Patent ID: 6377294
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An electronic camera comprising:image producing means for producing image information corresponding to a first image of a set of images of an object photographed in a panoramic photographing mode; a recording medium for recording said first image of said set of images; rotation direction setting means for setting information corresponding to a rotation direction of said electronic camera during the panoramic photographing of a second image of said set of images; rotation direction recording means for recording information corresponding to the rotation direction set by said rotation direction setting means on said recording medium; recording control means for recording said second image of said set of images on said recording medium and information indicating a relative positional relationship between said first and second images of said set of images when a relative positional relationship between said first and second images has been established; control means for arranging said first and second images on the basis of the information corresponding to the rotation direction recorded on said recording medium; and display means for displaying said first and second images arranged by said control means and said information indicating the relative positional relationship between said first and second images of said set of images.