OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

An object information acquisition apparatus, configured to receive an acoustic wave from an object and acquire characteristic information of the object, includes a receiver configured to receive the acoustic wave and convert the received acoustic wave into an electric signal, a scan control unit configured to scan the receiver at least in one direction, and a display control unit configured to produce guide information for displaying a guide on a display unit, wherein the guide is in terms of the number of times the receiver is scanned in a first direction and wherein the guide information is produced using information associated with a specified region defined by a user as a region in which characteristic information is to be acquired.