Patent ID: 8970763
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G01C,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to shoot a subject; an obtaining unit configured to obtain shooting azimuth information; a display unit configured to display an image; and a display control unit configured to, when a live view image from said image pickup unit or a moving image is displayed on said display unit, display the shooting azimuth by a first azimuth display method based on the shooting azimuth information obtained by said obtaining unit, and when a live view image from said image pickup unit or a moving image is not displayed on said display unit, display the shooting azimuth by a second azimuth display method, which is different from the first azimuth display method, based on the shooting azimuth information obtained by said obtaining unit, wherein the first azimuth display method uses less processor computations than the second azimuth display method, wherein the second azimuth display method is a method that changes an interval between ticks of a scale indicative of the azimuth according to an angle of view in shooting by said image pickup unit.