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US 9,794,478 B2Granted
Imaging apparatus for generating composite image using directional indicator image, and method and recording medium with program recorded therein for the same
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsKosuke Matsumoto, Naotomo Miyamoto
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a display section, a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs a plurality of capturing operations by the capturing section, a generation section which generates a composite image reproducing an image captured at a second viewing angle that is wider than the first viewing angle by combining a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of capturing operations by the capturing control section, and a display control section which displays the composite image generated by the generation section on the display section.
Claims18
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor which sequentially captures an object and sequentially outputs plural pieces of image data while the image sensor is being moved in a predetermined direction;
- and
- a CPU which is configured to:
- perform display control to display, on a display, a directional indicator image indicating a direction to return a photographing range of the image sensor to a processing area based on a relationship between the photographing range and the processing area,
- wherein the processing area is a region set in advance for generation of composite image data which is to be generated from the plural pieces of image data output by the image sensor,
- wherein the CPU performs display control to display an entirety of the processing area on the display,
- wherein the processing area represents a total image area of a final composite image to be generated, and
- wherein the CPU is further configured to:
- acquire a center position of the photographing range of the image sensor;
- judge whether the acquired center position of the photographing range of the image sensor is within the processing area;
- and
- perform the display control to display, on the display, the directional indicator image when it is judged that the acquired center position of the photographing range is not within the processing area.
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A method of specifying images in an image processing apparatus having an image sensor, the method comprising:
- acquiring plural pieces of image data sequentially output by the image sensor while the image sensor is being moved in a predetermined direction;
- and
- performing display control to display, on a display, a directional indicator image indicating a direction to return a photographing range of the image sensor to a processing area based on a relationship between the photographing range and the processing area,
- wherein the processing area is a region set in advance for generation of composite image data which is to be generated from the plural pieces of image data output by the image sensor,
- wherein the display control displays an entirety of the processing area on the display,
- wherein the processing area represents a total image area of a final composite image to be generated, and
- wherein the method further comprises:
- acquiring a center position of the photographing range of the image sensor;
- judging whether the acquired center position of the photographing range of the image sensor is within the processing area;
- and
- performing the display control to display, on the display, the directional indicator image when it is judged that the acquired center position of the photographing range is not within the processing area.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer to control the computer to perform functions comprising:
- acquiring plural pieces of image data sequentially output by an image sensor while the image sensor is being moved in a predetermined direction;
- performing display control to display, on a display, a directional indicator image indicating a direction to return a photographing range of the image sensor to a processing area based on a relationship between the photographing range and the processing area,
- wherein the processing area is a region set in advance for generation of composite image data which is to be generated from the plural pieces of image data output by the image sensor,
- wherein the display control displays an entirety of the processing area on the display,
- wherein the processing area represents a total image area of a final composite image to be generated, and
- wherein the program controls the computer to perform further functions comprising:
- acquiring a center position of the photographing range of the image sensor;
- judging whether the acquired center position of the photographing range of the image sensor is within the processing area;
- and
- performing the display control to display, on the display, the directional indicator image when it is judged that the acquired center position of the photographing range is not within the processing area.
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An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor which sequentially captures an object and sequentially outputs plural pieces of image data while the image sensor is being moved in a predetermined direction;
- and
- a CPU which is configured to:
- perform display control to display, on a display, a directional indicator image indicating a direction to return a photographing range of the image sensor to a processing area based on a relationship between the photographing range and the processing area,
- wherein the processing area is a region set in advance for generation of composite image data which is to be generated from the plural pieces of image data output by the image sensor,
- wherein the CPU performs display control to display an entirety of the processing area on the display,
- wherein the processing area represents a total image area of a final composite image to be generated, and
- wherein the CPU generates the composite image data without using a region of a piece of image data that is outside of the processing area if it is judged that a specific position of the photographing range is within the processing area.
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A method of specifying images in an image processing apparatus having an image sensor, the method comprising:
- acquiring plural pieces of image data sequentially output by the image sensor while the image sensor is being moved in a predetermined direction;
- and
- performing display control to display, on a display, a directional indicator image indicating a direction to return a photographing range of the image sensor to a processing area based on a relationship between the photographing range and the processing area,
- wherein the processing area is a region set in advance for generation of composite image data which is to be generated from the plural pieces of image data output by the image sensor,
- wherein the display control displays an entirety of the processing area on the display,
- wherein the processing area represents a total image area of a final composite image to be generated, and
- wherein the composite image data is generated without using a region of a piece of image data that is outside of the processing area if it is judged that a specific position of the photographing range is within the processing area.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer to control the computer to perform functions comprising:
- acquiring plural pieces of image data sequentially output by an image sensor while the image sensor is being moved in a predetermined direction;
- performing display control to display, on a display, a directional indicator image indicating a direction to return a photographing range of the image sensor to a processing area based on a relationship between the photographing range and the processing area,
- wherein the processing area is a region set in advance for generation of composite image data which is to be generated from the plural pieces of image data output by the image sensor,
- wherein the display control displays an entirety of the processing area on the display,
- wherein the processing area represents a total image area of a final composite image to be generated, and
- wherein the composite image data is generated without using a region of a piece of image data that is outside of the processing area if it is judged that a specific position of the photographing range is within the processing area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.