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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Hiroki Matsubara, Daito, JP;
Hiroki Matsubara, Daito, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device determines whether, in an image captured by an imaging unit, straight lines exist which meet a condition of automatic vertical line determination (S). If straight lines meeting the condition exist (YES in S), the imaging device performs a vertical line determination process to extract vertical lines and so on (S). On LCD, the imaging device displays the vertical lines extracted in Stogether with auxiliary lines including one connecting a calculated vanishing point and a target point (S). The imaging device detects its inclination based on these lines including the vertical lines, and displays a message of 'OK' on LCD when the inclination is within a predetermined range to notify a user to that effect. Thus, without increasing the manufacturing cost, the imaging device can prevent a user from capturing a target object while the imaging device is inclined to the horizontal direction in an image space.