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Data-recording unit in use with a camera

US5671451A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 1996
Grant dateSep 23, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/243
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A data recording unit in use with a camera for recording information data, obtained through a GPS receiver, on a photographing film. The data recording unit includes: a selector for selecting a geodetic system from plural geodetic systems; a data converter for converting position information data, obtained through the GPS receiver, to converted position information data in the geodetic system which is selected by the selector; and a printing LED for recording the converted position information data on the photographic film together with images photographed by the camera.

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