Patent ID: 9578225
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup apparatus having an image sensor which picks up an object image and obtains a picked-up image, comprising: a memory and at least one processor which function as: an attitude detection unit configured to detect an attitude of the image pickup apparatus wherein the attitude detection unit is capable of detecting at least a normal attitude, vertical attitude vertical to the normal attitude, and an upside down attitude; and a control unit configured to control on the basis of the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit when the picking up by the image sensor is performed, in such a manner that in a case where the attitude detection unit detects that an attitude of the image pickup apparatus in image pickup corresponds to the normal attitude, picked-up image is recorded to a recording, medium without being rotated, and a first attitude information corresponding to the normal attitude is added thereto as attribute information, in a case where the attitude detection unit detects that an attitude of the image pickup apparatus in image pickup corresponds to the vertical attitude, picked-up image is recorded to the recording medium without being rotated, and a second attitude information corresponding to the vertical attitude is added thereto as attribute information, and in a case where the attitude detection unit detects that an attitude of the image pickup apparatus in image pickup corresponds to the upside down attitude, picked-up image is recorded to the recording medium with being rotated upside down, and the first attitude information is added thereto as attribute information.