Patent ID: 8111315

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: an image pickup device which converts an optical image of a photographic subject received through an imaging lens into an image signal; a displaying device which displays a through-the-lens image based on the image signal; a person detecting device which detects one or more persons from the image signal; a distance calculating device which calculates a distance between a plurality of the detected persons; a composition assisting device which displays on the displaying device information as to whether the distance between the detected persons is proper or not based on the calculated distance between the detected persons; a determining device which determines as to whether the calculated distance between the detected persons is longer than a first predetermined distance which is a proper distance; and a calculating device which calculates proper person positions for a proper composition with respect to the plurality of detected persons, wherein the composition assisting device lets frames be displayed on the calculated proper person positions for the proper composition in a case when the determining device determines that the distance between the detected persons is longer than the first predetermined distance.