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Camera having an information recording function

US5768640A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateOct 17, 1996
Grant dateJun 16, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/244
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for recording a photographed image on a recording medium together with information received from a satellite of GPS (Global Positioning System). The apparatus includes a first memory to store recording data on the recording medium; a second memory to store the information received thereafter by a GPS receiver; and a judging circuit for determining whether the later recording data is to be shifted from the second memory to the first memory when the shutter is actuated.

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