Patent ID: 7460782

Claim:
A method of providing a picture composition guide on a display device of a camera, said picture composition guide being useful for assisting a user to capture a sequence of panoramic photographs with said camera, said method comprising the steps of: detecting a panorama mode of said camera; detecting an orientation of said camera; performing image analysis on an image being displayed on said display device, said image representing a photographic scene; detecting the location of a horizon in said image; selecting a first horizontal line marker dependent upon the location of said horizon when the orientation of said camera is a first orientation, and a second horizontal line marker dependent upon the location of said horizon when the orientation of said camera is a second orientation; superimposing the first or second horizontal line marker over said Image on said display device; and retaining the first or second horizontal line marker after the capture of a first image, the retained first or second horizontal line marker being useful for assisting said user to capture subsequent images in said sequence of panoramic photographs.