Patent ID: 8872954
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit; an obtaining unit that sequentially obtains a series of image data continuously picked-up by the image pickup unit to display as preview images; an extraction unit that extracts feature data of an object from the image data obtained by the obtaining unit; a storage control unit that performs control to store image data into a storage unit; a retrieval unit that retrieves, from image data stored in the storage unit, image data having feature data similar to the feature data extracted by the extraction unit; a selection unit that selects, from a plurality of items of image data retrieved by the retrieval unit, image data to be displayed, based on additional data of each of the plurality of items of retrieved image data; a display control unit that displays the image data selected by the selection unit together with the series of preview image data obtained by the obtaining unit; and a shooting control unit that performs control such that a main shooting operation for storing image data obtained from the image pickup unit into a storage medium is executed upon receiving a shooting instruction, after display by the display control unit, wherein the displayed image data selected by the selection unit represents a group of related images resulting from grouping the plurality of items of image data retrieved by the retrieval unit based on the additional data.