Patent ID: 7542671

Claim:
An omnidirectional photographing device, comprising: a camera module equipped with a lens capable of directly taking a 360-degree annular image; a main body for holding the camera module; a display unit for displaying an image photographed by the camera module, the display unit being provided to the main body fixedly or integrally; a lens mounting unit disposed in one end of the omnidirectional photographing device to mount the lens, wherein a field angle of the camera module is defined to provide an elevation angle and a depression angle with respect to a plane of the lens mounting unit; and the display unit is arranged on the depression angle side of the omnidirectional photographing device, outside a range of the field angle; legs projecting downward below bottom surfaces of the display unit, the main body and a lower end of a light receiving module holding unit, wherein the camera module is held in the main body to arrange the lens in an upper end of the omnidirectional photographing device; and a space is formed below the bottom surfaces; and a light receiving unit of the light receiving module holding unit project into the space.