Patent ID: 9549122
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. A photographing guide displaying method for an imaging apparatus that displays a photographing guide on a display that displays a photographed image when a stereo image or a panoramic image is obtained by an imaging unit, the photographing guide displaying method comprising: displaying an aiming mark and a guide mark on the display as the photographing guide, the aiming mark marks a fixed point positioned substantially at a center of the display, and a guide mark being a fixed position in one of the stereo image and the panoramic image obtained by the imaging unit and having a length necessary for the stereo image or the panoramic image in a moving direction of the imaging apparatus on a screen, and wherein a left end of the guide mark is not displayed on the display at a start point of photographing when the photographing is performed panning to a left side in a horizontal direction, a right end of the guide mark is not displayed on the display at a start point of photographing when the photographing is performed panning to a right side in the horizontal direction, and the left end or the right end of the guide mark are displayed on the display after the screen panning is completed.