Image shooting apparatus for adding information to image

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image shooting apparatus includes an imaging unit, a transmission unit, and a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, and (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, with a shooting instruction. The supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the transmitted shot image.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image shooting apparatus comprising:
 an imaging unit;   a transmission unit; and   a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, and (iii) identification information for identifying the shot image to be transmitted, with a shooting instruction.   
     
     
         2 . The image shooting apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the instruction information further includes shooting time which is time information at the time of generating the shot image, and
 the processor is configured to further add shooting time to the shot image and control the transmission unit to transmit the shooting time added to the shot image to the information acquiring apparatus as the identification information.   
     
     
         3 . The image shooting apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the instruction information further includes the kind of the supplementary information to be acquired by the information acquiring apparatus. 
     
     
         4 . An image shooting apparatus comprising:
 an imaging unit;   a transmission unit; and   a processor that is configured to acquire an image captured by the imaging unit to generate a shot image and control the transmission unit to (i) transmit the shot image to an information acquiring apparatus, and (ii) transmit, to the information acquiring apparatus, instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information prior to completion of the transmission of the shot image, with a shooting instruction,   wherein the supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the shot image.   
     
     
         5 . An information acquiring apparatus comprising:
 a sensor;   a reception unit; and   a processor that is configured to:   control the reception unit to receive a shot image and instruction information transmitted from an image shooting apparatus; and   perform processing to acquire supplementary information by the sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image, according to the received instruction information,   wherein the instruction information includes time information at the time of generating the shot image transmitted from the image shooting apparatus,   the shot image transmitted from the image shooting apparatus includes shooting time added thereto, and   the processor is configured to further identify the shot image to which the acquired supplementary information is to be added, by comparing the shooting time added to the received shot image and shooting time included in the received instruction information.   
     
     
         6 . The information acquiring apparatus of  claim 5  further comprising a corresponding information storage unit configured to store a plurality of sets of the shooting time included in the received instruction information and corresponding supplementary information acquired by the sensor,
 wherein the processor is configured to compare the shooting time added to the received shot image and the shooting time stored in the corresponding information storage unit to identify the shot image to which the supplementary information corresponding to the shooting time stored in the corresponding information storage unit is to be added. 
 
     
     
         7 . The information acquiring apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to further update the supplementary information stored in the corresponding information storage unit to new one acquired by the sensor in the case that the shooting time included in the received instruction information is the same as the shooting time stored in the corresponding information storage unit. 
     
     
         8 . An information acquiring apparatus comprising:
 a sensor;   a reception unit; and   a processor that is configured to:   control the reception unit to receive a shot image from an image shooting apparatus and instruction information transmitted prior to the shot image from the image shooting apparatus; and   perform processing to acquire supplementary information by the sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image, according to the received instruction information.   
     
     
         9 . An information acquiring apparatus comprising:
 a sensor;   a reception unit; and   a processor that is configured to:   control the reception unit to receive a shot image and instruction information transmitted from an image shooting apparatus; and   perform processing to acquire supplementary information by the sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image, according to the received instruction information,   wherein the instruction information includes the kind of the supplementary information to be acquired by the information acquiring apparatus.   
     
     
         10 . A transmission control method comprising:
 acquiring an image captured by an imaging unit to generate a shot image and controlling a transmission unit to transmit, to an information acquiring apparatus, (i) the shot image, (ii) instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information, and (iii) identification information for identifying the shot image to be transmitted, with a shooting instruction.   
     
     
         11 . A transmission control method comprising:
 acquiring an image captured by an imaging unit to generate a shot image and controlling a transmission unit to (i) transmit the shot image to an information acquiring apparatus, and (ii) transmit, to the information acquiring apparatus, instruction information for instructing the information acquiring apparatus to acquire supplementary information prior to completion of the transmission of the shot image, with a shooting instruction,   wherein the supplementary information is information which is acquired by a sensor of the information acquiring apparatus and which is to be added to the shot image.   
     
     
         12 . An information acquiring method comprising:
 controlling a reception unit to receive a shot image and instruction information transmitted from an image shooting apparatus; and   performing processing to acquire supplementary information by a sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image, according to the received instruction information,   wherein the instruction information includes time information at the time of generating the shot image transmitted from the image shooting apparatus,   the shot image transmitted from the image shooting apparatus includes shooting time added thereto, and   the method further comprises identifying the shot image to which the acquired supplementary information is to be added, by comparing the shooting time added to the received shot image and shooting time included in the received instruction information.   
     
     
         13 . An information acquiring method comprising:
 controlling a reception unit to receive a shot image from an image shooting apparatus and instruction information transmitted prior to the shot image from the image shooting apparatus; and   performing processing to acquire supplementary information by a sensor and add the supplementary information to the received shot image, according to the received instruction information.