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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasumasa Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus in which drawing information can be input from a touch panel by a photographer and a display unit is rotatable between a reverse display state and a normal display state. When the display unit is in the reverse display state image data can easily be obtained which reflects drawing information intended by the photographer without changing a flipping status of the taken image. On the display unit, the drawing information is displayed in a manner so as to be superimposed on the taken image. Whether the display unit is in the reverse display state or the normal display state is detected, and in response to switching between the reverse display state and the normal display state, the drawing information displayed on the display unit is flipped. Depending on the type of the drawing information, the drawing information is vertically flipped, or the drawing information is vertically flipped and also horizontally flipped.