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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1998
Toshiyuki Toyofuku, Hachioji, JP;
Masafumi Yamasaki, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuhide Dotsubo, Daito, JP;
Toshinobu Haruki, Kyotanabe, JP;
Hideto Hayashi, Daito, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
According to this invention, an electronic photographing device in which image information corresponding to one set of images photographed by panoramic photographing can be recorded on a recording medium includes: a rotation direction setting device for setting information corresponding to a rotation direction of the electronic photographing device in the panorama photographing; a rotation direction recording device for recording information corresponding to the rotation direction set by the rotation direction setting device on the recording medium; a control device for controlling an arrangement of the set of panoramic images on the basis of the information corresponding to the rotation direction recorded on the recording medium; and a display device for displaying the set of panoramic images arranged by the control device.