JP2013179544A - Photographing device and photography control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographing device which makes it possible to confirm an azimuth promptly and easily under any condition, and a photography control method and program.SOLUTION: When the attitude of a photographing device body 1A is detected and then a different attitude is detected, the meridian which is a detected azimuth and segments 30b and 30c of a parallel of latitude are shown on a display unit 4 in mutually different display forms, while different kinds of images for the azimuth are shown one on top of another on the same display unit 4. For example, when the photographing device body 1A is changed to a downward attitude, a map image and the azimuth corresponding to the current position are changed to a sideway attitude, and an actually photographed image and the azimuth are changed to an upward attitude, a star scenery image of the sky and the azimuth corresponding to the current position are respectively shown on the display unit at the same time. Therefore, this makes it possible to confirm an azimuth promptly and easily under any condition.

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographing apparatus, a photographing control method, and a program.

Conventionally, compass has been used for various purposes.
For example, when you travel with a map book and go on a trip, you can place an azimuth meter on the map book to find out in which direction your destination is and in which direction you are walking. It is used for cases.
By the way, in recent years, an imaging apparatus that includes a GPS unit and an azimuth meter and displays a map image including a current position and an orientation on a monitor (display unit) is known as an imaging apparatus (for example, Patent Document 1). .
If such an imaging device is carried, it is possible to check the current position, the direction of the destination, and the traveling direction without separately carrying a map book and an azimuth meter.

Japanese Patent No. 4264099

However, as in the invention described in Patent Document 1, it may not be sufficient to display only the map image and the direction.
For example, in some cases, you may want to know the orientation intuitively in the actual scenery, such as orienteering. In this case, when using the above camera, only the map image and orientation are displayed. The direction cannot be checked intuitively.
That is, in order to confirm the orientation in the actual scenery by the above-mentioned photographing device, first confirm the orientation on the map image, and then consider the orientation on the map image and consider the orientation in the actual scenery. This is inconvenient because the confirmation of the direction becomes indirect.

The compass is also used to check the orientation of a site or a house, for example. Specifically, it is also used when examining the direction of a site or a house and the direction of an adjacent land or an adjacent house. In this case, the same problem occurs.
In addition, when examining the orientation of windows and entrances in a house, the map image does not display the details of the interior of the house, so the orientation of objects in the house cannot be easily examined. The problem arises.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a photographing apparatus, a photographing control method, and a program capable of quickly and easily confirming an azimuth under any circumstances.

In order to achieve the above object, the photographing apparatus of the present invention provides:
In an imaging device comprising an imaging device body, a display unit, an imaging unit and an orientation detection unit,
Posture detecting means for detecting the posture of the photographing apparatus body;
A display control means for causing the display unit to display the azimuths detected by the azimuth detection unit in different display forms according to the different postures when a different posture is detected by the posture detection unit;
It is characterized by having.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and easily confirm the orientation under any circumstances.

1A and 1B are external views of an embodiment of a digital camera as an example of a photographing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is a front view, FIG. 1B is a rear view, and FIG. It is. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the digital camera of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the detection method of the attitude | position of an imaging device main body. It is a flowchart which shows the display change process in the direction display mode. It is a figure which shows the map image etc. which were displayed on the display part in the downward attitude | position. It is a figure which shows the landscape image etc. which were displayed on the display part in the case of a horizontal orientation. It is a figure which shows the sky image etc. which were displayed on the display part in the upward attitude | position. It is a figure for demonstrating the method of creating a bird's-eye equidistant line.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1A and 1B are views showing the appearance of an embodiment of a digital camera as an example of a photographing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is a front view, FIG. 1B is a rear view, and FIG. ) Is a top view.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the digital camera 1 has an imaging lens 2 on the front side of the photographing apparatus main body 1A. On the other hand, a mode dial 3, a display unit 4, a cursor key 5, a SET key 6 and the like are provided on the back of the digital camera 1, as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 1C, the shutter key 8 and the power button 9 are provided on the upper surface, and the side portion is connected to an external device such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) or a modem and a USB cable. A USB terminal connection unit 7 used for the above is provided.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the digital camera 1.

