1. A data carrier, comprising:
a data carrier having a plurality of RFID transponders, each of said RFID transponders being associated with a respective one of a corresponding plurality of different data fields, each data field containing distinctive contact information related to user selectable options for contacting a third party identified by the data carrier;
an additional RFID transponder on said data carrier associated with an additional data field containing information identifying said data carrier and the number of said plurality of different data fields;
wherein the data content of said plurality of RFID transponders is at least partly retrievable by a user for later use.
2. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of data fields contains machine-readable data or textual data, and the remaining said plurality minus one data fields contain said distinctive contact information.
3. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of data fields contains graphical data.
4. The data carrier of claim 3, wherein said graphical data is a drawing, an image or a photograph.
5. The data carrier of claim 1, where at least one of said plurality of RFID transponders is a passive or active transponder.
6. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein data content of at least one of said plurality of RFID transponders related to said distinctive contact information in at least one of said plurality of data fields is communicated by a signal from an RFID transponder to an RFID reader proximate to said data carrier.
7. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein the data content of at least one of said plurality of RFID transponders is associated with an identification of said data carrier.
8. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein the data content of at least one of said plurality of RFID transponders is associated with graphical data stored on the data carrier.
9. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein each of said data fields is associated with at least one RFID transponder.
10. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein the data carrier is a business card with at least one of said plurality of data fields comprising:
name data;
address data;
phone number data; and
business data;
wherein the data content of a corresponding one of said plurality of RFID transponders is related to the data content of at least one of said plurality of data fields.
11. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein the data content of at least one of said plurality of RFID transponders includes data for initializing a communication connection.
12. The data carrier of claim 11, wherein the communication connection is a mobile phone network connection or computer network connection.
13. The carrier of claim 1, wherein said data carrier is a questionnaire, comprising:
a plurality of data fields containing at least one question having a corresponding selectable answer; and
a plurality of RFID transponders associated with each said selectable answer corresponding to said question.
14. The data carrier of claim 13, further comprising at least one RFID transponder including data for setting up a communication connection for sending a response to said questionnaire.
15. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein said data carrier is a questionnaire, comprising:
a plurality of data fields containing at least one proposal having a corresponding selectable opinion; and
a plurality of RFID transponder associated with each said selectable opinion corresponding to said proposal.
16. The data carrier of claim 15, further comprising at least one RFID transponder including data for setting up a communication connection for sending a response to said questionnaire.
17. The data carrier of claim 1, wherein the data content of at least one of said plurality of RFID transponders includes data for triggering a request for a service or a request for data storage in a computer network.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An audiovisual data recording device for recording a stereo motion image with a sound, comprising:
a plurality of imaging units for capturing one set of viewpoint images for composing the stereo motion image at a predetermined time interval, each of the imaging units having an imaging optical system and an image sensor;
a plurality of microphones for capturing raw sound data during the capture of the viewpoint images;
an object area detector for detecting a main object area in each of the viewpoint images, the main object area containing a main object;
an information obtaining section for obtaining at least one of disparity information, zoom magnification information of the imaging optical system, and focus adjustment information of the imaging optical system, whenever the one set of viewpoint images is captured;
a determining section for determining where to locate a sound image as sound image location information, based on the main object area detected by the object area detector and one of the disparity information, the zoom magnification information, and the focus adjustment information obtained by the information obtaining section; and
a recorder for recording on a recording medium the raw sound data and the sound image location information, or processed sound data with the located sound image, together with data of the viewpoint images.
2. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 1, wherein
the one set of viewpoint images includes a left viewpoint image and a right viewpoint image;
the plurality of imaging units include a left imaging unit for capturing the left viewpoint image and a right imaging unit for capturing the right viewpoint image; and
the plurality of microphones include a left microphone related to the left imaging unit and a right microphone related to the right imaging unit.
3. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 2, wherein the disparity information includes at least one of a maximum disparity or an average disparity in the one set of viewpoint images and a maximum disparity or an average disparity in the main object.
4. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 2, further comprising a sound image locating unit for converting the raw sound data captured by the microphones into the processed sound data based on the sound image location information, if the processed sound data is recorded on the recording medium.
5. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 4, wherein the sound image locating unit locates the sound image in a depth direction by varying a ratio between a direct sound and a reverberation sound.
6. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 5, wherein the sound image locating unit locates the sound image in a horizontal direction by a convolution operation with a head-related transfer function.
7. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 4, further comprising a display for displaying the stereo motion image and a speaker for converting the processed sound data into the sound.
8. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 1, wherein the determining section determines where to locate the sound image in accordance with a position and a size of the main object area and a position of a focus lens in each of the imaging optical systems.
9. The audiovisual data recording device according to claim 1, wherein the determining section determines where to locate the sound image in accordance with a position and a size of the main object area and a zoom magnification of each of the imaging optical systems.
10. A method for recording an audiovisual data containing a stereo motion image with a sound, comprising the steps of:
capturing by a plurality of imaging units one set of viewpoint images for composing the stereo motion image at a predetermined time interval, each of the imaging units having an imaging optical system and an image sensor;
capturing by a plurality of microphones raw sound data during the capture of the viewpoint images;
detecting a main object area in each of the viewpoint images, the main object area containing a main object;
obtaining at least one of disparity information, zoom magnification information of the imaging optical system, and focus adjustment information of the imaging optical system, whenever the one set of viewpoint images is captured;
determining where to locate a sound image as sound image location information, based on the main object area and one of the disparity information, the zoom magnification information, and the focus adjustment information; and
recording on a recording medium the raw sound data and the sound image location information, or processed sound data with the located sound image, together with data of the viewpoint images.
11. The method for recording the audiovisual data according to claim 10, wherein
the one set of viewpoint images includes a left viewpoint image and a right viewpoint image;
the plurality of imaging units include a left imaging unit for capturing the left viewpoint image and a right imaging unit for capturing the right viewpoint image; and
the plurality of microphones include a left microphone related to the left imaging unit and a right microphone related to the right imaging unit.
12. The method for recording the audiovisual data according to claim 11, wherein the disparity information includes at least one of a maximum disparity or an average disparity in the one set of viewpoint images and a maximum disparity or an average disparity in the main object.