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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2021
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Genjiro Shibagami, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2021.01); G03B 17/18 (2021.01); G03B 37/00 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes a first camera and a second camera, and performing photography using the first camera and the second camera, and generating a composite image from a plurality of images acquired by the photography, the imaging apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquiring unit configured to acquire two images by performing a first photography and a second photography, which is performed after a time lag from the first photography; and a generating unit configured to generate a composite image having a visual field range of 360 degrees by compositing a first image acquired by performing photography for a first range in the first photography and a second image acquired by performing photography for a second range in the second photography.


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