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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Yamazaki, Machida, JP;
Masahiro Shibata, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshikazu Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazunori Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Kawahara, Hatogaya, JP;
Hitoshi Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Ishikawa, Yamato, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter.