JP2003051997A - Vide-recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video-recording device that can record the location at which a camera or a video camera photographs an object. SOLUTION: By giving the latitude/longitude information obtained by a GPS device 13 to a camera body 11 and when the camera body 11 photographs a photo, the camera body 11 photographs the latitude/longitude information from the GPS device 13 on a film 12 including the photographed video image. Or the name of place/name of building obtained by retrieving the latitude/ longitude information by a map information retrieval means and photographing direction information acquired by a photographing direction detection means are photographed on the film 12 together with the video image may be imprinted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video recording device such as a camera capable of recording photographing position information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of image recording apparatus (photographer)
Is the camera body 11 that captures the image as shown in FIG.
And a calendar unit 221 for recording the shooting date and time, and a film unit 12 for recording the shot image and the shooting date and time. As shown in FIG. 23, a photograph taken by the camera is photographed. The image and the calendar display 231 were recorded (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-98374).

[0003]

However, in such a conventional video recording apparatus, since only the date and time of shooting is recorded, the date and time of shooting is known, but the person who took the picture remembers the place where the picture was taken. If you do not record it with the photo, you will not know where you took it later.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and provides a video recording apparatus capable of recording a shooting location.

[0005]

A video recording apparatus according to the present invention is a position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude of a photographing location from a global positioning system, and the photographing location is recorded in latitude and longitude. And a shooting location recording means for performing the shooting. With this configuration, for example, it is possible to record position information obtained from the global positioning system (GPS device) as latitude / longitude on the mounted film together with the captured image.

Further, the video recording apparatus of the present invention includes position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude of the shooting location from the global positioning system, and position information of the shooting location acquired by the position information acquisition means. Using a map information search means for searching and acquiring the map information including a place name and a building name, and a shooting location recording means for recording the shooting location by latitude, longitude, place name, and building name. is doing. With this configuration, for example, a global positioning system (GPS
Position information obtained from devices) and map information can be recorded as latitude / longitude, place name / building name.

Further, the video recording apparatus of the present invention comprises a position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude of a shooting place from the global positioning system, and position information of the shooting place acquired by the position information acquisition means. The map information search means for searching and obtaining the map information including the place name and the building name, the direction detecting means for detecting the shooting direction, and the shooting location are recorded by latitude, longitude, place name, and building name. At the same time, a photographing location for recording the photographing direction and a photographing direction recording means are provided. With this configuration, for example, the position information obtained from the global positioning system (GPS device), the map information, and the shooting direction detection unit that detects the shooting direction is displayed along with the shot image on the mounted film. , Place name, building name, and shooting direction can be recorded.

Further, the video recording apparatus of the present invention has a structure provided with a recording means for recording the shooting location and the shooting direction together with the input video. With this configuration, for example, the shooting location can be recorded together with the photograph, and even if the user does not remember the shooting location, the shooting location can be remembered only by outputting the photograph.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 1, the first embodiment of the present invention
The video recording device (photographer) of the embodiment of the present invention is a position information acquisition unit (photographer main body 1) that acquires position information of a shooting location from a global positioning system (hereinafter, referred to as a GPS device) 13.
1) and the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit, the shooting location recording unit (the camera body 11 or the film unit 1) that records the shooting location in latitude and longitude.
2) is included.

The camera of this embodiment is a camera body 11
And a film unit 12 and a GPS device 13. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the camera body 11 or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. Further, the camera body 11 has position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and the camera body 11 or the film section 12 uses the position information to set the shooting location to the latitude, It has a photographing location recording means for recording in longitude.

The operation of the camera of this embodiment will now be described. In FIG. 1, by passing the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13 to the camera body 11, when the photograph is taken by the camera body 11, the GPS device 13 together with the image taken by the film unit 12 is taken. It is possible to copy the latitude and longitude information from. The photograph or film thus photographed shows a latitude / longitude display 21 indicating the photographed place as shown in FIG.

