| US 7,518,641 B2 | ||
| Multiple-image transmission method and mobile apparatus having multiple-image simultaneous photographing function | ||
| Ken Mashitani, Osaka (Japan); Goro Hamagishi, Osaka (Japan); Masahiro Higashino, Osaka (Japan); and Fusao Terada, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/528,655 PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/12176 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 22, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/030374, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 08, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2002-284004 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0170785 A1, Aug. 03, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/76 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—231.6 [348/218.1; 348/376; 348/47] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A mobile apparatus having a multiple-image simultaneous photographing function, comprising:
a stereoscopic camera means for obtaining a plurality of image data for the stereoscopic vision by executing a simultaneous
photographing;
a means for generating three-dimensional data on the basis of said plurality of image data for the stereoscopic vision;
a means for carrying out an approximate measuring of location information; and
a means for obtaining detailed location information on the basis of a correspondence between three-dimensional map data of
a present location obtained by said approximate measuring, and three-dimensional data formed of said plurality of image data
for the stereoscopic vision, and presenting the information to a user.
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