Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method for panoramic image

• US 10,148,877 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2017
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishida, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Fosselman, Joel
• Application Number:
  US15/669,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20180109728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 34823199
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture

Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes: an image generation section that generates at least one of a first captured image having a predetermined size and a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image; a recording control section that, when an instruction operation to record the generated captured image is received, records the generated captured image based on the instruction operation; and a display control section that, when a captured image to be displayed at the time of displaying the recorded captured image on a display section is the second captured image, displays the second captured image and an enlarged image of a specific region in the second captured image are displayed on the display section in a correlated manner.

Claims

1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:

a first camera configured to capture a first image;

a second camera configured to capture a second image;

a third camera configured to capture a third image; and

a control unit configured to;

control a display range of the imaging apparatus based on a direction of a display unit,

wherein an optical axis of the second camera and an optical axis of the third camera are linearly symmetrical with an optical axis of the first camera,

wherein the optical axis of the first camera corresponds to an axis of symmetry, and

control the display unit to display the first image captured by the first camera on the display unit, based on an imaging operation in which a longitudinal side of the display unit is vertical.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first image is a post view image.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are arranged in a first direction on a surface of a body of the imaging apparatus.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display a part of a combined image based on the imaging operation in which the longitudinal side of the display unit is horizontal,

wherein the combined image is generated based on a combination of the first image, the second image, and the third image, and

wherein a range of the combined image is larger than a range of the first image.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit is further configured to sequentially display, on the display unit, the combined image and an enlarged image of a specific region in the combined image in an order.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit is further configured to concurrently display, on the display unit, the combined image and an enlarged image of a specific region in the combined image.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an operation receiving device configured to receive a designation operation to designate a specific region in the combined image,

wherein, the control unit is further configured to:

control the display unit to display the combined image,

enlarge the designated specific region in the combined image, and

control the display unit to display the enlarged designated region as an enlarged image.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a specific region in the combined image is a region in which a specific target object in the combined image is included.

9. The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a specific region in the combined image is a region in which a subject that corresponds to a focus position of the combined image is included.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an aspect ratio of the first image is equal to an aspect ratio of a display region of the display unit.

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an aspect ratio of the combined image is different from an aspect ratio of a display region of the display unit.