  The digital camera 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10 that performs overall control of the apparatus, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 11 that provides a working memory space to the CPU 10, and controls executed by the CPU 10. ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 storing programs and control data, a GPS receiving antenna 13 and a GPS receiving unit 14 for receiving transmission data from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite, a triaxial acceleration sensor 16, A triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17, a display device 18 for displaying various information and images, a power source 19 for supplying an operating voltage to each unit, an input device 20 for inputting an operation command from the outside, and image data by imaging An imaging device 21 to be acquired, a storage device 22 for storing various data, a timer 23 for measuring time, and a map database 24 are provided. .

  Here, the CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus and executes various arithmetic processes according to various programs in the ROM 12.

The RAM 11 is a work area for the CPU 10.
The ROM 12 is constituted by, for example, an EPROM, an EEPROM, a flash memory, or the like, and the ROM 12 stores scenic spot data, starscape data, and the like associated with latitude and longitude. As the scenic spot data, for example, scenic spot name data and scenic spot photograph data are stored. Among these, the latter scenic spot photograph data is image data of a photograph obtained by photographing a scenic spot in advance. Further, as the starry scene data, a starry scenery photograph and other image data and constellation name data are stored.

  Based on the operation command from the CPU 10, the GPS receiving unit 14 performs a demodulation process on a signal received via the GPS receiving antenna 13, and acquires various transmission data of GPS satellites. And the GPS receiving part 14 acquires the positional data showing a present position as a positioning result by performing predetermined positioning calculation based on the transmission data of this GPS satellite. The GPS receiving antenna 13 and the GPS receiving unit 14 constitute a GPS unit 15 as position acquisition means for acquiring the current position.

The triaxial acceleration sensor 16 is a sensor that detects accelerations in the triaxial directions and outputs them to the CPU 10. The triaxial acceleration sensor 16 functions as user state detection means for detecting the movement state (stop state, walking state, running state, other state) of the user carrying the digital camera 1 and is coupled with the CPU 10. Thus, it functions as a posture detecting means for detecting the posture of the photographing apparatus main body 1A.
Based on the acceleration data from the triaxial acceleration sensor 16, the CPU 10 determines the posture of the photographing apparatus main body 1A. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 10 determines that the direction of the optical axis K of the photographing lens of the photographing apparatus main body 1 </ b> A is 45 ° from top to bottom based on the acceleration data from the three-axis acceleration sensor 16. When the lens is within the horizontal orientation, when the direction of the optical axis K of the photographic lens is above 45 ° from the horizontal, upward orientation, when the direction of the optical axis K of the photographic lens is above 45 ° from the horizontal Is determined to be a downward posture. In order to avoid an unnecessary screen change accompanying the posture change, it is preferable to provide a dead zone for a certain time (for example, about 1 second).

  The triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17 is, for example, a sensor that detects a magnetic field in the triaxial direction using a magnetoresistive element and outputs the magnetic field data to the CPU 10. And CPU10 detects the reference azimuth | direction which passes the present location based on this magnetic field data. In other words, the CPU 10 functions as an azimuth detecting means in cooperation with the triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17 and the azimuth detecting program stored in the ROM 12 here. Further, the CPU 10 measures the relative moving direction and moving amount by autonomous navigation positioning based on the magnetic field data from the triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17 and the acceleration data from the triaxial acceleration sensor 16. In other words, the CPU 10 functions as autonomous navigation positioning means (position acquisition means) in cooperation with the autonomous navigation positioning program stored in the ROM 12 and the triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17 and the triaxial acceleration sensor 16 here.

  The display device 18 includes, for example, an LCD (liquid crystal display) that is the display unit 4 and a video card. The digital camera 1 may include a display unit 4 of another display method such as an organic ELD (Electro-Luminescent Display) instead of the LCD. The display unit 4 of the display device 18 includes, for example, a photographed image photographed by the imaging device 21, a map image including the current location, a direction, an equidistant line, a scenic spot mark, a scenic spot name, a photographing point mark, a scenic spot photograph, and a star. A landscape image or the like is displayed on the display unit 4. Display of these photographed images, map images, azimuths, equidistant lines, scenic spot marks, scenic spot names, photographing point marks, scenic spot photographs, starry scenery images, and the like is executed under the control of the CPU 10. In other words, the CPU 10 functions as display control means in cooperation with the video card and the display program stored in the ROM 12 here.

