Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakeshi Watanabe
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of imaging devices each of which including an optical system and an image sensor; and a processor. The processor is configured to control the plurality of imaging devices to capture images at a different timing; and combine the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices to generate a combined image. The images to be combined are images captured by the plurality of imaging devices at different timings.
Claims11
An image capturing apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of imaging devices each of which including an optical system and an image sensor;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- control the plurality of imaging devices to capture images, the plurality of imaging devices including a first imaging device and a second imaging device, and the images being captured at different timings;
- combine the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices to generate a combined image;
- determine, based on an image captured by the second imaging device and stored information corresponding to a subject, whether a disappearance of the subject from the image captured by the second imaging device is detected;
- and
- in response to a determination that the disappearance of the subject has been detected, control the second imaging device to end capturing of another image.
The image capturing apparatus according to claim wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the second imaging device to capture the image based on an elapsed time from a time at which the first imaging device has captured an image.
An imaging method, comprising:
- capturing images with a plurality of imaging devices, the plurality of imaging devices including a first imaging device and a second imaging device, and the images being captured at different timings;
- combining the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices to generate a combined image;
- determining, based on an image captured by the second imaging device and stored information corresponding to a subject, whether a disappearance of the subject from the image captured by the second imaging device is detected;
- and
- in response to a determination that the disappearance of the subject has been detected, controlling the second imaging device to end capturing of another image.
A non-transitory recording medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising:
- capturing images with a plurality of imaging devices, the plurality of imaging devices including a first imaging device and a second imaging device, and the images being captured at different timings;
- combining the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices to generate a combined image;
- determining, based on an image captured by the second imaging device and stored information corresponding to a subject, whether a disappearance of the subject from the image captured by the second imaging device is detected;
- and
- in response to a determination that the disappearance of the subject has been detected, controlling the second imaging device to end capturing of another image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.