As described above, the video recording apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes the position information acquisition means (included in the camera body 11) for acquiring the position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13. Since the shooting location recording means (included in the camera body 11 or the film unit 12) that records the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means is provided, The position information allows the film unit 12 to record the position information indicating the shooting location. Therefore, the user can confirm the captured position information by the latitude / longitude display 21.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part of the video recording device (photographer) of the embodiment. This is further obtained by searching the map information including the place name and the building name by using the position information of the shooting location acquired by the position information acquisition means (included in the camera body 11) in addition to the first embodiment. Map information retrieval means 31,
The difference is that a photographing place recording means (included in the camera body 11 or the film unit 12) for recording the photographing place by latitude, longitude, place name and building name is provided. According to this configuration, for example, the film unit 12 can record the latitude / longitude information and the place name / building name of the photographed image.

The camera of this embodiment is a camera body 11
And a film unit 12, a GPS device 13, and a map information searching means 31. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the camera body 11 or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. In addition, in the camera body 11,
The camera body 11 or the film unit 12 has a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a shooting place from the GPS device 13, and a shooting place recording unit that records the shooting place in latitude and longitude according to the position information. Have.

The operation of the camera of this embodiment will now be described. In FIG. 3, the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13 and the place name / building name obtained by searching the latitude / longitude information by the map information search means 31 are shown in the camera body 1
When the photograph is taken with the camera body 11 by passing it to 1, the GP taken together with the image taken by the film unit 12
The latitude / longitude information from the S device 13 and the place name / building name from the map information searching means 31 can be copied. In the photograph or film thus photographed, the latitude / longitude display 21 and the place name / building name 41 indicating the photographed place are shown as shown in FIG. The latitude / longitude display 21 and the place name / building name 41 allow the user to confirm the position information of the place where the image was taken.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part of the video recording device (photographer) of the embodiment. This is different from the first embodiment in that the shooting direction detecting means 51 for detecting the shooting direction and the shooting location and direction recording means for recording the shooting location by latitude, longitude, place name, and building name and also for recording the shooting direction. (Camera body 1
1 or included in the film portion 12). Further, a recording means (camera body 11 for recording the photographing location and the photographing direction together with the input image).
Or included in the film portion 12). According to this configuration, for example, the film unit 12 can also record the latitude / longitude information of the photograph, the place name / building name, and the photographing direction. In particular, it is possible to obtain the effect that the shooting location and the shooting direction can be recorded together with the photograph, for example.

The camera of the present embodiment has a camera body 11
The film unit 12, the GPS device 13, the map information search means 31, and the photographing direction detection means 51. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the camera body 11 or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. Further, the camera body 11 has position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and the camera body 11 or the film section 12 uses the position information to set the shooting location to the latitude, It has a photographing location recording means for recording in longitude.

The operation of the camera of this embodiment will now be described. In FIG. 5, the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13, the place name / building name obtained by searching the latitude / longitude information by the map information retrieval means 31, and the photographing direction detection means 51 are used for photographing. By passing the shooting direction information indicating the direction in which the image is taken to the camera body 11, when the photograph is taken by the camera body 11, the latitude / longitude information from the GPS device 13 and the image taken by the film unit 12 are recorded. The place name / building name from the map information searching means 31 and the shooting direction information from the shooting direction detecting means 51 can be copied. In the photograph or film thus photographed, as shown in FIG. 6, a latitude / longitude display 21, a place name / building name 41, and a photographing direction 61 indicating the photographed direction are shown. . This latitude / longitude display 21, place name / building name 41, shooting direction 61
This allows the user to confirm the shooting position information and the shooting direction.

[Fourth Embodiment] As shown in FIG.
The video search device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is a search device main body 71 for reading the shooting location and shooting direction information written on the photograph or film shown in the first to third embodiments.
A map information search means 72 for searching and acquiring map information corresponding to the shooting location and shooting direction information, and a map information display / output means 73 for displaying or outputting the acquired map information. .

