Digital camera and photographing direction acquisition method
First Claim
1. A digital camera comprising:
- an image sensing unit, arranged to be pivotal with respect to a main body unit, configured to sense an object image;
a photographing direction detection unit, arranged in the main body unit, configured to detect a photographing direction;
a pivot state detection unit configured to detect a pivot state of the image sensing unit with respect to the main body unit; and
a correction unit configured to correct the photographing direction detected by the photographing direction detection unit on the basis of the pivot state detected by the pivot state detection unit.
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Abstract
A camera includes an image sensing unit which is arranged to be pivotal with respect to a main body unit and is used to sense an object image, an azimuth sensor which is arranged in the main body unit and is used to detect the azimuth of the facing direction of the main body unit, a pivot angle detector which detects the pivot angle of the image sensing unit with respect to the main body unit, a control unit which corrects the azimuth of the facing direction of the main body unit detected by the azimuth sensor on the basis of the pivot angle detected by the pivot angle detector, and a display unit which superimposes the correction result on a through image.
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17 Claims
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1. A digital camera comprising:
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an image sensing unit, arranged to be pivotal with respect to a main body unit, configured to sense an object image;
a photographing direction detection unit, arranged in the main body unit, configured to detect a photographing direction;
a pivot state detection unit configured to detect a pivot state of the image sensing unit with respect to the main body unit; and
a correction unit configured to correct the photographing direction detected by the photographing direction detection unit on the basis of the pivot state detected by the pivot state detection unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A photographing direction acquisition method comprising:
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a step of detecting a pivot state of an image sensing unit which is pivotal with respect to a main body unit;
a step of detecting a photographing direction by a detector provided to the main body unit; and
a step of correcting the detected photographing direction on the basis of the detected pivot state of the image sensing unit.
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