Patent ID: 8976267
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device comprising: a storage unit that maps photographing position information indicating a photographing position of each of a plurality of photographing targets mapped to at least two pieces of target direction information indicating directions of the photographing target based on the photographing position; a plurality of sensors, one of the plurality of sensors acquiring apparatus position information indicating a position of the image pickup device and another one of the plurality of sensors acquiring photographing direction information indicating a photographing direction of the image pickup device; a calculation unit that selects at least one from among the plurality of pieces of photographing position information stored in the storage unit based on the apparatus position information acquired by the one of the plurality of sensors, and calculates at least two direction differences that are differences between the at least two pieces of target direction information, which are mapped to the selected photographing position information and are stored in the storage unit, and the photographing direction information acquired by the another one of the plurality of sensors; and a display unit that displays information corresponding to the at least two direction differences calculated by the calculation unit.