Here, the operation of the video retrieval apparatus of this embodiment will be described. The photographs and films used in this embodiment were taken by the video recording devices of the first to third embodiments. Therefore, the photographs and films used in the present embodiment are added with the map information indicating the shooting location and the shooting direction. In FIG. 7, the photographing location and the photographing direction information recorded on the photograph and the film according to the present embodiment are read by the retrieval device main body 71, and the map information retrieval means 7
In step 2, the map information corresponding to the information of the shooting location and the shooting direction is retrieved and acquired. Then, by passing the acquired map information to the map information display / output means 73, it is possible to obtain the map information indicating the place and direction in which the photograph was taken.

As described above, the photographic image retrieval apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention reads the photographing location and the photographing direction information written on the photograph or film shown in the first to third embodiments. A search device main body 71, a map information search means 72 for searching and acquiring map information corresponding to the shooting location and shooting direction information, and a map information display / output means 73 for displaying or outputting the acquired map information are provided. Therefore, the map information corresponding to the shooting location and the shooting direction can be obtained.

[Fifth Embodiment] As shown in FIG.
The video recording apparatus (digital camera) of the fifth embodiment of the present invention is a position information acquisition unit (digital camera body 81) for acquiring the position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13.
And a recording means 82 for recording the photographing location in latitude and longitude based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means.

The digital camera of this embodiment comprises a digital camera body 81, recording means 82, and a GPS device 13. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the digital camera body 81 or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. Further, the digital camera body 81 has position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and recording means 82 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information.

Here, the operation of the camera of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 8, by passing the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13 to the digital camera body 81, when the photograph is taken by the digital camera body 81, the image information 91 of the video image captured by the recording means 82. (Fig. 9
), The latitude / longitude information from the GPS device 13 can be recorded. In the digital photograph or image information taken in this manner, the latitude / longitude information 92 indicating the place where the image was taken is displayed so that it can be displayed together with the image information 91 which is the taken image.

As described above, the digital camera according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention includes the position information acquisition means (included in the digital camera main body 81) for acquiring the position information of the photographing location from the GPS device 13. The recording means 82 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information acquired by the position information acquiring means is provided.
The position information indicating the place where the image was taken can be recorded in 2.

[Sixth Embodiment] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the essential parts of a video recording apparatus (digital camera) according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. This is a map information search means 31 for further searching and acquiring map information as compared with the fifth embodiment.
With the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means (included in the digital camera main body 81) and the map information acquired by the map information retrieval means 31, the photographing location is changed to a map including latitude, longitude, place name and building name. The difference is that a recording means 82 for recording is provided. According to this configuration, it is possible to obtain the effect that the latitude / longitude information and the place name / building name that have been photographed can be recorded in the recording unit 82.

The photographic machine of the present embodiment comprises a digital photographic machine body 81, a recording means 82, a GPS device 13, and a map information searching means 31. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the digital camera body 81 or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. Also,
The digital camera body 81 has position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and recording means 82 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information.

Here, the operation of the digital camera of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 10, the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13 and the place name / building name obtained by searching the latitude / longitude information by the map information search means 31 are
When the image information is recorded by the digital camera body 81 by passing it to the digital camera body 81, the latitude / longitude information from the GPS device 13 and the map information retrieval means 31 are recorded together with the image taken by the recording means 82. It is possible to record the place name and building name of. As shown in FIG. 11, the image information 91 thus photographed / recorded includes a latitude / longitude display 92 indicating the photographed place and a place name / location.
The building name 111 is included. This latitude / longitude display 92
By recording or displaying the place name / building name 111, the user can confirm the position information of the place where the image was taken.

[Seventh Embodiment] FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the essential parts of a video recording apparatus (digital camera) according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. This is different from the fifth embodiment in that the photographing direction detecting means 51 for detecting the photographing direction is further provided.
Position information and map information search means 31 acquired by the position information acquisition means (included in the digital camera body 81)
Map information acquired by the above-mentioned photographing direction detection means 51
The difference is that a recording means 82 for recording the photographing location and the photographing direction on a map including latitude, longitude, place name and building name is provided depending on the photographing direction detected by. According to this configuration, the latitude / longitude information captured in the recording means 82, the place name /
The effect of being able to record the building name and shooting direction is also obtained.

