Patent ID: 8638372

Claim:
An image capture system comprising: automatic photography controlling means for executing an automatic photography operation in response to a predetermined trigger to thereby obtain captured-image data from an image resulting from image capture performed by an image-capture section; a display section having a display screen section on which the image is displayed, the display screen section being provided so that a display direction thereof is different from a direction in which the image capture is performed by the image-capture section; a moving mechanism section having a mechanism for moving a movement unit so that the display direction is changed in conjunction with the image-capture direction, the movement unit having the image-capture section and the display screen section; captured-image display controlling means for executing display control on the display section so that the image of the captured-image data obtained by the automatic photography controlling means is displayed on the display screen section; and movement controlling means for controlling the moving mechanism section so as to automatically pan the display direction in response to a communication that is automatically generated by an imaging apparatus upon completion of self-timer photography, the automatic panning being performed in a direction and amount such that, after automatic panning, the display screen section faces a direction at which a person who was imaged in the photography operation was located when the photography operation was performed.