Patent ID: 8098899
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A landmark search system, comprising: a digital camera comprising a position data obtaining device for obtaining position data of a camera position at which an image is captured, and a data storage device for storing said position data in association with image data of the captured image; a map data storage device storing map data, said map data comprising area data of divisional areas which are provided by dividing a map area at regular intervals of a latitude and a longitude, and place data prepared for each of said divisional areas, said place data including data of landmarks located in each of said divisional areas; and a search device that searches said map data based on said position data, to select one divisional area that includes the camera position, and thereafter retrieve said place data for the selected divisional area, to determine a landmark that corresponds to the camera position.