The digital camera of the present embodiment has a digital camera body 81, a recording means 82, a GPS device 13, a map information searching means 31, and a photographing direction detecting means 5.
It is composed of 1 and 1. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the digital camera body 81 or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. Further, the digital camera body 81 has position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and recording means 82 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information.

The operation of the digital camera of this embodiment will be described. In FIG. 12, the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13, and the place name / building name obtained by searching the latitude / longitude information by the map information search means 31,
By passing the shooting direction information indicating the direction to be shot from the shooting direction detecting means 51 to the digital camera body 81, when the photograph is taken by the digital camera body 81, the recording means 82 is used together with the image taken by the recording means 82. ,
Latitude / longitude information from the GPS device 13, place name / building name from the map information retrieval means 31, and photographing direction detection means 51
The shooting direction information from is recorded and displayed. As shown in FIG. 13, the image information 91 thus photographed shows latitude / longitude information 92 and a place name / building name 111 indicating the photographed place, and photographing direction information 131 indicating the photographed direction. ing. This latitude / longitude information 92, place name / building name 111, shooting direction information 1
With 31, the user can confirm the shooting position information and the shooting direction.

[Eighth Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 14, the digital image information retrieval apparatus according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention records the image information shown in the fifth to seventh embodiments. The main body 141 of the digital image information retrieval device for reading the photographed location and the photographed direction information, the map information retrieval means 72 for retrieving and acquiring the map information corresponding to the photographed place and the photographed direction information, and the acquired map information are displayed. Alternatively, a map information display / output unit 73 for outputting is provided.

The operation of the digital image information retrieval apparatus of this embodiment will be described here. The image information (photograph) used in the present embodiment is taken by the video recording device of the fifth to seventh embodiments. Therefore, the image information used in the present embodiment is added with the map information indicating the shooting location and the shooting direction. In FIG. 14, the shooting location and shooting direction information recorded in the image information of the present embodiment is read by the digital image information search device body 141, and the map information searching means 72 corresponds to the shooting location and shooting direction information. Retrieve map information. Then, by passing the acquired map information to the map information display / output means 73, it is possible to obtain the map information indicating the place and direction in which the photograph was taken.

As described above, the digital photographic image information retrieving apparatus according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention stores the shooting location and shooting direction information recorded in the image information shown in the fifth to seventh embodiments. The main body 141 of the digital photographic image information retrieval device to be read, the map information retrieval means 72 for retrieving and acquiring the map information corresponding to the photography location and the photography direction information, and the map information display / output for displaying or outputting the obtained map information. Since the means 73 is provided, it is possible to obtain map information corresponding to the shooting location and the shooting direction.

[Ninth Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 15, a video recording device (video camera) according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention is located at a position where position information of a shooting location is acquired from the GPS device 13. An information acquisition unit (included in the video camera body 151) and a recording unit 152 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit are provided.

The video camera of the present embodiment comprises a video camera body 151, a recording means 152, and a GPS device 13.
It is composed of. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the video camera main body 151, or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. In addition, the video camera body 151 has position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and recording means 152 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information.

Here, the operation of the video camera of this embodiment will be described. 15, by passing the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13 to the video camera body 151, when the video camera body 151 captures a video image, the video information 161 captured by the recording means 152 (see FIG. 1).
(Shown in FIG. 6), the latitude / longitude information from the GPS device 13 can be recorded. In addition to the video information 161 captured in this way, latitude / longitude information 162 indicating the location where the image was captured is recorded in a displayable manner.

As described above, in the video camera of the ninth embodiment of the present invention, the position information acquisition means (the video camera body 1 for acquiring the position information of the photographing location from the GPS device 13).
51) and a recording unit 152 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit.
It is possible to record the position information indicating the place where the image was taken. Therefore, the user can use the latitude / longitude information 162 to
The photographed position information can be confirmed.

