computer readable instructions to implement a method of image processing, comprising:

• capturing a motion image with an image processing device to thereby generate motion image data;
• acquiring position information indicative of a position where the motion image has been captured;
• a step of coding the motion image data with the image processing device;
• multiplexing by correlating the respective position information corresponding to at least one unitary image in the coded motion image data;
• and
• outputting the multiplexed data from the image processing device.

A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions accessed by a computer to transform the computer into an image processing device upon execution of the computer readable instructions to implement a method of image processing, comprising:

• capturing a motion image with an image processing device to thereby generate motion image data;
• acquiring position information indicative of a position where the motion image has been captured with the image processing device;
• coding the motion image data;
• a step of multiplexing by correlating the respective position information corresponding to at least one unitary image in the coded motion image data;
• and
• recording the multiplexed data into a recording medium.

A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions accessed by a computer to transform the computer into an image processing device upon execution of the computer readable instructions to implement a method of image processing, comprising:

• performing decoding of the motion image data, wherein coded motion image data and position information corresponding to at least one unitary image of the motion image data are correlated to one another, at an image processing device;
• rendering the position information on a map;
• and
• displaying a motion image containing a unitary image correlated to the position information, together with the map at the image processing device.

A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions accessed by a computer to transform the computer into an image processing device upon execution of the computer readable instructions to implement a method of image processing, comprising:

• performing decoding of the motion image data, wherein coded motion image data and position information corresponding to at least one unitary image of the motion image data are correlated to one another, at an image processing device;
• acquiring a map, when a map corresponding to the position information is not possessed,
• rendering the position information on the map;
• and
• displaying a motion image containing a unitary image correlated to the position information, together with the map.