  The input device 20 includes the mode dial 3, the cursor key 5, the SET key 6, the shutter key 8, and the like described above. When there is an input from the input device 20, the CPU 10 controls the entire device and executes various arithmetic processes according to the input content.

  The imaging device 21 constitutes an imaging unit, and includes an imaging lens, a photoelectric conversion element such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor), an A / D conversion unit, and the like. In the imaging device 21, an optical image captured by the imaging lens is converted into an image signal by a photoelectric conversion element, and the image signal is converted into digital image information (image data) by an A / D conversion unit to obtain image data. To do.

The storage device 22 is configured by, for example, a RAM or a nonvolatile memory. The storage device 22 includes an image storage area 221, a position storage area 222, a posture storage area 223, and an orientation storage area 224.
Among these, the image storage area 221 is an area for storing image data acquired by the imaging device 21. This image data is associated with the position of the shooting point and the shooting time.
The position storage area 222 is an area for sequentially storing position data acquired by the GPS receiver 14. This position data is associated with a time so that a movement history can be detected.
The attitude storage area 223 is an area for storing attitude data determined by the CPU 10 based on acceleration data acquired by the triaxial acceleration sensor 16. The posture data is associated with the time when the posture data is obtained.
The azimuth storage area 224 is an area for storing the azimuth data calculated by the CPU 10 based on the magnetic field data acquired by the triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17. The azimuth data is associated with the time when the azimuth data is calculated.

Next, a display change process flow executed in the orientation display mode by the CPU 10 of the digital camera 1 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the display change process. This display change process is executed in cooperation with the CPU 10 and the program stored in the ROM 12 when the orientation display mode is selected through the input device 20.

In this display change process, first, a positioning interval is set in the timer 23 and time measurement is started, and a command for instructing positioning is output to the GPS receiving unit 14 to perform GPS positioning (measurement of the current position by the GPS unit 15). Is implemented.
That is, the GPS receiving unit 14 acquires various transmission data of the GPS satellites by performing demodulation processing of signals from the GPS satellites received via the GPS receiving antenna 13, and predetermined based on the acquired transmission data. By performing the positioning calculation, position data representing the current position is acquired (step S1). If necessary, after the initial position is determined by GPS, position data representing the current position may be acquired by performing autonomous position estimation using information obtained from the triaxial acceleration sensor 16 and the triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17. The position data acquired in this way is output to the CPU 10 and stored in the position storage area 222 of the storage device 22 in association with the current time data (step S1).
The triaxial geomagnetic sensor 17 outputs magnetic field data in the triaxial direction to the CPU 10. Then, the CPU 10 calculates (acquires) a reference azimuth (meridian and parallel directions) passing through the current location based on the magnetic field data, and stores the azimuth data in the azimuth storage area 224 of the storage device 22 (step S2). .
Further, the triaxial acceleration sensor 16 outputs triaxial acceleration data to the CPU 10. Then, based on the acceleration data, the CPU 10 determines the current posture of the digital camera 1 (a distinction between a horizontal posture, an upward posture, and a downward posture) (step S3), and the posture data is stored in the posture storage area of the storage device 22. 223 is stored.

Then, when the posture of the digital camera 1 is the downward posture (first posture) (in the case of YES at step S3), the CPU 10 obtains the map data of the current location and its surrounding map data based on the location data of the current location. Is generated based on the map data stored in the map, and as shown in FIG. 5, a planar map image 30a including the current location is displayed on the display unit 4 at a preset display magnification (step S4).
Further, the CPU 10 displays, on the map image 30a, line segments 30b and 30c indicating directions of meridians and latitudes (reference azimuth) passing through the present location and reference azimuth (N indicating the north direction in the embodiment) 30d based on the azimuth data. Is displayed inside. In this case, the current location is displayed at the center of the map image 30 a displayed on the display unit 4.
Further, the CPU 10 generates equidistant line data based on the display magnification of the map image 30a, and causes the display unit 4 to display the equidistant line 30e together with the map image 30a. The equidistant line 30e is a line segment indicating the distance from the current location, and is a circular segment obtained by connecting portions that are equidistant from the current location. The line segment is provided with a distance notation (notation of 50 m, 200 m) 30f for easy understanding of the distance.
Here, the map image is planar, but instead of the planar map image, a map image (bird's-eye view map image) seen from a predetermined height position is generated, and the bird's-eye view map image, direction, and May be displayed on the display unit 4. Here, the extending direction of the meridian line segment 30b is the vertical direction of the display unit 4 (vertical direction in FIG. 4), and the extending direction of the parallel line segment 30c is the horizontal direction of the display unit 4 (left and right in FIG. 4). The map image 30a is displayed in such a manner that the normal direction of a predetermined surface (for example, the upper surface of the imaging apparatus main body 1A) of the imaging apparatus main body 1A is detected based on the attitude data and the orientation data. The map image 30a may be displayed so that the extending direction of the meridian and parallel lines 30b, 30c on the map image displayed on the display unit 4 matches the actual extending direction of the meridian and parallels. . In this way, the map image 30a displayed on the display unit 4 becomes easier to use.

