Imaging apparatus, method, program, and recording medium used in the program

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of imaging units that take subject images from different viewpoints;
• a vibration detection unit that detects each vibration of the imaging units;
• and a vibration correction unit that corrects the vibration of the subject image taken by each imaging unit based on the vibration of each imaging unit detected by the vibration detection unit, the imaging apparatus comprising:
• a size determination unit that determines a cut-out size for cutting out an image for output from an image acquired from each of the plurality of imaging units, the size determination unit determining, for each of the plurality of imaging units, a possible cut-out area around an initial optical axis center included in an invariant imaging area independent of vibration correction by the vibration correction unit for each of the plurality of imaging units and then determining the cut-out size with a predetermined aspect ratio common to the images from each of the plurality of imaging units based on a minimum value of sizes of the possible cut-out areas corresponding to the plurality of imaging units;
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• a cut-out unit that cuts out the image for output from each of the plurality of imaging units in the common cut-out size determined by the size determination unit based on the initial optical axis center before each vibration correction by the plurality of imaging units.

An imaging method executed by an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of imaging units that take subject images from different viewpoints;
• a vibration detection unit that detects each vibration of the imaging units;
• and a vibration correction unit that corrects the vibration of the subject image taken by each imaging unit based on the vibration of each imaging unit detected by the vibration detection unit, the imaging method comprising:
• a step of determining a cut-out size with a predetermined aspect ratio common to a plurality of images acquired from each of the plurality of imaging units based on a possible area in a minimum size among sizes of possible areas around an initial optical axis center included in areas common to prescribed imaging areas based on the initial optical axis center before each vibration correction by the plurality of imaging units and imaging areas after each vibration correction by the plurality of imaging units to determine the cut-out size for cutting out an image for output from an image acquired from each of the plurality of imaging units;
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• a step of cutting out the image for output from each of the plurality of images in the common cut-out size determined by the size determination unit based on the initial optical axis center before each vibration correction by the plurality of imaging units.

An imaging method executed by an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of imaging units that take subject images from different viewpoints;
• a vibration detection unit that detects each vibration of the imaging units;
• and a vibration correction unit that corrects the vibration of the subject image taken by each imaging unit based on the vibration of each imaging unit detected by the vibration detection unit, the imaging method comprising:
• a step of determining, for each of the plurality of imaging units, a possible cut-out area around an initial optical axis center included in an invariant imaging area independent of vibration correction by the vibration correction unit for each of the plurality of imaging units and then determining a cut-out size with a predetermined aspect ratio common to the images from each of the plurality of imaging units based on a minimum value of sizes of the possible cut-out areas corresponding to the plurality of imaging units to determine the cut-out size for cutting out an image for output from an image acquired from each of the plurality of imaging units;
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• a step of cutting out the image for output from each of the plurality of imaging units in the common cut-out size determined by the size determination unit based on the initial optical axis center before each vibration correction by the plurality of imaging units.