Patent ID: 8254727
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a picture file, the method comprising: searching for one or more picture files based on a location of a subject, wherein each picture file comprises picture data, information on a location in which the picture data was created, and information on a direction of a captured image of a subject included in the picture data; and displaying the searched picture files on a screen according to the direction information included in each picture file, wherein the displaying the searched picture files comprises: dividing the region around the location of the subject into two or more azimuth regions based on the location of the subject; classifying the one or more picture files that were found based on the two or more azimuth regions; and displaying at least one of the one or more classified picture files for each of the azimuth regions on the screen.