Patent ID: 8031240

Claim:
An imaging device for outputting an optical image of an object as an electrical image signal, comprising: an imaging optical system for generating the optical image of the object; an imaging sensor for receiving the optical image generated by the imaging optical system and converting the optical image into the electrical image signal; a first attitude detection section for detecting whether the imaging device is in a horizontal attitude or in a vertical attitude, and generating an attitude determination signal; a second attitude detection section for detecting whether the imaging device is in an upward attitude or in a downward attitude at the time of shooting; an image recording section for recording the attitude determination signal together with a shot image outputted from the imaging sensor; and a display section for displaying the shot image, wherein when it is determined, based on the detection result of the second attitude detection section, that the imaging device is either in the upward direction or in the downward direction, the first attitude detection section automatically detects, after shooting is performed by the imaging device and after the imaging device becomes in an attitude other than an upward attitude and a downward attitude and when the shot image is displayed on the display section for confirmation, whether the imaging device is either in the horizontal attitude or in the vertical attitude and generates the attitude determination signal, and the attitude determination signal, which is generated by the first attitude detection section after shooting by the imaging device, is recorded in the image recording section together with the shot image.