JP2006253795A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (6)

An imaging device, and a built-in monitor for displaying an image captured by the image pickup device, the image display together with to said internal built monitor, capable of displaying also outputs the image to the externally connected external monitor In digital cameras,
An attitude sensor for detecting the attitude of the digital camera;
Display image generation means for generating internal monitor image data for display on the internal monitor and external output image data for display on the external monitor;
When the image is displayed, the output of the posture sensor is sequentially read, and the image data for external output is subjected to image rotation processing according to the output of the posture sensor, while the image data for built-in monitor is not subjected to rotation processing and is A digital camera comprising control means for displaying on a monitor. 2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs the image rotation process so that a display image of the external monitor has an appropriate rotation angle when the digital camera is in substantially the same posture as when photographing. The digital camera described. Images, digital camera according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the image recorded on the record medium after imaging to be displayed on the internal monitor and the external monitor. It comprises recording means for reading the output of the attitude sensor at the time of shooting, adding attitude information according to the sensor output to image data, and recording it on the recording medium,
When an image display mode that utilizes posture information added to the image data is set, the control means performs image rotation processing on the image data for external output based on the posture information, and the mode is not set. 4. The digital camera according to claim 3, wherein when setting, the image data for external output is subjected to image rotation processing in accordance with the output of the posture sensor at the time of image display. In a digital camera having an imaging device and a built-in monitor that displays an image captured by the imaging device,
An attitude sensor for detecting the attitude of the digital camera;
A recording unit that reads the output of the posture sensor at the time of shooting, adds posture information according to the sensor output to image data, and records it on a recording medium;
When the image is displayed on the built-in monitor, the output of the posture sensor is read, and both the output of the posture sensor and the posture information added to the image data are taken into account, and the display image is displayed on the built-in monitor image data. A digital camera comprising: control means for performing image rotation processing for making the rotation angle appropriate. The image display together with to the built-in monitor, is capable of displaying also outputs the image to the externally connected external monitor, the control means, the external output image data to be displayed on the external monitor 6. The digital camera according to claim 5, wherein image rotation processing for making a rotation angle of a display image appropriate is performed based on the posture information added to the image data.