When the posture of the digital camera 1 is not a downward posture (NO in step S3), the CPU 10 determines whether or not the posture is the horizontal posture (second posture) (step S5), and in the case of the horizontal posture (YES in step S5). In this case, a through (finder) image is sequentially captured by the imaging unit 16 at predetermined time intervals, and this through image data is stored in the image storage area 221 of the storage device 22 and, as shown in FIG. The photographed image) 40a is displayed on the display unit 4 in real time (step S6).
Then, the CPU 10 generates meridian and parallel lines 40b and 40c passing through the present location based on the azimuth data, and indicates the meridian and parallel lines 40b and 40c and the reference azimuth (N indicating the north direction in the embodiment). 40d is displayed on the display unit 4 in accordance with the through image 40a (step S6).
In this case, meridian and parallel lines 40b and 40c are line segments formed by a bird's-eye view. That is, the meridian and parallel lines 40b and 40c are obtained by looking down at the virtual meridian and parallel drawn on the ground surface with a viewpoint at a predetermined height position from the ground surface of the current location. It has become. In this way, the meridian and parallel directions are easier to see than when displaying at the height of the viewpoint. Note that the current location on the display unit 4 is the center of the display unit 4 in the lower end width direction.
Further, the CPU 10 generates equidistance line data based on the display magnification and the elevation angle of the through image 40a, and causes the display unit 4 to display the equidistance line 40e together with the through image 40a. The elevation angle in this case is calculated by the CPU 10 based on the acceleration data of the triaxial acceleration sensor 16. This equidistant line 40e is a line segment indicating the distance from the current location, and is an arc-shaped line segment obtained by connecting portions that are equidistant from the current location. Note that this equidistant line 40e is also a bird's-eye view line segment. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the equidistant line 40e is a line segment obtained when looking down the virtual equidistant line on the ground surface with a viewpoint at a predetermined height position from the ground surface of the current location. ing. In this embodiment, this equidistant line 40e is formed, for example, as an arc-shaped line segment that points to a location 10 m, 50 m, 200 m, or 2 km away from the current location. Each line segment is provided with a distance notation (notation of 10 m, 50 m, 200 m, 2 km) 40 f for easy understanding of the distance. Note that the equidistant line 40e in this case does not necessarily indicate the distance accurately, and it is sufficient if it can indicate the distance to a scenic spot to be described later.

Furthermore, the CPU 10 detects a scenic spot near the current location based on the scenic spot data stored in the ROM 12, and displays the scenic spot mark 40g and the scenic spot name 40h on the display unit 4. The scenic spot mark 40g in this case is formed of, for example, a green rhombus mark, and the scenic spot mark 40g is an equidistant line 40e or meridian so that the distance from the current position to the scenic spot and the orientation of the scenic spot from the current position can be known. And parallel lines 40b and 40c.
For example, if the scenic spot is at a distance of 2 km north-northeast from the current location, the scenic spot mark 40 g is located on the through image 40 a in the north-northeast direction and the bottom of the scenic spot mark 40 g overlaps the 2 km line segment. Is displayed. Therefore, if the display position of the scenic spot mark 40g is seen on the through image 40a, the distance and direction to the scenic spot can be seen at a glance on the through image 40a. In this case, the distance and the direction of the scenic spot from the current location are detected by the CPU 10 based on the latitude and longitude of the current location and the scenic location, or detected by the CPU 10 based on the map data.

