Patent ID: 8786754

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a captured image acquisition unit that acquires captured image data; a subject recognition unit that recognizes a subject of a captured image based on said captured image data; a recommended composition acquisition unit that acquires recommended composition data representing a recommended composition of said subject; and a control unit that allows a display unit to display a screen including said captured image, a frame representing said subject, and information about said recommended composition, causes a simultaneous change in displacement, rotation, or size of said frame corresponding to a change in said subject, and fixes and displays said frame on said screen when the composition of said captured image is similar to said recommended composition, wherein said control unit displays said screen on said display unit when recognizing that a shooting preparation is carried out through an operation unit, where said screen includes said frame and information about said recommended composition, wherein said frame representing said subject serves as a recommended composition frame based on said information about said recommended composition; said screen includes an area out of said recommended composition frame and the brightness of said area is lowered; and said brightness of said area out of said recommended composition frame is restored to a previous level after passing a predetermined time from the display of said recommended composition frame.