[Tenth Embodiment] FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the essential parts of a video recording apparatus (video camera) according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention. This is a map information search means 31 for further searching and acquiring map information as compared with the ninth embodiment.
With the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit (included in the video camera main body 151) and the map information acquired by the map information retrieval unit 31, the shooting location is displayed on the map including latitude, longitude, place name and building name. The difference is that a recording means 152 for recording is provided. According to this configuration, the recording unit 152 can also record the photographed latitude / longitude information and the place name / building name together with the video information.

The video camera of the present embodiment comprises a video camera body 151, a recording means 152, and a GPS device 13.
And the map information search means 31. This G
The PS device 13 may be mounted on the video camera main body 151 or may be externally connected as in this embodiment. In addition, the video camera body 151 has position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and recording means 152 for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude based on the position information.

The operation of the video camera according to this embodiment will be described here. In FIG. 17, by passing the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13 and the place name / building name obtained by searching the latitude / longitude information by the map information searching means 31 to the video camera main body 151, When the image information is recorded by the video camera body 151, the recording means 152 is used.
Thus, the latitude / longitude information from the GPS device 13 and the place name / building name from the map information searching means 31 can be recorded together with the captured video. As shown in FIG. 18, the video information 161 thus photographed and recorded.
Includes the latitude / longitude information 162 indicating the place where the image was taken and the place name / building name 181. By recording or displaying the latitude / longitude information 162 and the place name / building name 181, the user can confirm the position information of the shooting location.

[Eleventh Embodiment] FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the essential parts of a video recording apparatus (video camera) according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention. This is different from the ninth embodiment in that the photographing direction detecting means 51 for detecting the photographing direction is further included.
Position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit (included in the video camera body 151) and the map information retrieval unit 31
Map information acquired by the above-mentioned photographing direction detection means 51
The difference is that a recording means 152 for recording the photographing location and the photographing direction on a map including latitude, longitude, place name and building name is provided depending on the photographing direction detected by. According to this configuration, the latitude / longitude information captured by the recording unit 152,
The effect of being able to record the place name, building name, and shooting direction is also obtained.

The video camera of the present embodiment comprises a video camera body 151, a recording means 152, and a GPS device 13.
And a map information searching means 31 and a photographing direction detecting means 51. The GPS device 13 may be mounted on the video camera main body 151, or may be externally connected as in the present embodiment. Further, in the video camera main body 151, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of the shooting location from the GPS device 13, and a map including the shooting location is acquired by the map information search unit 31 based on the position information, and on the map. A recording means 15 for recording the photographing location in latitude and longitude and recording the photographing direction detected by the photographing direction detecting means 51.
2 and.

Here, the operation of the video camera of the present embodiment will be described. In FIG. 19, the latitude / longitude information obtained by the GPS device 13, the place name / building name obtained by searching the latitude / longitude information by the map information search means 31, and the photographing direction detection means 51 are used for photographing. By passing the shooting direction information indicating the direction to the video camera body 151, when the video camera body 151 shoots a video image, the recording unit 152 records the video image together with the video image.
The latitude / longitude information from the S device 13, the place name / building name from the map information search means 31, and the shooting direction information from the shooting direction detection means 51 can be recorded and displayed. As shown in FIG. 20, the image information 161 thus photographed includes latitude / longitude information 162 indicating a photographed place, a place name / building name 181, and photographing direction information 201 indicating a photographed direction. There is. This latitude / longitude information 162, place name / building name 181, shooting direction information 2
With 01, the user can confirm the shooting position information and the shooting direction.

[Twelfth Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 21, the video image information retrieval apparatus according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention records in the image information shown in the ninth to eleventh embodiments. The video image information retrieval device main body 211 that reads the photographed location and the photographed direction information, the map information retrieval means 72 that retrieves and acquires the map information corresponding to the photographed location and the photographed direction information, and displays the obtained map information. Alternatively, a map information display / output unit 73 for outputting is provided.

