Patent ID: 8593557

Claim:
A shooting assist method for acquiring an image comprising the steps of: producing first identification data used as reference, performing subject recognition on acquired images of subjects to obtain recognition images, producing second identification data of the subjects of the acquired images, and matching the first identification data with the second identification data, tallying the acquired images based on matching results for each subject having the first identification data and by shooting tendency factor, judging whether a number of the acquired images or a proportion of the number of the acquired images of the subjects having the first identification data in respect of each of the shooting tendency factors is within a given range from tally results obtained by tallying the acquired images, and providing shooting assist so that the number of the acquired images of the subjects or the proportion of the number of the acquired images of the subjects having the first identification data in respect of the shooting tendency factor judged to be outside the given range is placed within the given range, wherein, when a number of the acquired images or a proportion of the number of the acquired images of a particular subject having the first identification data and containing a particular shooting tendency factor is smaller than a given threshold, shooting assist is provided in respect of the particular subject having the first identification data and containing the particular shooting tendency factor so as to place the number of the acquired images or the proportion of the number of the acquired images within the given range.