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US 9,961,214 B2Granted
Image shooting apparatus for adding information to image
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Hoshino
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image shooting apparatus includes an imaging unit, a transmission unit, and a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction. The supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image.
Claims21
An image shooting apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit;
- a transmission unit;
- and
- a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction,
- wherein the supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image,
- wherein the processor is configured to further set whether or not to automatically transmit the shot image to the information acquiring apparatus, and
- control the transmission unit to transmit, to the information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image and the instruction information in the case that the setting is automatic transmission, and (ii) instruction information, which is different from the instruction information of (i), for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information to be added to the shot image by the image shooting apparatus and transmit the supplementary information to the image shooting apparatus in the case that the setting is not the automatic transmission, with the shooting instruction.
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An image shooting apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit;
- a transmission unit;
- and
- a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction,
- wherein the supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image,
- wherein the transmission unit comprises an image transmission unit configured to transmit the shot image via a communication medium of high-speed and an instruction information transmission unit configured to transmit the instruction information via a communication medium of low power consumption.
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An information acquiring apparatus comprising:
- a sensor;
- a reception unit;
- and
- a processor that is configured to:
- control the reception unit to receive a shot image and instruction information transmitted from an image shooting apparatus;
- and
- perform processing to acquire supplementary information by the sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image according to the received instruction information,
- wherein the reception unit comprises an image reception unit configured to receive the shot image via a communication medium of high-speed and an instruction information reception unit configured to receive the instruction information via a communication medium of low power consumption.
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An information acquiring system comprising:
- an image shooting apparatus;
- and
- an information acquiring apparatus,
- the image shooting apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit;
- a transmission unit;
- and
- a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to the information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction, wherein the supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image, and
- the information acquiring apparatus comprising:
- a sensor;
- a reception unit;
- and
- a processor that is configured to:
- control the reception unit to receive the shot image and the instruction information transmitted from the image shooting apparatus;
- and
- perform processing to acquire supplementary information by the sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image according to the received instruction information,
- wherein the transmission unit comprises an image transmission unit configured to transmit the shot image via a communication medium of high-speed and an instruction information transmission unit configured to transmit the instruction information via a communication medium of low power consumption, and
- the reception unit comprises an image reception unit configured to receive the shot image via the communication medium of high-speed and an instruction information reception unit configured to receive the instruction information via the communication medium of low power consumption.
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A transmission control method comprising:
- acquiring an image captured by an imaging unit to generate a shot image and controlling a transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information at the time of generating the shot image, with a shooting instruction,
- transmitting the shot image by a transmission unit via a communication medium of high-speed,
- transmitting the instruction information by an instruction information transmission unit via a communication medium of low power consumption,
- wherein the supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image.
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An information acquiring method comprising:
- controlling a reception unit comprising an image reception unit and an instruction information reception unit to receive a shot image via a communication medium of high-speed and instruction information via a communication medium of low power consumption transmitted from an image shooting apparatus;
- and
- performing processing to acquire supplementary information by a sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image according to the received instruction information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.