  Furthermore, the CPU 10 causes the display unit 4 to display a scenic spot photo 40i, a scenic spot name 40j, and a shooting point mark 40k indicating the shooting location of the scenic spot photo on the through image. Here, the photographing point mark 40k is a red diamond mark here. The shooting point mark 40k is displayed in correspondence with the equidistant line 40e and meridian and parallel lines 40b and 40c so that the distance and direction from the current location to the scenic spot can be understood. Thus, the user can know that the same photograph as the scenic spot photograph can be obtained by going to the location of the shooting point mark 40k.

If the posture of the digital camera 1 is not a horizontal posture (NO in step S5), the CPU 10 determines whether it is an upward posture (third posture) (step S7), and if it is an upward posture (YES in step S7). ), The sky star landscape data 50a corresponding to the current position and the current time is fetched from the ROM 12, and the sky star landscape image 50a corresponding to the current position and the current time is displayed on the display unit 4 as shown in FIG. Let In this case, meridian and parallel lines 50b and 50c as reference azimuths, reference azimuth notation (N indicating the north direction in the embodiment) 50d, and constellation name 50e are displayed on the display unit 4 together with the star view image 50a. The In this case, the star view image 50a is displayed so that the star directly above the current location is located in the center of the display unit 4.
In this case, it is preferable that the CPU 10 displays the star view image 50a so that the reference orientation in the star view image 50a displayed on the display unit 4 is the same as the actual reference orientation. In this way, it is easy to know which constellation is visible in which direction at the present time.

  If the posture of the digital camera 1 is not an upward posture (NO in step S7), the CPU 10 waits 1 second and executes the processing from step S1 (steps S9 and S10).

According to the photographing apparatus configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, if the digital camera 1 is in a downward posture, the planar map image 30a and the orientation are displayed, so that the current position on the map image, the destination viewed from the current position, and the current position from the current position are displayed. You can know each direction.
Further, if the digital camera 1 is set to the horizontal orientation, the through image 40a that is a photographed image showing the actual scenery and the orientation are displayed. Therefore, the actual scenery and the orientation of the structure or natural object in the scenery are displayed. Can be quickly and easily known in association with each other.
Further, when the digital camera 1 is set to the upward posture, the sky constellation image 50a and the direction are displayed, so that the desired constellation viewed from the current position and the direction viewed from the current position can be quickly and easily obtained. Will be able to discover.
As described above, the image appearing on the display unit 4 changes according to the attitude of the digital camera 1, and the changed image and the orientation in the image can be quickly and easily known. Will be expanded.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary.
First, the digital camera 1 has been described as an example of the photographing apparatus, but the present invention can be applied to a photographing apparatus such as a mobile phone.
Further, for example, a through image or other image that is a captured image displayed on the display unit 4 in the horizontal orientation may be stored, and printed out and enjoyed at a later date.
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the image relating to the scenic spot and the image relating to the shooting point are displayed together with the through image 40a.