Now, the operation of the video image information retrieval apparatus of this embodiment will be described. The video information used in this embodiment is captured by the video recording devices of the ninth to eleventh embodiments. Therefore, the video information used in the present embodiment is added with information indicating the shooting location and the shooting direction. In FIG. 21, the shooting location and shooting direction information recorded in the video information of the present embodiment is read by the video image information search device body 211, and the map information search means 72 corresponds to the shooting location and shooting direction information. Retrieve map information. Next, by passing the acquired map information to the map information display / output means 73, it is possible to obtain the map information indicating the place and direction in which the video was taken.

As described above, the video image information retrieval apparatus according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention captures video from video information recorded by the video camera shown in the ninth to eleventh embodiments. A video image information retrieval device main body 211 that reads the location and shooting direction information, a map information search unit 72 that retrieves and acquires map information corresponding to the shooting location and shooting direction information, and displays or outputs the obtained map information. Since the map information display / output means 73 is provided, it is possible to obtain map information indicating the shooting location and the shooting direction.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the camera body 11, the digital camera body 81, the video camera body 151, etc. constitute the position information acquisition means, and the film section 12, recording means 82, 152, etc. The photographing location recording means constitutes the map information searching means 31, etc. constitutes the map information searching means, the photographing direction detecting means 51 etc. constitutes the photographing direction detecting means, and the recording means 82, 152 etc. perform the photographing. The place and the photographing direction recording means are constituted, and the recording means 82, 152 and the like constitute the recording means.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, the GPS device, the map information searching means, or the shooting direction detecting means detects the place where the photograph or video was taken or the shooting direction, and records it. It is possible to provide a video recording apparatus having an excellent effect that the shooting direction and the shooting direction can be recorded together with the video information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts showing a configuration of a video recording device (photographer) according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a photograph taken by the camera of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part showing a configuration of a video recording device (photographer) according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a photograph taken by a camera according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a video recording device (photographer) according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a photograph taken by a camera according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a photographic image retrieval device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a principal block diagram showing a configuration of a video recording device (digital camera) according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating image information captured by the digital camera according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a video recording apparatus (digital camera) according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating image information captured by the digital camera according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a video recording apparatus (digital camera) according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating image information taken by the digital camera according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a digital image information search device according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a video recording device (video camera) according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating image information captured by the video camera according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a video recording device (video camera) according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating image information captured by the video camera according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a principal block diagram showing the configuration of a video recording device (video camera) according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating image information captured by the video camera according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram of essential parts showing the configuration of a video image information search device according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram of essential parts showing the configuration of a conventional camera

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a photograph taken by a conventional camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Camera body 12 Film (Film part) 13 GPS device 21 Latitude / longitude display 31 Map information search method 41,111,181 Place name / Building name 51 Photographing direction detection means 61 shooting direction 71 Search device body 72 Map information search means 73 Map information display / output means 81 Digital camera body 82, 152 recording means 91 Image information 92,162 Latitude / longitude information 131, 201 shooting direction information 141 Digital Image Information Retrieval Device Main Body 151 Video camera body 161 video information 211 Video image information retrieval device body 221 calendar section 231 calendar display

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude of a shooting location from a global positioning system, and a shooting location recording means for recording the shooting location in latitude and longitude. Video recorder. 2. A place name and a building name are obtained by using position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude of a shooting place from the global positioning system and position information of the shooting place acquired by the position information acquisition means. A video recording apparatus comprising: a map information search means for searching for and acquiring the map information including; and a shooting location recording means for recording the shooting location by latitude, longitude, place name and building name. 3. A place name and a building name are obtained by using position information acquisition means for acquiring position information including latitude and longitude of a shooting place from the global positioning system and position information of the shooting place acquired by this position information acquisition means. Map information searching means for searching and obtaining the map information including, shooting direction detecting means for detecting the shooting direction, and shooting for recording the shooting location by latitude, longitude, place name, building name and shooting direction A video recording device, characterized in that a location and direction recording means is provided. 4. The video recording apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising recording means for recording the shooting location and the shooting direction together with the input video.