Patent ID: 9596406
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a first image pickup unit configured to shoot a subject to obtain a first image; a second image pickup unit configured to shoot a shooter to obtain a second image, wherein the subject is different from the shooter; a first identification unit configured to identify a person existing in the first image to obtain first identification information indicating the person; a second identification unit configured to identify the shooter existing in the second image to obtain second identification information indicating the shooter; a recording unit configured to record the second identification information as shooter information of the first image, together with the first image; and a control unit configured to, if a person indicated by another information is the same person as the person indicated by the first identification information, control said recording unit to record the another information, instead of the second identification information, as the shooter information of the first image, wherein the another information is shooter information of another image previously obtained by said first image pickup unit.