Imaging apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTohru Ishibashi
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Abstract
The present invention provides an imaging apparatus capable of performing a live view display showing a multiple image combination result image generated by combining a through-the-lens image with an already captured image at a more suitable combination ratio according to a user's intended operation during multiple exposure shooting. The imaging apparatus switches a multiple image combination result image displayed as a live view from a multiple image combination result image combined at a first combination ratio to a multiple image combination result image combined at a second combination ratio allowing a user to preliminarily check a combination ratio for generating a multiple image combination result image to be recorded into a recording medium, according to a user's operation.
Claims8
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit;
- a first generation unit configured to combine a through-the-lens image captured by the imaging unit and at least one already captured image at a first combination ratio to generate a multiple image combination result image to be displayed as a live view;
- a second generation unit configured to combine a plurality of images captured in a multiple exposure shooting mode at a combination ratio different from the first combination ratio to generate a multiple image combination result image to be recorded into a recording medium;
- a display control unit configured to perform control to display the multiple image combination result image generated by the first generation unit on a display unit as the live view that is sequentially updated;
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- a control unit configured to switch the combination ratio at which the first generation unit combines the through-the-lens image and the at least one already captured image from the first combination ratio to a second combination ratio which is a combination ratio allowing a user to preliminarily check the combination ratio used by the second generation unit, and control the display control unit to display a multiple image combination result image generated at the second combination ratio by the first generation unit on the display unit as the live view, according to a user's operation.
A method for controlling an imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, the method comprising:
- causing a generation unit to combine a through-the-lens image captured by the imaging unit and at least one already captured image at a first combination ratio to generate a multiple image combination result image to be displayed as a live view, as a first generation operation;
- combining a plurality of images captured in a multiple exposure shooting mode at a combination ratio different from the first combination ratio to generate a multiple image combination result image to be recorded into a recording medium, as a second generation operation;
- performing control to display the multiple image combination result image generated in the first generation operation on a display unit as the live view that is sequentially updated, as a display control operation;
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- switching the combination ratio at which the generation unit combines the through-the-lens image and the at least one already captured image from the first combination ratio to a second combination ratio different from the first combination ratio, which is a combination ratio allowing a user to preliminarily check the combination ratio used in the second generation operation, and performing control to display a multiple image combination result image generated at the second combination ratio by the generation unit on the display unit as the live view according to a user's operation, as a control operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.