Photographing apparatus and photographing method for displaying combined avatar and map information related to a subject

摘要

A digital camera includes: a display section displaying a photographing image obtained by photographing a subject; a signal processing and control section reading out information related to the subject and information related to surroundings of the subject from a database on the basis of position information and compass direction information about the digital camera; and a display control section selecting the information related to the subject according to the lens condition and performing control so as to display the selected information on the display section by superimposing the selected information on the photographing image.

主权项

1. A method for displaying information related to a photographed subject, the method comprising:
displaying an image including the photographed subject, on a display section of a photographing apparatus; retrieving map information recorded in a database system based on both (1) a position of the photographing apparatus at the time the image including the photographed subject was captured and (2) an orientation of the photographing apparatus at the time the image including the photographed subject was captured; retrieving avatar information from the database system using object recognition on the photographed object; and displaying the retrieved avatar information on the display section by superimposing the retrieved avatar information on the retrieved map information.