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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Irino, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Nozomi Imae, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Sawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Bessho, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Shohara, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Terao, Miyagi, JP;
Toru Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes a tilt detection unit that detects a tilt in the vertical direction, conversion data used for transforming plane coordinates into spherical coordinates, a correction unit that corrects the conversion data according to the tilt, a plurality of image capturing units, a coordinate transformation unit that transforms plane coordinates of a plurality of pixels included in images captured by the image capturing units into spherical coordinates according to the conversion data corrected by the correction unit, and a combining unit that combines the images including the pixels transformed into spherical coordinates by the coordinate transformation unit.