Patent ID: 7843496

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: a storing unit configured to store therein information; a shooting-location acquiring unit that acquires a current location of the imaging device from a location detecting device that detects the current location, and stores acquired current location in the storing unit as a shooting location; a distance acquiring unit that acquires a distance between a subject and the current location from a distance measuring unit that measures the distance, and stores acquired distance in the storing unit as an imaging subject distance; an orientation acquiring unit that acquires an orientation of the subject with respect to the current location as a reference from an orientation measuring device that measures the orientation, and stores acquired orientation in the storing unit as an imaging subject orientation; a subject-location calculating unit that calculates an imaging subject location that is a location of the imaging subject, based on the shooting location, the imaging subject distance, and the imaging subject orientation; an information recording unit that records a shot image with calculated imaging subject location; a high-angle acquiring unit that acquires a high-angle between the current location and the imaging subject from a high-angle measuring device that measures the high-angle, and stores acquired high-angle in the storing unit as an imaging subject high-angle; a distance correcting unit that calculates a horizontal distance from the imaging subject distance and the imaging subject high-angle, as a correction distance wherein the subject-location calculating unit calculates the imaging subject location by taking the correction distance as the imaging subject distance; an operation displaying unit that displays the shot image with a plurality of screens for various settings, and receives an input of a command from a user; and a display control unit that displays the imaging subject location on the operation displaying unit; a setting-information storing unit configured to store therein a recording mode for the imaging subject location; an input control unit that receives a selection of a calculation mode in which the imaging subject location is calculated or a no calculation mode in which the imaging subject location is not calculated from the operation displaying unit by the user as the recording mode; and a mode control unit that stores selected recording mode in the setting-information storing unit, wherein when the calculation mode is stored in the setting-information storing unit, the subject-location calculating unit calculates the imaging subject location.