Image pickup apparatus, electronic device, panoramic image recording method, and program

An electronic device comprising:

• an operation acceptance unit configured to accept a specification operation of specifying a range of a part in a panoramic image generated by combining a plurality of pickup images;
• an image extraction unit configured to extract an image included in the specified range from the panoramic image;
• an orientation calculation unit configured to calculate an orientation corresponding to a representative position in the extracted image on the basis of characteristic information of an image pickup unit by which the plurality of pickup images are generated, a representative position in the panoramic image, an orientation corresponding to the representative position, and the representative position in the extracted image;
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• a recording control unit configured to record the calculated orientation while being associated with the extracted image.

An electronic device comprising:

• an operation acceptance unit configured to accept a specification operation of specifying a range of a part in a panoramic image generated by combining a plurality of pickup images;
• an image extraction unit configured to extract an image included in the specified range from the panoramic image;
• an orientation calculation unit configured to calculate an orientation at the representative position in the extracted image on the basis of a size in a horizontal direction in the panoramic image, an angle corresponding to an image pickup range for the panoramic image, a representative position in the panoramic image, an orientation associated with the representative position, and the representative position in the extracted image;
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• a recording control unit configured to record the calculated orientation while being associated with the extracted image.

An electronic device comprising:

• a particular orientation position calculation unit configured to calculate, on the basis of a size in a horizontal direction in a panoramic image generated by combining a plurality of pickup images, a representative position in the panoramic image, an orientation associated with the representative position, and characteristic information of an image pickup unit by which the plurality of pickup images are generated, a particular orientation in the panoramic image and a position in the panoramic image corresponding to the particular orientation;
• an image extraction unit configured to extract an image included in a predetermined range including the calculated position in the panoramic image from the panoramic image;
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• a display control unit configured to display the extracted image while being associated with the particular orientation.

An electronic device comprising:

• a particular target detection unit configured to detect a particular target contained in a panoramic image generated by combining a plurality of pickup images;
• a particular target orientation calculation unit configured to calculate, on the basis of a position in the panoramic image of the detected particular target, characteristic information of an image pickup unit by which the plurality of pickup images are generated, a representative position in the panoramic image, and an orientation associated with the representative position, an orientation corresponding to the position of the detected particular target;
• an image extraction unit configured to extract an image included in a predetermined range including the detected particular target from the panoramic image;
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• a display control unit configured to display the extracted image while being associated with the calculated orientation.

A panoramic image recording method comprising the steps of:

• picking up an image of a subject and generating a plurality of pickup images;
• setting an image pickup position at a time of picking up one pickup image among the plurality of generated pickup images as a reference and obtaining an orientation related to the pickup image;
• combining the plurality of generated pickup images to generate a panoramic image;
• calculating a representative position in a horizontal direction in the generated panoramic image;
• calculating an orientation at the calculated representative position on the basis of characteristic information of an image pickup unit by which the plurality of generated pickup images are generated, the calculated representative position, and the obtained orientation;
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• recording the calculated orientation while being associated with the generated panoramic image.

A program for instructing a computer to execute the steps of:

• picking up an image of a subject and generating a plurality of pickup images;
• setting an image pickup position at a time of picking up one pickup image among the plurality of generated pickup images as a reference and obtaining an orientation related to the pickup image;
• combining the plurality of generated pickup images to generate a panoramic image;
• calculating a representative position in a horizontal direction in the generated panoramic image;
• calculating an orientation at the calculated representative position on the basis of characteristic information of an image pickup unit by which the plurality of generated pickup images are generated, the calculated representative position, and the obtained orientation;
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• recording the calculated orientation while being associated with the generated panoramic image.