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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 13, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Kuwabara, Utsunomiya, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of image processing units output images obtained by imaging an object respectively in different directions; a generating unit combines images output by the plurality of image processing units; a recording unit; acquiring unit acquires display range information; a control unit: controls the plurality of image processing units to drive in a first mode, in a case where the combined image is recorded in the recording medium; and controls (1) a first image processing unit which outputs an image corresponding to a displayed range in the combined image to drive in the first mode, and (2) a second image processing unit which outputs an image corresponding to a non-displayed range in the combined image to drive in a second mode, in a case where the combined image is not recorded in the recording medium.