Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and recording medium for imaging plural subjects or a single subject

An image pickup method in an image pickup apparatus, the image pickup apparatus being provided with a controlling unit, a propulsion unit, and an image pickup unit for imaging plural subjects or a single subject, the image pickup method comprising steps of:

• making the controlling unit control the propulsion unit to move the image pickup apparatus such that at least two out of the plural subjects and the image pickup unit do not interfere in position with each other, or such that the single subject and the image pickup unit do not interfere in position with each other;
• and
• making the controlling unit instruct the image pickup unit to image the plural subjects or the single subject.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium with a computer program stored thereon, the computer program prepared for making a computer control an image pickup apparatus, wherein the image pickup apparatus is provided with a propulsion unit for propulsion of the image pickup apparatus and an image pickup unit for imaging plural subjects or a single subject, and the computer program, when installed on the computer,

• making the computer control the propulsion unit to move the image pickup apparatus such that at least two out of the plural subjects and the image pickup unit do not interfere in position with each other, or such that the single subject and the image pickup unit do not interfere in position with each other;
• and
• making the computer instruct the image pickup unit to image the plural subjects or the single subject.