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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Shuji Okegawa, Chiba, JP;
Hirokazu Nakaya, Saitama, JP;
Takahiro Tokuda, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit generating a plane image including a subject by imaging the subject in a specific direction or a stereoscopic image for stereoscopically viewing the subject; an adapter mounting detection unit detecting whether an adapter, which includes an omnidirectional imaging optical system imaging the subject in all directions, is mounted on the imaging unit; an image capture mode setting unit setting, based on a user operation, an omnidirectional image capture mode of recording the plane image including the subject in all directions in a state where the adapter is mounted on the imaging unit or a stereoscopic image capture mode of recording the stereoscopic image; and a control unit performing control to cancel the stereoscopic image capture mode and set the omnidirectional image capture mode in a case where the stereoscopic image capture mode is set when the mounting of the adapter is detected.