The invention described in the scope of claims attached to the application of this application will be added below. The item numbers of the claims described in the appendix are as set forth in the claims attached to the application of this application.
[Appendix]
<Claim 1>
In an imaging device comprising an imaging device body, a display unit, an imaging unit and an orientation detection unit,
Posture detecting means for detecting the posture of the photographing apparatus body;
A display control means for causing the display unit to display the azimuths detected by the azimuth detection unit in different display forms according to the different postures when a different posture is detected by the posture detection unit;
An imaging apparatus comprising:
<Claim 2>
When different postures are detected by the posture detection unit, image display control means is provided that displays different types of images with respect to the azimuth on the display unit according to the different postures. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1.
<Claim 3>
The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the different types of images are a map image corresponding to a current position and a captured image captured by the imaging unit.
<Claim 4>
It further comprises a position acquisition means for acquiring a current position of the photographing apparatus body,
The display control means is detected by a map image corresponding to the current position acquired by the position acquisition means and the azimuth detection unit when a first attitude is detected among the different attitudes by the attitude detection means. When the second orientation different from the first orientation is detected, the captured image taken by the imaging unit and the orientation detection unit are detected. Image display control means for superimposing and displaying on the display unit;
The photographing apparatus according to claim 3, comprising:
<Claim 5>
The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the different types of images include a starry sky image in the sky in addition to the map image and the captured image.
<Claim 6>
The image display control means detects the current position acquired by the position acquisition means when a third attitude different from the first attitude and the second attitude is detected among the different attitudes by the attitude detection means. 5. The photographing according to claim 4, further comprising: a sky image display control unit configured to display the sky star scene image corresponding to the image and the direction detected by the direction detection unit on the display unit. apparatus.
<Claim 7>
5. The photographing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the image display control means includes mark display control means for displaying a scenic spot mark indicating a scenic spot position in association with the azimuth.
<Claim 8>
The image display control means includes a photographic display control means for displaying a photographic point mark indicating a position of the photographic point together with a photograph already taken at the photographic point in association with the azimuth. The imaging device according to claim 4.
<Claim 9>
In a shooting control method used for a shooting device including a shooting device body, a display unit, an imaging unit, and an orientation detection unit,
A posture detecting step for detecting a posture of the photographing apparatus body;
When a different posture is detected by this posture detection step, a display control step for displaying the directions detected by the direction detection unit on the display unit in different display forms according to the different postures;
An imaging control method comprising:
<Claim 10>
A computer of an imaging device including an imaging device body, a display unit, an imaging unit, and an orientation detection unit,
Posture detecting means for detecting the posture of the photographing apparatus body;
A display control means for causing the display unit to display the azimuths detected by the azimuth detection unit in different display forms according to the different postures when a different posture is detected by the posture detection unit;
A program characterized by making it function.

1 Digital Camera 4 Display Unit 10 CPU
13 GPS receiving antenna 14 GPS receiving unit 16 Triaxial acceleration sensor 17 Triaxial geomagnetic sensor 18 Display device 21 Imaging device

Claims (10)

In an imaging device comprising an imaging device body, a display unit, an imaging unit and an orientation detection unit,
Posture detecting means for detecting the posture of the photographing apparatus body;
A display control means for causing the display unit to display the azimuths detected by the azimuth detection unit in different display forms according to the different postures when a different posture is detected by the posture detection unit;
An imaging apparatus comprising:   When different postures are detected by the posture detection unit, image display control means is provided that displays different types of images with respect to the azimuth on the display unit according to the different postures. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1.   The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the different types of images are a map image corresponding to a current position and a captured image captured by the imaging unit. It further comprises a position acquisition means for acquiring a current position of the photographing apparatus body,
The display control means is detected by a map image corresponding to the current position acquired by the position acquisition means and the azimuth detection unit when a first attitude is detected among the different attitudes by the attitude detection means. When the second orientation different from the first orientation is detected, the captured image taken by the imaging unit and the orientation detection unit are detected. Image display control means for superimposing and displaying on the display unit;
The photographing apparatus according to claim 3, comprising:   The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the different types of images include a starry sky image in the sky in addition to the map image and the captured image.   The image display control means detects the current position acquired by the position acquisition means when a third attitude different from the first attitude and the second attitude is detected among the different attitudes by the attitude detection means. 5. The photographing according to claim 4, further comprising: a sky image display control unit configured to display the sky star scene image corresponding to the image and the direction detected by the direction detection unit on the display unit. apparatus.   5. The photographing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the image display control means includes mark display control means for displaying a scenic spot mark indicating a scenic spot position in association with the azimuth.   The image display control means includes a photographic display control means for displaying a photographic point mark indicating a position of the photographic point together with a photograph already taken at the photographic point in association with the azimuth. The imaging device according to claim 4. In a shooting control method used for a shooting device including a shooting device body, a display unit, an imaging unit, and an orientation detection unit,
A posture detecting step for detecting a posture of the photographing apparatus body;
When a different posture is detected by this posture detection step, a display control step for displaying the directions detected by the direction detection unit on the display unit in different display forms according to the different postures;
An imaging control method comprising: A computer of an imaging device including an imaging device body, a display unit, an imaging unit, and an orientation detection unit,
Posture detecting means for detecting the posture of the photographing apparatus body;
A display control means for causing the display unit to display the azimuths detected by the azimuth detection unit in different display forms according to the different postures when a different posture is detected by the posture detection unit;
A program characterized by functioning as

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