Imaging apparatus, imaging method and recording medium with program recorded therein
US8619120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/64
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging apparatus including a capturing section which captures images, a detection section which detects an image capturing direction of the capturing section, a setting section which sets a plurality of image capturing directions of images for use in a composite necessary to generate a wide-angle image based on a reference image which is a first image captured by the capturing section, a judgment section which judges whether or not the image capturing direction detected by the detection section coincides with any one of the plurality of image capturing directions set by the setting section, and an imaging control section which controls to capture an image for use in the composite by the capturing section in the image capturing direction detected by the detection section, when the judgment section judges that mutual directions coincide.
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