Patent ID: 7027823

Claim:
A target position search apparatus comprising: a first information obtaining section that performs an obtaining operation including obtaining position information of a target object, and imaging angle-of-view information of an image pickup device; a second information obtaining section that performs an obtaining operation including obtaining imaging position information and imaging azimuth information of the image pickup device; a calculation section which performs a calculation operation including calculating a position of the target object in an image obtained by the image pickup device based on the position information of the target object and the imaging angle-of-view information of the image pickup device which are obtained by the first information obtaining section, and the imaging position information and imaging azimuth information of the image pickup section which are obtained by the second information obtaining section; an output section that performs an outputting operation including outputting information showing the calculated position of the target object in the obtained image; an instruction section that instructs timing for initiating a series of operations for locating the position of the target object; and a first control section that performs the series of operations in accordance with the timing instructed by the instruction section, said series of operations including the obtaining operation by the second information obtaining section, the calculation operation by the calculation section, and the output operation by the output section.